Author: The Carolinian

WUNC - Two longtime staples of owning a car in North Carolina will soon go away Starting Oct. 1, the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles will no longer issue paper registration cards and license plate stickers. For decades, drivers were required to keep a registration card they could show when pulled over by a police officer. The stickers showed the month and year when that registration would expire. Law

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Lisa Leslie left her mark on the Los Angeles Sparks franchise as one of the top players in its history. The organization honored her Sunday with a bronze statue outside the arena, immortalizing the WNBA great. She became the 16th person honored with a statue in Star Plaza in a ceremony that featured Magic Johnson, Candace Parker and Michael Cooper and others. "I am beyond happy

By Steve Worthy Photography DURHAM, N.C. - Shaw University powered its way to a 49-27 victory over Lincoln University on Sept. 19, putting together a strong offensive performance in Durham. Shaw established its ground game early, with running backs Trey Thorpe and Fabian Diggs helping move the Bears down the field. Thorpe found the end zone during the first half and later dove across the goal line for another score

WUNC - As President Donald Trump tries to convince voters that Democrats have let crime run amok, he's digging into the country's political past to reference one of the most controversial campaign advertisements that relied heavily on racist tropes. During a campaign stop Wednesday in Gastonia, North Carolina, to stump for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Michael Whatley, Trump resurrected a 1988 George H.W. Bush presidential campaign ad featuring Willie Horton,

  RALEIGH, N.C. - The NC Main Street & Rural Planning Center reported today that since the inception of the Main Street program in North Carolina in 1980, designated Main Street and Small Town Main Street communities have leveraged more than $6.6 billion in public and private investment in their downtown districts. This investment supported more than 8,700 building rehabilitations and a net gain of more than 8,800 businesses and

NC NEWSLINE - The third time was a charm for Brooke Jackson. The mother of three finally completed self-improvement programs at StepUp Ministry that she first began in 2023, but dropped out of twice. "Things went well for a while until life showed up and I had to separate from the program," Jackson said, referring to the first time she left. "The second time, I was determined. I made it

NC NEWSLINE - Like a lot of people who've moved to North Carolina in recent years, Christa Jackson was looking for a lower cost of living. These days, she's not finding it. "I moved here three years ago from Los Angeles. Never thought that my very fuel-efficient, 12-gallon car would cost me $46 to fill-up here," said Jackson. "It's ridiculous." Jackson, a member of the Actors Equity Association, attended the

By Jheri Hardaway Staff Writer Mollie Huston Lee was the first African American librarian in Wake County and the founder of the  Richard B. Harrison Wake County  Library Branch. Not only did she leave behind a legacy of helping others and encouraging a love of literacy, but her treasured collection is a rare and special intellectual treat she left for us to share, analyze, and dissect. Mrs. Lee started and

[caption id="attachment_20068" align="alignnone" width="780"] A makeshift memorial for Tasia Fortune is seen in the backyard of a vacant home in the 500 block of Road of Remembrance in Jackson on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. According to authorities, Fortune's body was found hanging from a tree in the backyard of a vacant home Monday, Aug. 3, 2026.[/caption] AP NEWS - The death of a Black Mississippi woman found hanging from a

AP NEWS - The sneaker company Converse has removed a social media ad that sparked outrage among critics who viewed it as evoking the Ku Klux Klan and lynching. The Instagram ad photo showed K-pop singer Karina wearing a skirt and holding a pair of Chuck 70 X sneakers. Critics lashed out online, saying that a white triangular image created by lighting on the skirt resembled a KKK hood and