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Wayne Ellington visits Conestoga en route to the NBA (Main Line Suburban Life)
BERWYN – It wasn’t difficult to pinpoint the theme of Wayne Ellington’s speech to about 40 teens attending a basketball camp this week at Conestoga High School. The former Episcopal Academy star and University of North Carolina standout mentioned hard work at least a dozen times during his appearance on Tuesday morning.North Carolina (The Myrtle Beach Sun News) A bill designed to regulate North Carolina commercial dog breeders to prevent unsanitary and cruel conditions has passed another legislative panel.
3 towns get water, sewer grants (The Robesonian) LUMBERTON — Three Robeson County municipalities received a total of $247,875 in grants for sewer and water system projects from the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center. St. Paul’s rec...
Jackson-area public safety agencies get look at what robots can do (The Jackson Citizen Patriot) With local firefighters and police at the controls, one orange-colored robot picked up a small cooler and another plowed up a curb Thursday at the Jackson County Jail on Chanter Road.
County areas lead population growth (Bradenton Herald) MANATEE — Manatee County’s population growth slowed down last year but it still remained concentrated in the county’s unincorporated areas, according to estimates released today.
Ky. sports notes (The Cincinnati Enquirer) C.J. Leslie, who was a teammate of Kentucky freshman-to-be John Wall at Raleigh (N.C.) Word of God, has not narrowed his list of potential colleges just yet.
Beach insurance plan a tough balancing act for N.C. (WRAL.com Raleigh) A fight in the General Assembly boils down to east versus west. It's not the budget. It's the beach plan – a state-run insurance pool that offers homeowner's insurance to residents that some private plans won't cover.
NC Blueberry Festival flourishes despite the heat and economy (Topsail Voice) BURGAW – The Sixth Annual North Carolina Blueberry Festival in Burgaw was a rousing success this past Saturday despite high temperatures and a struggling economy.
Legoland forced to drop Michael Jackson tribute (San Diego Union-Tribune) Michael Jackson won't be immortalized in miniature at Legoland. Plans to put a tiny model of the late King of Pop in the park's popular Miniland Southern California exhibit have been scrapped permanently because of “unresolved legal issues,” park spokeswoman Julie Estrada said yesterday.
Facing Deficits, Some States Cut Summer School (New York Times) Thousands of school districts across the country have trimmed or eliminated summer classes, ignoring pleas from the Education Department to use stimulus money to retain them.