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Family frustrated after SAT testing site at Saint Augustine's University found closed
Family says schedules SAT testing Saturday at Saint Augustine's University was not open. A family expressed their frustration after arriving at Saint Augustine's University on Saturday for their child's SAT test, only to find the testing center closed. Elizabeth and Stefan Will of Raleigh says that their 17-year-old daughter was...
Carteret County residents receive law degrees
RALEIGH — Five Carteret County residents were among the record 173 graduates who received Juris Doctor degrees May 10 from Campbell University’s Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law. The 46th hooding and graduation ceremony was held at the Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Raleigh.
High school baseball: Falcons swept by East Rowan in 3A finals
HOLLY SPRINGS – The top four hitters in East Rowan’s lineup proved too much for South Central’s baseball team to overcome. The Mustangs posted four-run innings in the first and fourth thanks to those batters en route to an 11-3 victory over the Falcons in Game 2 of the best-of-three series for the NCHSAA Class 3A championship at Ting Stadium on Saturday. East Rowan (34-2) swept the series 2-0, having...
UNC Board of Governors repeals DEI policies
RALEIGH — The UNC System Board of Governors approved a new policy to repeal and replace its previous diversity, equity and inclusion policies and requirements for the system’s 17 campuses. The repeal and replace vote taken on the consent agenda was 21-2. The only no votes came from...
Go for Gold
Josh Betts, Holly Springs High School student, describes the school’s Winter Guard show, A Small Light, “like nothing else you’ll see.”. Betts dances and spins across the gym floor, in time with 15 fellow schoolmates, rehearsing A Small Light until it is near perfect in execution and artistry.
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