The Booker T. Washington Resource Center was the host of the 11th anniversary of the N.C. Association of Black High School Alumni Reunion.

Edgecombe County Sheriff Clee Atkinson was the keynote speaker.

“Testing, testing: 1-2-3” was how Atkinson started his presentation. He told the…

Samuel William Bland Jr., born April 14, 1929, in Rocky Mount, died Nov. 9 in Harrisonburg, Va.

He was born the son of Samuel W. Bland Sr. and Pearl Whitfield Bland and was a graduate of Rocky Mount Senior High School.

He assisted his family with the grocery store they owned, worked with the…

Renowned author Douglas Quinn of the recently penned "Cornfield Boys" and illustrator Donna Higgins-Colson made a recent visit to the home place of Baseball Hall of Famer Walter "Buck" Leonard.

Inspired by the love of baseball, Quinn discovered a set of Negro League players baseball cards…

The annual NCHSAA high school football Championship Press Conference will take place on Wednesday morning in Raleigh at N.C. State’s Carter-Finley Stadium. It has a 9:30 a.m. start time. The event, pushed back two days from its usual Monday slot, is held each week before the eight high school…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Ron Rivera is clinging to the slim hope the Panthers can rebound from a five-game losing streak, beat the Saints twice in three weeks and earn a wild card spot in the NFC playoffs.

The coach understands the chances of all of that happening are remote at best.…

No matter the outcome on Sunday night for the Los Angeles Rams — a 15-6 loss to the Chicago Bears where the Rams’ offense looked its worst all season — the week was already won for running back Todd Gurley, at least locally.

On NBC’s marquee Sunday night game, he ran the…