That request—find me the audio of someone reading the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools lunch menu from the late 1990s—seemed like a bit of a tall order. After all, we’re talking about an era of answering ...

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Yes. That’s right. Prince, musician and artist, adopted a highway in North Carolina. Litter cleanup, it seems, was among his many passions. Or, at least, that’s how it reads. Rabbit Hole reader ...

A Chinese restaurant next to the Food Lion in the Raleigh Oaks shopping center (Photo by James Willamor) Here’s a fun game that you can play right now. Go to Google Maps. Look up any Food Lion in ...

In 1865, during the waning days of the Civil War, a Union Soldier was rummaging around in the upper levels of the state capitol in Raleigh when he came upon an old document sitting unceremoniously in ...

The Carolina Hurricanes just became NHL champions for the first time in 20 years, and during that run a lot of people noticed something unusual on their road uniforms: A cartoony, college-style pig on ...

For months, the company said nothing. At all. Hence, to fill the vacuum, plenty of people wrote their own obituaries for Neese’s. They reminisced about their favorite recipes, many of which called for ...

Many people like them because they work better than any other beach shade. Some people think they are very loud, although new ones aren’t as loud as the old ones. They’re really popular on the east ...

North Carolina's senior senator uttered the expression to show his displeasure with President Trump. Even people who don't like Tillis now like to say it. Think it's a Southern phrase? Bless your ...

Let’s say you were a musician with a pile of money. How might you try to break into the music business? Would you pay your dues? Work your way up? Or would you buy your way to the top by, say, ...