Wingate News

Amanda Jessie Smith, daughter of Ronald Smith of Deerfield Township and Denise Arrigo of Mill-ville, graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor of science degree in business management during a commencement ceremony May 9 at Wingate University in Wingate, N.C. She also received the university's School of Business Management Award.

Wingate, N.C. a ' Wingate University President Jerry E. McGee awarded diplomas to 414 graduates of the Class of 2009 at the May 9 commencement.

Wingate University announced this week that it will participate in a program to make college more affordable for veterans.

A native of Rockingham was recently honored for his philanthropy by having a college on the campus of a North Carolina university named after him.

The N.C. Office of Recovery & Investment is coming to Charlotte - finally. The Queen City becomes the last site for six stimulus workshops planned by the recovery office.

Around 12:30 a.m. deputies located Jeffrey Martin Sousa II, of Wingate, N.C., in a hotel on Golden Gate Parkway, according to an arrest report.

Joshua Goudelock and his fellow graduates at the South Piedmont Community College Basic Skills Graduation celebrate their new status by turning their tassels.

The N.C. Turnpike Authority plans to hold four open houses and two corridor design hearings next week for the proposed Monroe connector/bypass project in Mecklenburg and Union counties.

WINGATE Wingate University has decided to build a new, $16.2 million School of Health Science on its eastern Union County campus, instead of moving into Mecklenburg County's southeastern side near Interstate 485.

A physical education teacher and girls basketball coach at Monroe High School turned himself in Wednesday afternoon after learning an arrest warrant had been issued for him in connection with an alleged sex offense with a student, according to Monroe police.

No injuries were reported late Wednesday night in a shooting incident in Wingate.

McKnight Child Development Center, 1300 Glenn Ave., Kannapolis, is now accepting applications for the 2009-10 school year for children who will be 3 or 4 by Aug.

Rev. Dr. Bobby Gene Pratt, 76, died Thursday, February 19, 2009 at his home. Funeral services will be 3:30PM Sunday, February 22, 2009 in First Baptist Church, Mt.

Lincoln County Court House Photo by Adam Diaz/The Carolina Scoop LINCOLN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL CALENDAR SESSION BEGINNING MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2009 COURTROOM NUMBER 3 THE HONORABLE TIMOTHY S. KINCAID, ...

An exhibit, "A Celebration of African-American Culture and History" is currently on display at the Looking Glass Artist Collective Gallery.

The Dale Carnegie Immersion Seminar is coming to Mooresville this March. The seminar, which is billed as "the world's most popular and effective program for success," will be offered for the first time in ...

As a boy growing up in Marion, Ray Smith always knew he wanted to be a firefighter.

Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty against a man accused in the stabbing death of his ex-girlfriend, a South Carolina high school cheerleader.