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ELKINS — The Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson II, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly, Presbyterian Church (USA), will be the speaker for the Davis & Elkins Colleg

Johnson C. Smith students are hoping to garner enough support that they can claim some of the $2 million in prize money to spruce up the student union.

University of North Carolina seniors are feeling frustrated — even betrayed — after the results of a restructured lottery for tickets to last Saturdays home game against in-state rival Duke were released Feb. 28.

The finale of the Bear Bash saw Lenoir-Rhyne get home runs from Katelyn Rackard and Talon LaClair and Cassidy Wall drove in four runs as the Bears defeated Lock

Lora Beth Wood hit home runs in both games as the Lenoir-Rhyne Softball team exploded for 23 runs in the doubleheader sweep at Bears Field as part of Bear Bash.

We stacked the top NFL draft prospects from HBCU schools, including a handful playing in Saturdays HBCU Legacy Bowl.

Shenna Hollar won her 900th career game as the head coach at Lenoir-Rhyne as the Bears softball team swept Belmont Abbey in a doubleheader on Wednesday afternoo

As always we’ve got a lot going on in Cabarrus County and we’ll scratch the surface with a few items today.

Johnson C. Smith University was recently awarded nearly $1 million from Mecklenburg County to expand the school’s Black Birthing Professions program. The program focuses on improving the health of mothers and babies while also expanding access to professional training for people of color. That includes JCSU’s Lactation Consultant Training Program which aims to recruit more women of color into the field.

The U.S. Department of Commerce awarded JCSU $5.7 million as part of its Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program (CMC).