by WSIC News | Aug 10, 2023 | WSIC Local News
The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered more than $1.6 million in back wages and liquidated damages for 188 workers, many of them denied minimum and overtime wages by a North Carolina construction services contractor who misclassified the employees as independent...
by WSIC News | Aug 10, 2023 | WSIC Local News
Iredell Memorial Hospital has been named a High Performing hospital by U.S. News & World Report as part of its 2023-2024 Best Hospitals rankings. The hospital was recognized as high performing in three medical specialties – heart failure, stroke, and chronic...
by WSIC News | Aug 10, 2023 | WSIC State News
In the past year, two Hough High School students have died of fentanyl overdoses, and a handful more have enrolled in drug rehabilitation programs. Understandably, this has parents worried. NC Newsline is reporting that the Fentanyl Victims Network of North Carolina...
by WSIC News | Aug 10, 2023 | WSIC Local News
Cornelius Today is reporting that the Cornelius Town Board approved an expenditure of $170,000 which will be used to provide an additional School Resource Officer (SRO) for the town’s elementary schools. As a result, Cornelius and J.V. Washam elementary schools will...
by WSIC News | Aug 10, 2023 | WSIC State News
WNCN is reporting that what police say was a nationwide ring of interconnected auto dealership thefts, has been broken with the help of a local police detective in Lillington. When a group of thieves hit Hiester Dodge/Jeep/Chrysler automotive dealership last December,...