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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
