Jodi Leese Glusco

North Carolina

Director of Content at WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)

Content Director @WRAL, news junkie, sports fan, world's greatest wife, Mondragon, sui generis force of nature

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Afghani asylum seekers, members of Raleigh church, given a week to leave the U.S.

1 week ago | wral.com | Heidi Kirk |Jodi Leese Glusco

Christian Afghanis who sought asylum from persecution by the Taliban in the United States are being told they must leave immediately or be deported. The news came in an email to a group of migrants living legally in north Raleigh. "I have never, never imagined United States one day say you should leave this country," said one man who asked WRAL News not to share his name. Apostles Church in Raleigh has welcomed about 25 people who came to the U.S. after the Taliban took over.
Duke's Ashlon Jackson keeps making three point shots

3 weeks ago | wralsportsfan.com | Luke Notestine |Jodi Leese Glusco

Message: * A friend wanted you to see this item from WRAL Sports Fan: https://wr.al/1U2KlJackson has been so smooth from the outside, she needs only two more triples to tie the Duke single season record of 87.
Want, hunger, impact: However you define it, the Blue Devils are electric

3 weeks ago | wralsportsfan.com | Luke Notestine |Jodi Leese Glusco

Defense is all about energy, and the Duke Women have figured out how to use their juice as a superpower. NO STEIN WHO'S IN ALABAMA WITH THE REPORT. A LOOK. ENERGY IS HARD TO QUANTIFY AND SPORTS. BUT YOU KNOW IT WHEN YOU SEE IT, THIS DUKE TEAM HAS PROVEN ALL SEASON LONG TO HAVE THE ENERGY AND THE DRIVE TO BE ONE OF THE BEST TEAMS IN THE COUNTRY. >> ITS PLAYER ON THE ROSTER IS CONTRIBUTED TO THE COLLECTIVE SUCCESS OF THIS TEAM. BUT WHERE DOES ALL THAT ENERGY COME FROM?
Okananwa: We're able to climb out of any deficit :: WRALSportsFan.com

3 weeks ago | wralsportsfan.com | Jodi Leese Glusco

The Duke women trailed early but were able to refocus and climb back to a win over UNC in the NCAA Tournament. Yeah, that's a great question. I think for one, we all understood that we've been here before, you know, and with our connectivity, we're able to climb out of any deficit if we just refocus on what we need to do a rebounding, um, our defensive abilities, just cracking down on the details some more. So really, that was just our focus.
Lawson: We focus on the what, not the who in win

3 weeks ago | wralsportsfan.com | Jodi Leese Glusco

Kara Lawson knows Duke fans like the bragging rights of a win over UNC, but the more important thing for her team is the next game. We have great respect for them, and great respect for every team we've played, but um, I, I, I've always felt like. That focuses you in best to do your job, to not worry about who, just worry about what you need to do to win. So that's kind of been our mindset, um, every game.
North Carolina judge challenging outcome of race wore Confederate uniform in college photo

3 weeks ago | wral.com | Brian Slodysko |Michael Biesecker |Jodi Leese Glusco

This detail from a photograph obtained by The Associated Press shows Jefferson Griffin among dozens of other Kappa Alpha fraternity members wearing Confederate military uniforms in the early 2000s, when Griffin was a student at the University of North Carolina.
Tar Heels marching into the Sweet 16 :: WRALSportsFan.com

4 weeks ago | wralsportsfan.com | Jodi Leese Glusco

For members of the Marching Tar Heels, playing in the band means an opportunity to see the country. (Caroline Routh for WRAL Sports) While UNC Women's basketball heads to Birmingham to compete in the Sweet 16, the players aren't the only UNC students heading to Alabama for the game. Kelly Finch, a senior at UNC, is just one of the 29 band members traveling with the Tar Heels. I play the tenor saxophone. I'm a senior, so I've played it all 4 years of college. We've done a lot with.
Triangle fans can benefit from women's hoops boom

1 month ago | wralsportsfan.com | Jodi Leese Glusco

NC State women's basketball head coach Wes Moore has been in the game for 34 years, but he never expected to see growth quite like this. (Caroline Routh for WRAL Sports) Women's basketball is on the rise, and the triangle is leading the way. On the men's side of things. Duke has been dominant all year long, with the early exit from the Tar Heels in the round of 64 and the Wolfpack missing the tournament entirely, the shift has focus to the women's game.
Neighbor, cousin remember family as focus of couple now alleged to be victims of murder-suicide

1 month ago | wral.com | Destinee Patterson |Jodi Leese Glusco |Carly Haynes |Edward Wilson

Family members remembered Teresa Adams-Pugh as a mother who was very family oriented. The Johnston County Sheriff's Office found Adams-Pugh and her husband, Christopher Pugh, dead in their home Saturday night on Chaney Drive in Garner. Theirs was a marriage that appeared fine from the outside, Adams-Pugh's cousin, Josette Battle Goings told WRAL News. "This seems like it came out of nowhere," she said after learning of the Pughs deaths.
Family, fans can celebrate Courage forward named to Ring of Honor

1 month ago | wralsportsfan.com | Jeff Hogan |Jodi Leese Glusco

Tags: NC Courage, soccer, women's soccer, Jessica McDonald, good news Jessica McDonald is just the second member of the NC Courage Ring of Honor. She talked about her career and the progress that women's sports has made with WRAL's Jeff Hogan. TRIES EVIL. >> WE ARE OFFICIALLY INTO SPRING AND THAT MEANS THE RETURN OF SOCCER ACTION IN THE TRIANGLE. AND WE ARE JOINED BY GREATNESS THIS MORNING. I CAN TELL YOU IS NOT ME. JESSICA MCDONALD IS HERE.