Author: The Carolinian

[caption id="attachment_19373" align="alignnone" width="1200"] A makeshift memorial honoring Tasia Fortune stands in the backyard of the property where her body was found. Photo taken on Monday, Aug. 10, 2026, in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Sophie Bates)[/caption] JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The hanging death of Tasia Fortune, whose body was found outside an abandoned house, has shaken her family and community in Mississippi, where two other people have been found hanging from

NC NEWSLINE - Environmental activists and a Democratic state lawmaker are calling on Duke Energy to lower its rate hike request as the North Carolina Utilities Commission reviews its case. Evidentiary hearings for Duke Energy Progress' rate case start this week before the Utilities Commission, which will determine how much the company can raise residential electric rates beginning next year. Last week, Duke Energy announced it had reached a settlement

RALEIGH, N.C. - Hundreds of North Carolina youth are spending part of their summer exploring new interests, building confidence, and creating lifelong memories with support from State Employees' Credit Union (SECU). This year, a record 466 young members received scholarships through SECU's annual Summer Camp Awards program, helping them attend day and overnight camps. The scholarships total $233,000 - the most in the program's five-year history. SECU's Summer Camp Awards

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - Neighborhoods across Fayetteville came together Tuesday evening for National Night Out, an annual event designed to strengthen relationships between residents, law enforcement and other public safety agencies through community fellowship and engagement. Across the city, neighborhoods hosted cookouts, games, music and family-friendly gatherings where residents had the opportunity to meet local police officers, firefighters and emergency personnel in a relaxed setting. Rather than interacting during emergencies, community

DURHAM- Hayti Heritage Center, housed in the sanctuary of a former St. Joseph's AME Church dating to 1891, today announced its 2026-27 season of performances, literary events, and free community gatherings under the theme "Planted in Legacy. Always in Bloom." The season runs from August 2026 through May 2027 and refl ects what curators describe as "cross-pollination": the meeting of tradition and transformation, elders and newcomers, the deeply local and

[caption id="attachment_19216" align="alignnone" width="1536"] Arian Simone, left, and Ayana Parsons of the foundation The Fearless Fund saw their grant program for Black women entrepreneurs affected after the Supreme Court ruled against affirmative action.[/caption] Ben Rosa University of Michigan President Donald Trump made headlines early in his second term when he ordered that affirmative action programs be dismantled. Less noticed was the fact that quite a few states had already eliminated

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - When most people think of prison, they picture steel bars, locked gates and lost freedom. But at a correctional facility in Johannesburg, South Africa's largest city, visitors are greeted by something unexpected: an art gallery. The exhibition of inmates' artwork is part of the country's effort to reduce repeat offending through rehabilitation programs behind bars. The Department of Correctional Services has opened nine prison arts-and-crafts galleries since

KFF HEALTH NEWS - MISSOULA, Mont. - Tywon Pugh has seizures that make it hard to find and keep a job. "They called me a 'liability to the job site,'" Pugh said, recalling the words of his manager when a seizure cost him his last job at a fast-food restaurant in this western Montana city. When the 46-year-old lost work in the past, his wife of 10 years covered their

RALEIGH - The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is requesting proposals for research projects through the North Carolina Agriculture Innovations & Research (NCAIR) grant program. Around $1 million in grant funding is available to support innovative research that strengthens agriculture and the agricultural economy across North Carolina. Individual research projects are limited to $100,000 each and should address challenges or opportunities facing North Carolina agriculture while demonstrating the

THE CONVERSATION - As the U.S. celebrates its 250th anniversary, its citizens commemorate a democracy more diverse, free and inclusive than it's ever been. The path to this milestone was imperfect and paved in blood and suffering. Still, few of the revelers will likely pay heed to the anniversary of another historic event: the 150th anniversary of the July 1876 Hamburg massacre. The massacre, which took place in Hamburg, South