"I wasn't going to sign anything to let my son join the Marines when he was 17," Grace Swaim said.
One of the reasons 9/11 was experienced came from a simple adolescent symptom of belief: that it would not happen because of who we are and what we stand for.
- NANCY MCLAUGHLIN Greensboro News & Record
"I admit there were nights when I cried on site," David Griffin said.
- Sarah C. Johnson
A photograph in the Long View Fire Department shows Rescue 1 surrounded by dust and smoke responding to the twin towers after the attack.
- BY SHARON MCBRAYER The News Herald
Drexel native Navy Lt. Cmdr. Eric Allen Cranford was working in the Pentagon as a knowledge analyst. He had just finished a three-year tour in the Persian Gulf.
We will never know all the stories of heroism and courage from Sept. 11; yet, we owe it to ourselves to remember the ones we know ...
- Chase Jordan The Charlotte Observer
A public hearing is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Oct. 20 in the meeting room at the Iredell County Public Library, Statesville Main Branch, 201 N. Tradd St., Statesville.
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UNC football won't be hosting any recruits for unofficial visits on Saturday, Sept. 12, as punishment for a self-reported recruiting violation that occurred last season.
Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper answered questions from Charlotte-area media Wednesday before practice, opining on Bryce Young, the team’s overall progress and Charlotte’s likelihood of getting a major league baseball team. Tepper said “We’re more of a playoff team this year” than the Panthers were a year ago — even though Carolina made the playoffs last season at 8-9 — adding that the ...
The former officer obtained and accessed information on two North Carolina registration tags without a legitimate law enforcement purpose, according to the true bill of indictment.
The shock of the Sept. 11 attacks came home for many in Nebraska when President George W. Bush flew into Offutt Air Force Base for 90 consequential minutes at StratCom.
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Long View Fire Chief James Brinkley says a rescue truck used during 9/11 reminds him of the daily sacrifices made by firefighters.
Two homeowners have reported finding the bear in their house, two others say it tried to get through their door, and a fifth incident is suspected, state officials say.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Texas — Despite a short week and over 100-degree feels-like temperatures at kickoff, SMU cruised to its second win of the season and first at Ford Stadium. No. 17 SMU (2-0, 1-0) defeated UC Davis 56-10 Saturday in their home opener, jumping out to a 42-0 halftime lead and never looking back. The win sets up a critical road game against No. 24 Louisville next week that could ...
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LAWRENCE, Kan. — In the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks 25 years ago, Missouri and Kansas athletics officials convened over what had become an increasingly sensitive matter: calling their athletic rivalry the Border War, signifying a history that goes back to the Civil War. Back to Bleeding Kansas, among other atrocities. It took a few years, but then-KU athletic director Lew Perkins ...
LAWRENCE, Kan. — The first Border War in Lawrence since 2005 brought all the fireworks, passion and vitriol a college football rivalry entails. At the end of it all, the No. 23 Missouri Tigers were victorious over the Kansas Jayhawks for the fifth straight meeting in this series, winning 38-21 on Friday night at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. The game had it all: cheap shots that ...
LOS ANGELES — Since he was a boy, Trent Mosley was taught to live by the Five Ps: Proper preparation prevents poor performance. The Five Ps weren't so much a lesson in the Mosley household as "a lifestyle," father Emmett Mosley explains. He can't recall when or from whom he first heard the phrase, but ever since, the Five Ps have stuck with him. To the point that he and his wife, Cindy, made ...
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The eastbound lane of Stockton Street between Sullivan Road and Brookdale Drive will close Sept. 17, 2026, for waterline work and is expected to reopen by Oct. 2.
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Statesville City Council meets tomorrow at 6 p.m., with public comment available. Weekend events include Dog Day at the Pool, the Fall Art Crawl and RED recycling.
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Francis Marion University trustees named facilities for Ken Jackson and George McIntyre and reviewed enrollment growth, finances, construction and leadership updates.
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Central Electric Power Cooperative and South Carolina co-ops support students and communities through school drives, scholarships, youth leadership trips and events.
🎧 Some ethical decisions arrive without warning. We revisit four dilemmas that ask what you would do when the right choice isn't immediately obvious.
With summer largely over, it’s time to turn our attention back to the start of awards season, which kicks off with the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 14.
🎧 The hosts debate whether AI-powered license plate readers provide meaningful public protection or create unacceptable risks involving privacy, misuse and concentrated power.
🎧 The hosts examine how civil debate, genuine curiosity and shared interests can turn differences in values or politics into opportunities for deeper understanding.
Alarm grew after a researcher resigned, warning that the “people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade.”
He called for a five-year exhibition on George Washington in his latest critique of an institution he’s repeatedly attacked.
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