All 397 national parks across the country will offer free admission from Jan. 14-16 to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Eric Mack, 23, of Raleigh covered the 5K course in 15:41 to win
Saturday's Run for Our Heroes in downtown Raleigh, just beating Paul
Himberger, 24, of Raleigh, who finished in 15:44.

Erich Fielder, 26, of Cary was third in 16:35 in the second annual event, which drew nearly 1,000 participants.

The top finisher in the women's division was Kelcey Carlson, 35, of
Raleigh, who was 17th overall in 20:08. She was followed in the women's
standings by Rita Beard of Raleigh, 20, in 20:20 and Natalie Taylor,
38, of Raleigh in 20:28.

Over two hundred students, staff and friends attend a 45 minute memorial service for UNC junior and Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity president ... more

Ryan Nagy of Raleigh shot a 6-under-par 64 to win the 20th annual Jack Ratz Jr. Memorial Golf Tournament played Aug. 3 at the Wildwood Green Golf Club in North Raleigh.

Seventy-five junior golfers turned out for the annual privately
sponsored tournament, which is conducted by the Ratz family to promote
teenage-driver safety. Proceeds from the event are used to fund the
Cardinal Gibbons High School Scholarship Fund in the memory of Jack
Ratz Jr., who was a Wildwood Green member and a 15-year-old Cardinal
Gibbons freshman when he died in a car accident in 1988.

In the girls 16-18 Division, Katie Yelle of Raleigh and Jeda Borek of
Raleigh each shot a 77, and Yelle won the playoff. (A list of top
finishers in each division is below.)

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Hundreds of students gathered in the Pit at UNC-Chapel Hill Thursday afternoon to remember Eve Carson, the student body president who was slain a ... more