Wingate News

The Francis Marion University men's and women's cross country teams finished 22nd and 23rd in their respective meets at the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional Championships, Saturday morning in Wingate, NC.

WINGATE, NC UNCP sent seven runners to Wingate University on Saturday morning to compete in the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional Championship 10K race.

Republican Jim Taylor is the new mayor of Matthews. He defeated Jack Davis. Lee Myers, who has held the office for the last 18 years, didn't run for re-election. In Huntersville, Jill Swain beat back a challenge from Brian Sisson to win re-election as mayor.

MONROE Seventy-four candidates are seeking election in Union County. Polls will be open today from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. There are 50 locations to vote across the county.

Richard Wayne Blackwell Madison Richard Wayne Blackwell, 42, beloved husband and father of 1209 Webb Loop Road, passed away on Friday, October 30, 2009.

One Wingate family is urging fellow residents to vote against liquor by the drink in this year's referendum.

MONROE a ' A toy and poker run to benefit the Union County Christmas Bureau is scheduled for Nov.

Kris Holloway, the author of "Monique and the Mango Rains," will give a free public lecture at Wingate University today at 9:30 a.m. in Austin Auditorium.

A femur found in a creek bed Oct. 3 belonged to Charles Alexander Grimsley, a Wingate resident who had been missing for seven years.

WINGATE a ' The Monroe Civitan Club presented awards and installed officers during its Sept.

Classes Childrena s Thanksgiving Workshop, Nov. 15 from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Learn the history and customs of Thanksgiving through crafts, games and holiday experts.

Bones discovered in a creekbed near Wingate earlier this month are those of a man who has been missing for more than seven years, the Union County Sheriff's Office has confirmed.

Take a couple of chefs and drop them onto a North Carolina mountain. Stir in torrential rain, mud, wild mushrooms and foraged apples.

Wingate, N.C.----The Wingate University Bulldogs swept the Pioneers of Tusculum College 3-0 in South Atlantic Conference volleyball action Friday night in Cuddy Arena.

The Wingate University Bulldogs swept the Catawba Indians 3-0 Tuesday evening in South Atlantic Conference volleyball action in Cuddy Arena.

Wingate University junior middle blocker Stormi Gale has been named this weeka s South Atlantic Conference Volleyball Player of the Week, league officials announced Monday.

Law enforcement searches a farm near Wingate for more skeletal remains after a human femur was found Saturday.

House of Pearls chaplain Terry Merritt, center, gives Jan Pearson, of Waxhaw, a tour of the recently remodeled facility during Sunday's open house in Wingate.

Union County Sheriff Eddie Cathey says more investigation is needed before authorities can determine the identity of the person whose bones were discovered Saturday by a young hunter.

Wingate University President Jerry E. McGee recently signed a five-year contract extension which will renew his term through May 31, 2014.