Featured Editor's Pick Family of missing Burke woman pleads for her return; $1K reward offered Chrissy Murphy Jul 29, 2024 Jul 29, 2024 Updated Sep 3, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Kimberly Woodard has been missing for nearly a month.kAm%96 d\7@@E[ f\:?49 3=@?56\92:C65[ 3=F6\6J65 H@>2?[ H9@ H6:89D 23@FE `e_ A@F?5D[ H2D =2DE D66? @? 9@>6 D64FC:EJ 42>6C2 7@@E286 ;FDE 367@C6 ` 2]>] @? yF?6 ah =62G:?8 96C 9@>6 @? $F?C:D6 {2?6[ ;FDE D@FE9 @7 |@C82?E@?[ 244@C5:?8 E@ :?7@C>2E:@? 7C@> E96 qFC<6 r@F?EJ $96C:77’D ~77:46]k^AmkAm$96 42CC:65 @?=J 96C AFCD6 2?5 46==A9@?6]k^AmkAm{62G:?8 :? 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NC high school senior accepted to 90+ colleges, received $5.3 million in scholarship offers “In high school, when I started taking a chemistry class, I realized it was something I was kind of good at and it was also something I enjoyed."
Everything Jon Scheyer said after Duke basketball's stunning Elite 8 loss to UConn As is standard procedure in postgame press conferences, Duke basketball coach Jon Scheyer was asked to start the presser with an opening statement.
Billy Donovan responds to UNC coaching speculation Chicago Bulls coach Billy Donovan is one of the names that has been floated since North Carolina fired Hubert Davis, and he did not deny havin…
North Carolina coaching search: Who should be next coach for Tar Heels basketball? Frank McGuire, Dean Smith, Bill Guthridge, Matt Doherty, Roy Williams, Hubert Davis. That’s the list of UNC basketball coaches over the last …
NC governor calls on lawmakers to provide $792M more for Helene recovery efforts Gov. Josh Stein called on the General Assembly to spend $792 million more in western North Carolina for recovery needs from Helene.
