Greg Clark

Oct 3, 2023 | grandforksherald.com | Greg Clark

To the editor,The “Miller Test,” a result of a 1973 Supreme Court decision, is used to determine whether or not a book can be labeled as obscene (and therefore not protected from censorship by the First Amendment). The Miller Test has three prongs: a book may be considered obscene if it, on the whole, (1) appeals to prurient interest, (2) is patently offensive, and (3) lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.

Sep 1, 2023 | wral.com | Natalie Matthews |Amanda Lamb |Greg Clark

Rip currents off the North Carolina coast can be deadly. Often times, the person who goes out to rescue a swimmer in trouble is the one who ends up losing his or her life, experts say. In an effort to help save lives, WRAL's Amanda Lamb headed to the coast to talk with lifeguards who rescue hundreds of people each year from rip currents. Lt. John Scull, with the Wrightsville Beach Fire Department Ocean Rescue Team, says rip currents are nearly impossible to see, unless you're trained to spot them.

Aug 25, 2023 | wral.com | Bruce Mildwurf |Greg Clark |Matt Burns

Former Gov. Jim Hunt and a number of business leaders urged lawmakers Wednesday to avoid damaging the Smart Start early childhood program Hunt helped create nearly 20 years ago. Hunt said he could accept the 5 percent reduction to Smart Start funding that Gov. Beverly Perdue called for in her budget proposal, but he suggested deeper cuts would harm the nationally recognized program. "When you've got something this good, you don't want to mess it up," he said.

Aug 25, 2023 | wral.com | Richard Adkins |Greg Clark |Anne Johnson |Sloane Heffernan

Friends and family say Lorenzo Charles, who died in a bus wreck Monday, was much more than a talented athlete who made the game-winning dunk for North Carolina State University in the 1983 NCAA championship game. Wake Chapel Church in Raleigh hosted the funeral service Saturday for Charles, 47, who died when the charter bus he was driving wrecked on Interstate 40. Despite their grief, family and friends couldn't shake the image of Charles as a smiling child and man.

Aug 25, 2023 | wral.com | Laura Leslie |Greg Clark |Matt Burns

Several Democratic lawmakers and black clergy took opposing viewpoints Tuesday on a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage in North Carolina, a sign the proposed ballot question still divides racial, partisan and religious groups days before the General Assembly meets to consider it. State law already bans marriage between people of the same gender, but the proposed amendment would make heterosexual marriage the only "domestic legal union" that could be recognized.