New London News

Ashley Michalak and Nate Neitz are dipping pans of dirt into a long wooden trough on a hot summer day.

BOILING SPRINGS a 'Gardner-Webb University recently held its 2009 summer commencement exercises where a total of 321 students graduated.

GREETINGS FROM CHINA: These Charlotte Country Day students and chaperones visited China in March; here, they're at Yue Jiang Pavilion, overlooking the Yangtze River, in Nanjing.

Published: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 5:00 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, May 22, 2009 at 5:22 p.m. Tamara Lynn Meeks and James "Jimmy" Michael Petty were married May 23, 2009, at Queens Landing aboard the Catawba Queen.

NEW LONDON, N.C. a ' The entry deadline for the American Society of Furniture Designers Pinnacle Awards, the home furnishings industry's top honors for excellence in product design, is this coming Monday, June 1. The deadline is almost two months earlier than in previous years.

John McConnell, a former Triangle tech executive-turned-golf entrepreneur, has added a fifth golf course to his McConnell Golf holdings: the Old North State Club at Uwharrie Point in New London.

A crash early Wednesday caused a tractor trailer to flip, spilling 40 tons of wood chips onto a two-lane Lancaster County road.

Georgia Tech won the ACC Championship in men's golf on Sunday by three shots over Clemson at the Old North State Club in New London, N.C. Duke finished third, 15 shots behind Tech.

FSU junior Seath Lauer carded an even par 72 to lead the Seminoles' men's golf team through the second round of the ACC Championship in New London, N.C. Lauer is FSU's leader after the first two rounds of the three-round event.