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Mark and Betsy Jones of Kings Mountain proudly announce the engagement of their daughter, Michelle Lee Jones, to William Edward Shook.

By Sarah Okeson Carolina Journal RALEIGH - State Treasurer Janet Cowell told her employees in March, about two months after she'd been sworn in, that they and future employees couldn't do business with or lobby the treasurer's office for a year after they'd left their jobs.

A stained glass window inspired Pat McKenzie when she decided to redecorate her 1947 home in the Tanglewood neighborhood.

An 11-year-old North Carolina boy has found and returned a stolen purse with nearly $2,000 inside.

The Blue Angels will be streaking across the skies again around Havelock as they return to headline the 2010 Cherry Point Air Show on May 21 to 23.

Yes, these rumors come and go, but it seems like it's back again. This is just sort of the thing I like to encourage, not the rumor mongering so much , but the idea that someone should go out and build a hybrid sportscar that's tuned for performance first, and economy second.

The new United Way board of directors is smaller, but includes three Union County residents.

Published: Thursday, November 26, 2009 at 5:01 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 26, 2009 at 5:01 p.m. Boiling Spring Lakes officials have a boatload of concerns about the proposed international port terminal near Southport.

Catherine Grace Maher and Edward Christian Taggart, both of Raleigh, were united in marriage on Sept.

Cpl. Sheldon Rhodes was ambushed on Saturday by a group of Confederate soldiers who snuck around through the woods to cut him off while he was walking near Taberna.

A famous graduate of a local university has been back in the news lately, and we'll hear even more about him in the months and years ahead.

Tim Hely Hutchinson asks why it is not a wonderful opportunity to buy Wolf Hall at A 8.99, less than half its retail price a ' and less than an independent bookseller can buy it for a ' and get another book free .

Silver pre-Victorian-era diamond earrings and a platinum Edwardian-era diamond and emerald link bracelet were among items seized from fallen financier Bernard Madoff auctioned today in Manhattan.

Linda Payne Cars can no longer be parked along streets that have a posted speed limit of 35 mph or greater in the Town of Granite Falls.

What do you get for the person who has everything? Well, maybe you buy him a piece of history.

12 and 13. Tickets can be purchased online at www.chapelhillpreservation.com or directly from one of the ticket outlets around Chapel Hill.

Published: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 5:00 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 4:58 p.m. We're all familiar with the classic story about a young, hard-working girl who is bossed around by her evil stepmother and stepsisters before she becomes a beautiful princess at an elegant ball.

Dozens of physicians from Eastern Carolina have been chosen by their peers for inclusion in the 2009-2010 "Best Doctors" list.

On Oct. 26, Cantona s Zoning Board of Adjustments approved the use of an old landfill owned by International Papers, zoned heavy industrial, to allow the livestock market to open at the site.

Tallinn . OREANDA-NEWS . From 1 November 2009 Estonian Air is the sole fully qualified representative of the EuroBonus loyalty program among the Baltic airlines.