Local crime, high school sports, county politics, events tonight, and business closings — the daily Piedmont Triad report from HERE Greensboro.
From the HERE City State DeskRALEIGH, N.C. — NC State plays its first game without Dave Doeren in more than a decade on Saturday, when the Wolfpack host California at noon at Carter-Finley Stadium for homecoming. Todd Goebbel, who has coached the running backs and run the special teams, now…
From the HERE City National DeskST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Milwaukee Brewers turned Tropicana Field into a road party Monday night, hammering the Tampa Bay Rays 10-1 in Game 3 to grab a 3-0 grip on the World Series and put the franchise one victory from its first championship. The…
From the HERE City National DeskPHILADELPHIA — The Dallas Cowboys finally found the running game they had been missing all season, and it carried them to a 38-21 win over the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night. Javonte Williams did the heavy lifting. He carried 25 times for 155 yards and…
From the HERE City National DeskSAN FRANCISCO — Defense has defined these WNBA Finals, and it pushed the Golden State Valkyries to the brink of their first championship Monday night. Golden State held the Atlanta Dream to 55 points at Chase Center and won Game 5, 64-55, for a 3-2…
From the HERE City National DeskMEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis got good news and bad news Monday about Nemanja Popovic, the veteran Serbian big man expected to anchor its frontcourt this winter. The university said the NCAA has cleared the 24-year-old for two seasons of college eligibility, one more than many…
From the HERE City National DeskMIAMI — Cooper Flagg made the play that saved the night for Dallas, then finished it off himself. The second-year star blocked a late Miami 3-point try and scored the clinching layup as the Mavericks won 113-109 on Monday at Kaseya Center. With 31 seconds…
From the HERE City National DeskLONDON — Harry Kane ended a quarter-century wait for English soccer on Monday night, taking home the Ballon d'Or at the London Palladium after a season in which goals seemed to follow him everywhere. The 33-year-old England captain and Bayern Munich striker found the net…
From the HERE City National DeskINGLEWOOD, Calif. — After seven years of helping shape the Super Bowl halftime show from behind the scenes, Jay-Z is taking the stage himself. League officials, together with Apple Music and Roc Nation, revealed Monday night that the rapper and entrepreneur will headline the Super…
Business
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Southeast Greensboro, where church leaders say medical care is harder to find than in other parts of the city, is getting a new medical plaza. Novant Health and Mount Zion Baptist Church broke ground on the project Monday. Novant's partner on the Zion Hills Medical Plaza is…
Business
GREENSBORO, N.C. — North Carolina A&T State University's 100th homecoming is on track to be a $57 million week for Greensboro businesses, according to a projection from an economics professor at the university. More than 200,000 people are expected in town for the centennial edition of the celebration Aggies call…
Crime
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Guilford County sheriff's detectives have opened a criminal investigation into Piedmont Memorial Park Cemetery on McConnell Road in Greensboro, and they want to hear from families and businesses that have dealt with it over the last several years. The Guilford County Sheriff's Office said the Guilford County…
Politics
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Roughly 250 people walked through downtown Greensboro on Sunday afternoon to an early voting site, part of a Unity Walk to the Polls led by an interfaith immigrant justice group. Two dozen groups took part in all: the Greensboro Interfaith Immigrant Justice Coalition, which hosted, plus 23…
From the HERE City State Desk
RALEIGH, N.C. — Every seat in the North Carolina General Assembly, all 50 in the Senate and all 120 in the House, is on the Nov. 3 ballot, and the outcome will decide how much room Gov. Josh Stein has to push his agenda over the next two years. Republicans…
From the HERE City State Desk
RALEIGH, N.C. — Campaigns in North Carolina can run political ads built with artificial intelligence without telling voters, because the state has no law requiring that kind of label, even as AI-made spots show up in a closely watched mountain congressional race. Thirty-one states have now passed laws governing deepfakes…
From the HERE City State Desk
RALEIGH, N.C. — The board that oversees health insurance for North Carolina teachers, state workers and retirees takes up a proposal Tuesday to pull roughly $415 million from a retiree reserve fund, as the State Health Plan warns its cash on hand could run dry around the turn of the…
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