The Methuen Rangers will travel to face the North Andover Scarlet Knights on Friday night in a Massachusetts high school football showdown. The Rangers are coming off an 18-13 home win over Marshfield in last week’s season opener. Friday’s game is the season opener for the Scarlet Knights.

Western North Carolina high school football is back for Week 4, which brings the first games of conference play. The Mountain 8 Conference gets into conference play, starting with East Henderson at Franklin on Sept.

North Carolina leaders were scheduled to hold a press conference about the deadly stabbing of Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte light rail.

Urgent warnings were issued by the National Weather Service on Wednesday afternoon amid torrential rainfall in the Tar Heel State.

It's rivalry week in Monroe County. Follow live here for all the Week 4 high school football updates from the area.

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