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Ahead of Smith's 12th NFL season, we offer 12 vignettes from those who know him best that show who he is as a player and a person.

The Sylva Herald will bring home three awards from this year’s North Carolina Press Association competition.

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An outside staffing analysis found that 360 new San Antonio police officers are needed over the next three to five years, so patrol officers could have a 40-60 split of their time between responding to calls and “discretionary time.”

 An independent analysis says the city will need 360 new officers over the next three to five years.

The money is part of the Neighborhood Preservation Initiative, and will go to four legal aid groups with a history of helping people claim legal ownership of their homes.

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Harrison Smith caught himself recently, like a play-action fake that got him going the wrong way, when an acquaintance asked him his age. The longest-tenured player on the Minnesota Vikings and one of the oldest safeties in the NFL turned 33 earlier this year, but the six-time Pro Bowl pick clearly does not feel that old. “I started saying 20-something,” Smith said. “You just forget. It just flies by. I still feel good, but every old guy says that. You’ve just got t...

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Investigators are making big progress in a Forest City cold case homicide. One person was killed in an explosion at a Black Mountain motel. Hundreds of students in WNC said to have experienced homelessness.

Abilene historian Jay Moores talk takes Paramount audience back in time to when the local theater was built.