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  • NC father sought after baby found with burns

    Police were called Wednesday night to a home where they found a baby with burns in the waist area. Authorities say the child was taken to a Greenville ...

  • AAA Carolinas expects more travel on Memorial Day

    CHARLOTTE, N.C. - AAA Carolinas thinks a few more North Carolina motorists will be on the road for the Memorial Day weekend. The Charlotte-based motor club estimates that 897,300 motorists are expected to hit the road beginning Thursday. That represents a 1.5 percent increase over last year. A significant drop in gas prices is helping to fuel the increase in holiday travel. The current average ...

  • Hurricane center Beware of the storm surge

    By JENNIFER KAYAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) - The National Hurricane Center is changing the way it talks about storm surge in hopes that emergency officials, the media and the public can better understand the dangerous phenomenon. Storm surge is the hurricane hazard that poses the greatest threat to life and property. It is the abnormal rise in sea water during a hurricane, and it can happen ...

  • York County veteran finally learns he was officially a hero in Vietnam

    Nearly 45 years ago, a certificate arrived by mail in Fort Mill from Vietnam.David Simpson has kept the certificate – dated June 17, 1967 – beside a Purple Heart Award letter and other military honors, including a Silver Star and a Bronze Star. The U.S. Army combat medic carried it with him from Fort Mill to Rock Hill, to Limestone College, through a marriage, to seminary and ...

  • N.C. prisoners might lose legal advocates

    RALEIGH North Carolina has its share of prisoners who like to think of themselves as jailhouse lawyers, competent enough to argue their way out of prison. But since the state Senate rolled out a spending plan that eliminates the $2.89 million contract with North Carolina Prisoner Legal Services, some worry that these inmates who fight their ...


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  • Zagunis HR in 9th leads Hokies past Seminoles

    DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- Mark Zagunis homered with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning to give Virginia Tech a 3-2 victory over Florida State in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament ...

  • Questions raised over checks at center of sweepstakes probe

    RALEIGH One check is written with loopy cursive handwriting. Another features neat all-capital lettering. And a third is marked by its messy script. But all bear the signature of the same campaign donor – raising questions about how the checks were directed to state lawmakers and Gov. Pat McCrory and whether state law was violated. Chase Burns, an Internet sweepstakes company executive ...

  • Tar Heels beat Hurricanes 10-0 in ACC tournament

    DURHAM, N.C. - Kent Emanuel threw eight scoreless innings, while Cody Stubbs and Brian Holberton each drove in three runs to help North Carolina beat Miami 10-0 on Thursday in pool play of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.Emanuel (10-3) allowed four hits for the top-seeded Tar Heels (49-8) in a game called in the eighth inning due to a 10-run mercy rule. UNC got a fast start with Colin ...

  • NC planning group approves toll lanes for I-77

    CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- A two-county planning group has given unanimous approval to build toll lanes on a portion of Interstate 77 despite protests from ...

  • NC officials Inmate disappeared from work release

    Officials said Billings was serving a seven-year prison sentence for breaking and entering, forgery and other property crimes. His projected release date is February ...

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