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Football brought Jesse Jackson to Greensboro. His time there molded him into a civil rights leader.

Greensboro

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Feb 22, 2026

Football brought Jesse Jackson to Greensboro. His time there molded him into a civil rights leader.

Jackson, who died last week at age 84, was once the quarterback at North Carolina A&T. His position on the field was a foreshadowing of his singular role in American life.

Jeremy Markovich
Jeremy Markovich
A reader found a strange snippet of North Carolina law. Turns out it's a six-decade old beef.

Beef

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Feb 13, 2026

A reader found a strange snippet of North Carolina law. Turns out it's a six-decade old beef.

An old statute says the state DMV can't buy a plane without special permission. It came out of a fight between the Highway Patrol, lawmakers, and a former FBI guy who was frighteningly good at checkers.

Jeremy Markovich
Jeremy Markovich
The Untold Story of the Guy Who Broke Into a Pizza Shop And Started Selling Pizzas

Kinston

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Feb 8, 2026

The Untold Story of the Guy Who Broke Into a Pizza Shop And Started Selling Pizzas

The news from the Kinston Little Caesars rocketed around the internet this week. A police report and some Facebook posts shed a little more light on what went down.

Jeremy Markovich
Jeremy Markovich
"F--k That": A History of Illegal Swearing In North Carolina

Swearing

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Jan 31, 2026

"F--k That": A History of Illegal Swearing In North Carolina

For more than a century, it was a crime to cuss on almost every road in this state, and yes, people were occasionally convicted. So what stopped it? Perhaps, people pointing out how absurd it all was.

Jeremy Markovich
Jeremy Markovich
Your Rabbit Hole Winter Storm Prep Kit

Raleigh

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Jan 23, 2026

Your Rabbit Hole Winter Storm Prep Kit

Three stories and a game that won't help you at all when the power goes out, but will at least give you something to talk about when you're stuck in your house.

Jeremy Markovich
Jeremy Markovich
That's Not How You Say It

Raleigh

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Jan 15, 2026

That's Not How You Say It

Last week, we asked you to to call us up and tell us about the best and worst mispronunciations of North Carolina places. You did not disappoint.

Jeremy Markovich
Jeremy Markovich
This is an incredible way to pronounce "Raleigh"

Raleigh

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Jan 8, 2026

This is an incredible way to pronounce "Raleigh"

A former NFL wide receiver has been to North Carolina's capital city, and yet he pronounced it in a way that I've never heard before. If you can top it, give me a call

Jeremy Markovich
Jeremy Markovich
The Last Rabbit Hole EVER (of 2025)

Phoning It In

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Dec 31, 2025

The Last Rabbit Hole EVER (of 2025)

A quick update on things, and a look back at some of the most (and least) popular things I wrote this year.

Jeremy Markovich
Jeremy Markovich
Behold the Blinkies: A Very North Carolina Set of Christmas Lights

Inventions

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Dec 24, 2025

Behold the Blinkies: A Very North Carolina Set of Christmas Lights

What started as a way to honor a woman in Kernersville has become a regional phenomenon. Here's the story of an overnight success that took decades, and a man who never stopped inventing.

Jeremy Markovich
Jeremy Markovich
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