"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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Catawba women’s volleyball swept Mars Hill 3-0 on the road to complete a 3-0 SAC week, led by Lillie Kate Rogers’ 12 kills and three service aces.
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Catawba women’s volleyball swept Mars Hill 3-0 on the road to complete a 3-0 SAC week, led by Lillie Kate Rogers’ 12 kills and three service aces.
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Catawba football falls 22-16 in overtime at Mars Hill despite a late 65-yard touchdown from Mason Fortune to Jay Moore in the South Atlantic Conference opener.
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Catawba men’s soccer stayed unbeaten with a 2-0 home win over Mars Hill, earning a third straight shutout as Alex Payton scored his fourth straight game-winner.
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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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