Monthly Archives: April 2025
Raymond Eugene Payne
Raymond Eugene Payne, 89, of Burlington, North Carolina, passed away peacefully on April 20, 2025.
Born in Burlington on February 19, 1936, Raymond was a...
Mahan throws TD pass in Duke spring game
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
Former Williams quarterback Dan Mahan was involved in the final scoring play of Duke’s spring football game Saturday...
Police in Burlington raid suspected gaming den
Police in Burlington have raided an alleged illegal gambling den based on complaints that it originally received from the community.
According to the city’s police...
Burlington police arrest suspect in 1st-degree murder
Police in Burlington have arrested a man who allegedly pulled the trigger in a fatal shooting that occurred roughly two months ago.
Terrance Raphael Evans,...
Shirley Lassiter Huffman
Shirley Lassiter Huffman of Burlington, NC passed away peacefully on April 15, 2025. She was born August 19, 1932 in Four Oaks, NC to...
Burlington sites picked for NCHSAA tennis, baseball finals
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
Burlington will be the site of spring championships in boys’ tennis and baseball based on the North Carolina...
School board to rescind Biden-era Title IX policy with expanded protections for LGBTQ students
Alamance-Burlington school board members are scheduled to vote on a Title IX policy that rescinds expanded federal protections for LGBTQ students implemented under President...
Herb Niparts is the Williams boys’ golf coach this year
It has been a while for new Williams golf coach
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
Fifty-five years later, Herb Niparts has taken another coaching...
ABSS-Teacher turnover in ABSS static but lower than statewide rate
The latest annual “State of the Teaching Profession in North Carolina” report shows that 9.7 percent of (139 out of a total of 1,439)...
Burlington police chief hails full staffing for enabling dept.’s newest initiatives
A “first-response” drone that Burlington’s police force launched a year ago has become the focal point for a new reconnaissance program that the agency...
