Out of the state’s 115 school districts, only 31 are run by women - even though 71% of teachers are female ..read more

RALEIGH — The vehicle of a missing 39-year-old man who grew up in Gastonia, but went missing Saturday in Raleigh was found in Danville, Virginia, on Monday, police said.William Anderson Banks Jr., known as "Andy" to his friends, was last heard from in just before he was to meet two men in Raleigh to sell a Range Rover in a deal set up through Craigslist.Banks grew up in Gaston County. He graduated from Ashbrook High School in 1999. He has lived in the Raleigh area ..read more

There were many changes as members of the Class of 2021 began their final year of high school with social distancing and COVID-19 precautions but some things never change: those college applications waiting to be filled out.It’s a task some seniors may have started early but with the Fall semester underway, a final push is on for the many seniors now seeking admission to colleges or universities of interest.School guidance counselors and advisors from school ..read more

Democrat Cunningham expresses reservations about a coronavirus vaccine ..read more

NEWPORT—Newport police have charged a local man with attempted murder after they say he attempted to attack two women with a machete. No one was injured, and the women did not know the man.One of the women told police that she was standing by the roadway, waiting for a ride at about 7 a.m. Sunday when she noticed Mark Luis Hall, 36, standing across the street pointing at her. He allegedly began yelling and screaming at her then charged her, swinging a large machete, she said ..read more

A former Gastonia man who has lived the past several years in Raleigh has been reported missing ever since agreeing to meet two people on Saturday to try and sell his 2011 Range Rover.Friends fear the worse, saying the 39-year-old Andy Banks would not be the type to just stop contacting family and friends."All we really know is he met two guys, and I’m presuming they are guys, at a shopping center (Cameron Village) to sell a vehicle," said lifelong friend Cliff ..read more

Aircraft maintenance professionals at Fleet Readiness Center East, FRCE, on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point recently returned an Air Force helicopter back to service after it sat in storage for over a decade.According to the news release from the FRCE public affairs office, the team completed the project without technical manuals or the aircraft’s maintenance history.The UH-1N Huey arrived at Cherry Point in 2016 in boxes on a flatbed truck. The Air Force ..read more

Parents have complained about technology glitches, lost student learning, and the threats to students’ mental health during isolated school days ..read more

$1 billion to be spent as state copes with the human and economic cost of the pandemic ..read more

WASHINGTON — Bernie Sanders is warning that if onetime rival Joe Biden doesn't do more to promote his policies and reach out to Latino voters, the Democratic presidential nominee is at risk of falling short to President Donald Trump this November.Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist who left the primary race in the spring and has worked to shift Biden to the left on key issues, has made the warnings in public and private in recent days. Most recently, he went on ..read more