One pilot is dead and a second pilot is hospitalized following two separate plane crashes in North Carolina.

The Record & Landmark reports that Statesville Regional Airport Manager John Ferguson said that a plane based in Statesville crashed in Rowan County on Monday.

Statesville police said…

A section of Litchford Place near Fire Tower Road will close to through traffic beginning today.

Litchford Place near the intersection of Albion Drive will be closed beginning at 8 a.m. for the replacement of a stormwater pipe. This closure is expected to be in place for two days.

Access to homes…

ROCKY MOUNT — The Tar Heel State's chief executive is going to be at the upcoming groundbreaking of CSX’s proposed intermodal rail facility.

Gov. Roy Cooper's spokesman, Ford Porter confirmed the gathering is on Cooper's schedule. The event is set for 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday at the…

D.H. Conley took care of perennial powerhouse Whiteville Tuesday afternoon, 9-4, at Guy Smith Stadium on the final day of the Pitt County Classic baseball tournament.

“I have to give thanks to Ryan (Meadows), Corey (Skinner), (Ronald Vincent) and Pat (McRae),” DHC head coach Jason Mills…

With hints of the football press box and suites buildings already in place at the University of Cincinnati, TCU and Wake Forest as guiding posts, East Carolina University is in the final few months of putting a unique Pirate touch on the TowneBank Tower that should greatly enhance Dowdy-Ficklen…

On Jan. 28, 2012, deep into penalty kicks during a youth soccer game, goalkeeper Maeve English stepped to the marker looking to win it all for her team. English nailed the kick, leading to her teammates lifting her up on their shoulders in celebration.

Flash forward seven years and a large piece of…

The Fayetteville Observer

Lumberton got some desperately needed help last week, delivered by Gov. Roy Cooper. The city will get $1.1 million in grants to help prevent repeats of the severe damage the city suffered in Hurricanes Matthew and Florence.

The biggest portion of the grants will help build…

This BYH goes out to Aldridge & Southerland. They are responsible for the message in Saturday’s DR on page C6. Awesome! Thank you for reminding us.

Bless your heart, Charlene King. I came to the ABC store with alcohol on my breath and I had too much to drink and this sweet and kind…

When President Barack Obama began thawing long-frozen relations with Cuba — a drive that included attending a baseball game in Havana alongside President Raúl Castro — Major League Baseball began negotiating with the Cuban Baseball Federation to start legally bringing Cuban stars…

The refrigerator beeps if I accidentally leave the door open, which I do a lot, but it's a different beep than the one the dishwasher makes to tell me it has finished putting spots on my glasses.

Do I really have to know when the dishwasher is finished with its spotting cycle? Besides, when the…

It’s a one-way journey for helium, but a round trip for the ant-watchers.

Every day, a worldwide fleet of 1,800 balloons launches into the atmosphere for the sake of weather science and data reliance.

It’s a daily space race.

In this era of drones and rocket ships, balloons filled with…

I surrender.

In wartime these words admit defeat and put the speaker in the custody of an adversary. They do not usually gain admiration.

Instead, we celebrate the advice popularly attributed to Winston Churchill: “Never give up. Never, never, never give up.”

We admire the single word…

During my middle school years, my parents always used to invite my mother’s eccentric Uncle Bill to our house for Sunday dinner on Easter and other holidays. I don’t remember much of anything about Uncle Bill — except that he somehow managed to find ways to embarrass me in front…

The refrigerator beeps if I accidentally leave the door open, which I do a lot, but it's a different beep than the one the dishwasher makes to tell me it has finished putting spots on my glasses.

Do I really have to know when the dishwasher is finished with its spotting cycle? Besides, when the…

It’s a one-way journey for helium, but a round trip for the ant-watchers.

Every day, a worldwide fleet of 1,800 balloons launches into the atmosphere for the sake of weather science and data reliance.

It’s a daily space race.

In this era of drones and rocket ships, balloons filled with…