Author: The Carolinian

Kannapolis-Maurice Williams, the iconic R&B musician and lead singer of Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs, passed away on August 6, 2024, at the age of 86. Born on April 26, 1938, in Lancaster, South Carolina, Williams began performing in church at the age of six and went on to form his first group, The Royal Charms, during his high school years. Williams' first major hit came in 1957 with the

NC Newsline - Gov. Roy Cooper announced Monday that 2 million North Carolinians will have their medical debt forgiven after all the state's 99 acute hospitals signed up for a landmark program designed to wipe out debt for low- and middle-income patients. The announcement comes after last month's federal approval of the Cooper administration's plan to forgive up to $4 billion in hospital debt for millions of people in the

Richmond, VA - The Metropolitan Junior Baseball League (MJBL) concluded its 33rd annual Inner City Classic national championships Sunday, August 4, defying the hazardous weather and crowning eight winning teams.  All of the action followed the week's 20th Annual Bobby Bonds Memorial Symposium Tuesday, July 30, held at the Congressional Auditorium in Washington, DC hosted by Representative Jennifer McClellan (VA-04).  Following the 3:00pm symposium, two games were played at nearby

(NC NEWSLINE) Vice President Kamala Harris introduced a broad economic plan at her presidential campaign stop in Raleigh on Friday that focused on day-to-day economic issues many people face such as high grocery bills, the cost of raising a family, and affording a home. Voters rank the economy as their top priority. Polls have shown that voters prefer former President Donald Trump on the economy, though Harris has cut into his

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Don Davis (NC-01) announced Kayla Lassiter, a Bertie High School senior, won first place in the North Carolina First Congressional District Artistic Discovery Contest. Lassiter won first place with her piece "Rainbow-Hued." "Kayla is a shining example of the remarkable artistic talent in eastern North Carolina. I commend all of our participants and was pleased to host this year's congressional art competition," said Congressman Don

EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (July 30, 2024) - The Andrew Goodman Foundation (AGF) will honor North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University students and twin brothers, Brandon L. Daye and Bryan L. Daye of Burlington, North Carolina, as it commemorates the 60th anniversary of Freedom Summer 1964. Brandon Daye, who is working toward a B.S. in agribusiness, B.S. in supply chain management and professional certificates in Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Business Analytics,

[caption id="attachment_8283" align="alignnone" width="980"] (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)[/caption] COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - The Biden administration has doled out more than $2 billion in direct payments for Black and other minority farmers discriminated against by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the president announced Wednesday. More than 23,000 farmers were approved for payments ranging from $10,000 to $500,000, according to the USDA. Another 20,000 who planned to start a farm but did

BY: LYNN BONNER Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s We the People party was legitimately certified, a Wake Superior Court judge ruled Monday in rejecting the state Democratic Party's attempt to keep the third party candidate off the ballot. The NC Democratic Party sued the state Board of Elections and We the People, saying the Board was wrong to grant We the People status as a party. By forming the alternative party and

DURHAM, NC - An estimated 1,918 first-year students will attend North Carolina Central University (NCCU) as the Class of 2028 this fall, plus 296 transfer students and 18 second-degree students. The incoming class is expected to be the largest the university has seen in 15 years. Final census data will be available in September 2024. Most of them - 1,503 - come from North Carolina with more than half from

RALEIGH - Local, state and federal law enforcement and public safety agencies are continuing the search for convicted murderer Ramone Alston, who escaped from the custody of state corrections officers this morning while arriving for a medical appointment in Hillsborough. The North Carolina Department of Adult Correction is offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to Alston's capture. "There is someone out there who knows where Alston is," said Secretary