by WSIC News | Nov 16, 2022 | WSIC State News
There are several North Carolina health systems limiting child visitors at their hospitals to avoid the spread of respiratory viruses. In a release, the health systems said due to the rise in viruses like RSV and the flu among young kids, they’re asking that children...
by WSIC News | Nov 16, 2022 | WSIC State News
Today, U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-Cornelius, NC), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, calling...
by WSIC News | Nov 16, 2022 | WSIC State News
MerleFest has announced the first round of artist additions for 2023. Taking place April 27th-30th, 2023, on the campus of Wilkes Community College, MerleFest 2023 will feature performances from North Carolina’s favorite sons The Avett Brothers, Highwoman Maren...
by WSIC News | Nov 15, 2022 | WSIC State News
State Attorney General Josh Stein announced today that he has reached a settlement with Walmart to resolve allegations that the company contributed to the opioid addiction crisis by failing to appropriately oversee the dispensing of opioids at its stores. The...
by WSIC News | Nov 15, 2022 | WSIC State News
Yesterday Senator Vicky Sawyer facilitated the first of two NCTEN meetings to discuss the modernization of NC DOT funding. Joined by other legislators and industry leaders, they worked together to find solutions to funding issues and the declining gas tax revenue. As...
by WSIC News | Nov 15, 2022 | WSIC State News
WRAL TV is reporting that four people, including two teenagers from Holly Springs, were killed Sunday in a crash involving a wrong-way driver on U.S. Highway 70 Bypass. The crash occurred around 10:45pm in La Grange, NC, near the Wayne and Lenior County line....
