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The Great Resignation is causing employers in lower wage sectors to scramble to fill positions. However, we’re beginning to see a trend emerge that certain nonprofits hope becomes the norm, giving people re-entering society a shot at employment.
Dignitaries joined survivors of the Korean War at the Dallas Fort-Worth National Cemetery on Monday to break ground on a new memorial honoring the "Chosin Few."
A Wilkesboro father is raising questions about how Wilkes County Schools officials handled an incident involving his son, who authorities say was assaulted with a broom handle in a locker room at Wilkes Central High School in April. Five male Wilkes Central students, ranging in age from 15 to 18, have been charged in the incident involving Jovan Millerâs 15-year-old son. During the incident, a student âshoved a broom handle against the victimâs buttocks,â and another student held him down, according to court documents. Wilkes Central High School The 18-year-olds were charg...
Richard Craver 19 hrs ago Beginning Tuesday, adult Forsyth County residents become eligible for a $25 gift card for getting their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. The Forsyth Health Department said Friday it has 1,000 of the gift cards, which can be used anywhere a debit MasterCard is accepted. People taking someone for their first shot are also offered the gift card, even if they already had their first dose. Drivers are eligible for a card for each person they take for a first dose. The state Department of Health and Human Services said the $25 card for the driver “...
ST. LUCIE COUNTY — A 68-year-old Fort Pierce man claimed a $500,000 prize in the Florida Lottery 20X CROSSWORD Scratch-Off game, the lottery announced Friday. Jackie Fisher bought the $5 ticket from Merchant Discount in the 6100 block of South U.S. 1, which is at Easy Street. He used a secured drop box at the West Palm Beach District Office to claim it, Lottery officials said Mark Byrd, clerk at Merchant Discount Food, said he doesn't personally know the person who bought the ticket, but the man's family member came in to check the ticket. Byrd said he determined the ticket won for an...