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FilSpec Inc. of Quebec has acquired Richmond Yarns Inc. of Ellerbe, a town in Richmond County about 50 miles southwest of Sanford, and the Canadian textile company has committed to more than double the size of the Ellerbe plant after securing a $150,000 grant from the One North Carolina Fund.

Ready for a new dog, Dan and Linda Textoris headed several years ago to the Orange County Animal Protection Society.

North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue's communications director is stepping down from his job.

Judges cut two of the three tap dancers in a move that upset Nigel personally Loading... I don't feel like Bianca's talent was tapped out.

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For Tom Harvley-Felder, sitting behind a desk all day would be tough. "Administration encompasses so many different things in 24 hours," said Harvley-Felder, the principal atEast Lee Middle School.

Ham's Restaurants Inc. , a Greensboro-based chain with two Triangle-area locations, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

If last night is any indication, this is going to be a weird season. First, we found out yesterday morning that Billy Bell, one of the best dancers, is out - we don't find out what's wrong with him, just that, "His doctor won't allow him to continue." So the show brings in hip-hop guy, Brandon to replace contemporary Billy - not exactly an even, or ...

On Tuesday afternoon, in a corner room of the Terry Sanford School of Public Policy that is regularly filled with students, a group of Chinese government officials were participating in a mock debate.

A suspect hiding in a closet fired a semiautomatic rifle at least once before authorities shot and killed him during a drug raid at a mobile home outside Sanford earlier this week, authorities said Friday.

Harnett County sheriff's deputies shot and killed one man and arrested another while trying to serve a search warrant at 48 K Bar Lane in Sanford around 2:15 a.m. Thursday.

A Harnett County man was shot and killed during a confrontation with a Harnett County Sheriff's deputy early Thursday morning during an attempt to serve a search warrant in a drug investigation.

" Retired firefighter Jack Bost waited patiently in the bustle at the Oct. 13 Central Carolina Community College JobsNow kickoff.

Dorothy Moore spent most of her career teaching middle school in Chatham County.

Whenever an actor sits down or spins around, there is no guarantee that he'll stand up as the same person.

Get your daily serving of fashion and style from N&O fashion writer Samantha Smith .

Cpl. Marc Strickland, of Boone, N.C., , and Sgt. Derrick Smith, of Sanford, N.C., both serving with Company D, 252nd Combined Arms Battalion, 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, hand medical supplies to a Son's of Iraq member at a clinic in the Radwaniyah Community Center, south of Baghdad, Oct.

The Lee County Sheriff's Office is investigating a home break-in near Sanford where a 16-year-old suspect died from injuries sustained while trying to flee the scene.

Though you may recognize part of the popular minstrel show number "Mr. Catfish" from the folk song "Turkey in the Straw," the tune is actually believed to have origins in the African-American string band community.

Joel Fleishman's booming North Carolina voice filled the Chapel with a celebratory Jewish prayer Thursday, as the former director of what is now the Sanford School of Public Policy looked back on 38 years at the University.