Tuesday, November 11, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1980, football running back Willie Parker was born in Clinton. He starred at UNC before joining the Pittsburgh Steelers in … Continue reading Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Monday, November 10, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 2001, actress Andie MacDowell wed high school classmate Rhett Hartzog in front of 450 guests at Central United Methodist Church … Continue reading Monday, November 10, 2025

Sunday, November 9, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1918, Thomas Ferebee was born on a Davie County farm near Mocksville. He joined the U.S. Army Air Corps in … Continue reading Sunday, November 9, 2025

Saturday, November 8, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1951, American soul singer Gerald Alston was born in Henderson. Alston joined The Manhattans in 1970 after lead singer George … Continue reading Saturday, November 8, 2025

Friday, November 7, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1954, North Carolina’s 63rd governor, Democrat William B. Umstead, died while in office from pneumonia amid ongoing heart issues. Umstead … Continue reading Friday, November 7, 2025

Thursday, November 6, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1755, Gov. Arthur Dobbs appointed Captain Hugh Waddell as North Carolina’s commissioner to negotiate treaties with the Catawba and Cherokee … Continue reading Thursday, November 6, 2025

Wednesday, November 5, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1827, Samuel P. Carson of Buncombe County fatally shot fellow North Carolinian Robert Brank Vance in a duel over election … Continue reading Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Tuesday, November 4, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1820, Confederate officer Robert Vinkler Richardson was born in Granville County, North Carolina, but later moved to Tennessee. A prosperous … Continue reading Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Monday, November 3, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1870, John Motley Morehead III was born in Spray, a former town now part of Eden. He was an 1891 … Continue reading Monday, November 3, 2025

Sunday, November 2, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1769, North Carolina’s legislature signed a nonimportation agreement to protest British taxes, possibly the first legislative act of the Revolutionary … Continue reading Sunday, November 2, 2025