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A nearly four-hour standoff between law enforcement and a man barricaded in a vehicle in Pinehurst ended in suicide on Friday afternoon. “During a traffic stop on July 1, along highway 15/501, the Pinehurst Police Department attempted to serve warrants for multiple felonies to a 52-year-old male residing in Pinehurst,” said the Village of Pinehurst in a press release.

This video is not supported on your platform. If you are using IE 10 or lower please consider using IE 11, Edge, Chrome, or Firefox. Man dies of self-inflicted gunshot wound after three-hour standoff, Pinehurst police say. A man died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound Friday after police said officers...

HARRISBURG, N.C. --- Four-star wide receiver Christian Hamilton announced his commitment to North Carolina during a ceremony held at his high school on Friday evening. Hamilton, a star receiver and defensive back at Hickory Ridge High, selected the Tar Heels over fellow finalists Clemson, Penn State, and South Carolina. Two dozen other schools also offered the 6-foot, 175-pounder.

The Southern Pines Police Department is investigating a robbery that occurred at Wells Fargo Bank on Highway 15-501 on June 30 just before 4:30 p.m. The Southern Pines Police Department responded to Wells Fargo Bank for a reported robbery in progress. Law enforcement investigates the scene of a robbery at...

Tributes poured in for Mishael "MJ" Auman, whose alleged suicide shocked the community where he worked as a beloved firefighter. Authorities now say his death was actually murder, and arrested his wife, Heather Hicks Auman, for the crime. A woman in North Carolina who claimed her husband died by suicide...

SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. (WNCN) — An incident that blocked traffic for several hours in Pinehurst Friday was not related to a wanted bank robber from a Southern Pines incident on Thursday, officials said. The bank robbery took place just after 4:25 p.m. Thursday at the Wells Fargo Bank at...

With USC and UCLA making their way to the Big Ten, is it only a matter of time before North Carolina is heading elsewhere as well?. The college sports world recently received major news, as two of the Pac-12 eldest members have announced their intention to join the Big Ten Conference.

For anybody that has someone missed what has been going on in college athletics, allow me to catch you up: USC and UCLA announced yesterday that they will join the Big Ten on August 2, 2024. This announcement sent shockwaves throughout college sports, and now everyone is wondering what the future will look like for the Power Five conferences. It also opened the door for a LOT of chatter about which schools could be joining either the Big Ten or the SEC (who just obtained Texas and Oklahoma a while back), and UNC’s name has been mentioned quite a bit. Is there any reason to be concerned a move is in their future? My short answer is I don’t know, mostly because it is so complicated.

Four-star edge rusher Jaybron Harvey won't go far to play college ball. On Friday, he announced his commitment to North Carolina, a school less than 30 minutes from his home. The announcement comes following a June where Harvey, a 6-foot-3, 215-pounder from Durham (N.C.) Southern High, officially visited Louisville, Oklahoma, and South Carolina.

The 2022-23 college basketball season will get started a little earlier for the Kentucky Wildcats, as they are preparing for their preseason trip to the Bahamas this August. With the roster likely completed, the Cats are going to be one of the top teams in the country once again. On...

The Village of Pinehurst is ready to celebrate Independence Day with two days of activities. The celebrations begin Sunday, July 3 at the Pinehurst Harness Track for the concert and fireworks spectacular and continue Monday, July 4 with the Independence Day Parade. The gates open at 4 p.m., on July...

Mack Brown and the UNC football program have stolen a prospect from enemy territory, as Durham’s own Jaybron Harvey committed to the Tar Heels. Even though he lives in Durham, North Carolina, Jaybron Harvey decided that he wants to play college football right down the road in Chapel Hill.

A 64-year-old man from Robbins is facing several drug charges after being arrested on Wednesday, according to a news statement from Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields. “On June 29, 2022, Deputies with the Moore County Sheriff’s Office initiated a traffic stop in the 3400 block of NC Highway 705 in Robbins,” said Fields. “During the traffic stop, Deputies conducted a search of the vehicle. As a result of the search, Deputies located methamphetamine and items of drug paraphernalia.”

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After a traffic stop, a man from Middlesex, N.C. is facing five drug charges, Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields said in a news advisory. Rodney Narron, 41, was pulled over on Wednesday. “On June 29, 2022, Deputies with the Moore County Sheriff’s Office initiated a traffic stop in the 4300...

Beginning Friday, July 1, Wegmans will be removing single-use plastic grocery bags from its six remaining Virginia stores and all four North Carolina stores, including the Chapel Hill location. The company previously announced in April its intention to eliminate single-use plastic bags by the end of 2022, with the company...

Durham (N.C.) Southern four-star EDGE Jaybron Harvey has committed to North Carolina, announcing the news Friday. Harvey is the No. 200 overall recruit in the 2023 cycle, according to the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He is ranked...

The start of July turned out to be a massive day for North Carolina football. UNC landed commitments from two key 2023 prospects: Jaybron Harvey and Robert Grigsby. Harvey is a 6-foot-3, 215-pound edge rusher from Durham (NC) Southern High. He took four official visits this summer, including an early June trip to nearby Chapel Hill. In the end, though, Harvey picked North Carolina over Oklahoma, South Carolina and Louisville. That’s a solid trio of teams to beat out for Harvey.

Hundreds of talented players, thousands of championship games and countless miles traveled. Collectively, as college basketball coaches we’ve had the privilege to encounter many different people from many different walks of life, and one of the most important lessons such experiences have shown us is the important role health plays in determining the trajectory of one’s life.