Kaitlin McKeown

6 days ago | heraldonline.com | Kaitlin McKeown |Nick Sullivan

Rock Hill-area food pantries lost drastic amounts of funding over the weekend as part of the Trump administration’s broad attempts to reduce government spending. One local pantry is eliminating frozen and perishable goods and turning to donors to help “fill the void.”Pilgrims’ Inn, a nonprofit that provides emergency services including a women and children’s shelter, is losing 50% of monthly federal funding for its food pantry.

1 week ago | heraldonline.com | Kaitlin McKeown

Another N.C. State men’s basketball player from the Kevin Keatts era has hit the NCAA transfer portal. Friday, Freshman Trey Parker told On3 he was entering the portal. Parker was one of the few remaining players on the roster and appeared poised to return next season under new head coach Will Wade. Instead, Parker becomes the seventh Wolfpack player to enter the portal.

1 week ago | heraldonline.com | Kaitlin McKeown

North Carolinians recycled 1.65 million tons of materials during the last fiscal year, diverting it from the state’s landfills. That equates to roughly 305 pounds of recyclables per person — but what if you could get cash for your recyclables?

2 weeks ago | heraldonline.com | Kaitlin McKeown

Three N.C. State women’s basketball guards are WNBA Draft eligible this year, with Saniya Rivers and Aziaha James expected to be first- or second-round picks next week. WNBA general managers and women’s basketball analysts discussed the upcoming draft class Thursday. The draft will take place at 7:30 p.m. Monday in New York. It will be broadcast on ESPN. Rivers is the highest prospect of the Wolfpack’s “Big 3” — Rivers, James and Madison Hayes — and appears in seven mock drafts.

2 weeks ago | heraldonline.com | Kaitlin McKeown

N.C. State and Kansas have reportedly set a date for the second game of its home-and-home series, which began last year. The Jayhawks will travel to Raleigh for a matchup on Dec. 13, according to Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports. The series was agreed upon last spring. New Wolfpack head coach Will Wade said at his introduction he was not going to back down from tough opponents and planned to schedule difficult nonconference matchups.