Dudley hit the jackpot after he spent $20 to play the Win Big game. He bought his lucky scratch-off ticket while getting food at Stallion Tobacco and Vape in Angier, a roughly 20-mile drive south from Raleigh. “I just stopped to get a snack, and somehow my hunger pains turned into fortune,” Dudley told lottery officials in a Feb. 18 news release.

Officials now say that alcohol is believed to be a factor in the crash, and are accusing adults of providing alcohol to minors.

A woman has been arrested and charged with manslaughter six months after two high school football players died in an ATV accident in western North Carolina. Court documents confirmed that 34-year-old Ashley Marie Darity was indicted on two counts of involuntary manslaughter on Feb.

While Mack Brown was frustrated by how his departure was handled, the College Football Hall of Fame member reiterated that he was ready to be done coaching after a second stint with the Tar Heels, and is pulling for them to be successful under new coach Bill Belichick.

Despite his recent firing from North Carolina, former Texas Longhorns head coach Mack Brown holds no ill-will toward the Tarheels.

While it didn't go down how he wanted, Mack Brown has made peace with his departure from North Carolina in 2024. Living back in Austin, Texas -- where he famously led Texas to a national title in 2005 -- Brown made the trip north to Fort Worth to accept the Davey O'Brien Legends Award on Monday.