Neese's Country Sausage Got Sold To Someone Who's Not a Neese
First, it had a listeria outbreak. Then its products disappeared from North Carolina grocery stores. There was no explanation, until now. A new owner has taken over Neese's, a family-owned business that's made bricks of sausage, liver pudding, scrapple, and more for more than a century. So what happens next?
Some Pig: The Story of Struttin' Stormy and the Stanley Cup
The Carolina Hurricanes just became NHL champions for the first time in 20 years, and during that run a lot of people noticed something unusual on their road uniforms: A cartoony, college-style pig on the shoulder. Today, we take a closer look at the long journey of a logo from the mind of an art teacher in South Dakota all the way to the Stanley Cup champions.
Jeremy Markovich
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Meet a man who built a barbecue smoker out of a file cabinet
Is it real? Does it work? Is it safe? Was it hard to make? Why would anyone build one? Why is he selling it and trying to get a broken chainsaw in return? And, is this a singular piece of American ingenuity or is there an underground community of file cabinet smokers that I had never heard of before now? The seller, and an expert, tell us everything.
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The complete story of the time a monster truck drove across the Currituck Sound
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North Carolina's unkillable 41-year-old license plate
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Some Pig: The Story of Struttin' Stormy and the Stanley Cup
The Carolina Hurricanes just became NHL champions for the first time in 20 years, and during that run a lot of people noticed something unusual on their road uniforms: A cartoony, college-style pig on the shoulder. Today, we take a closer look at the long journey of a logo from the mind of an art teacher in South Dakota all the way to the Stanley Cup champions.
Neese's Country Sausage Got Sold To Someone Who's Not a Neese
First, it had a listeria outbreak. Then its products disappeared from North Carolina grocery stores. There was no explanation, until now. A new owner has taken over Neese's, a family-owned business that's made bricks of sausage, liver pudding, scrapple, and more for more than a century. So what happens next?
Meet a man who built a barbecue smoker out of a file cabinet
Is it real? Does it work? Is it safe? Was it hard to make? Why would anyone build one? Why is he selling it and trying to get a broken chainsaw in return? And, is this a singular piece of American ingenuity or is there an underground community of file cabinet smokers that I had never heard of before now? The seller, and an expert, tell us everything.
Revisiting the fandom of former Caniac in Chief Roy Cooper on the doorstep of the Carolina Hurricanes first trip to the Stanley Cup Final since 2006. Plus! Can you somehow avoid the $95 parking at the arena?
Thom Tillis called something "stupid on stilts." Where the hell did that come from?
North Carolina's senior senator uttered the expression to show his displeasure with President Trump. Even people who don't like Tillis now like to say it. Think it's a Southern phrase? Bless your heart.
