The investor group from China established locally as Founders Group International has become the largest owner and operator of golf courses in the Myrtle Beach market. The company has acquired the majority of National Golf Management’s assets, giving it a…

CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — FairPoint Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: FRP), a leading communications provider, today announced it will release its 2015 first quarter results early morning on Wednesday, May 6, 2015.  The company will hold its earnings conference call…

Stratix, which provides enterprise managed mobile services (MMS), and Coca-Cola Bottling Company Consolidated (NASDAQ: COKE), the largest independent Coca-Cola bottler in the U.S., have accelerated the deployment of 3,500 devices used in field sales/field service. The solution consolidates CCBCC’s mobile…

CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 28, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Ally Financial Inc. (NYSE: ALLY) today reported net income of $576 million, and $1.06 per diluted common share, for the first quarter of 2015, compared to net income of $177 million, and $0.23 per…

Crickenberger, Herbert Phalti Herbert Phalti Crickenberger, 95, of Lynchburg, passed away Monday, April 27, 2015, at Virginia Baptist Hospital. He was of the husband of 75 years to Katherine Oliver Crickenberger. Born July 12, 1919, in Bedford County, he was…

Syracuse, N.Y. — The Syracuse coaching staff is looking to capitalize on the momentum caused by four-star running back Robert Washington’s verbal commitment on Saturday. The Class of 2016 pledge from SouthLake Christian (Huntersville, N.C.) Academy has a strong network…

CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 27, 2015 – As the death toll rises in Nepal following the catastrophic earthquake on Saturday, geophysicists are saying they knew the disaster was eventually going to strike. It was only a matter of time. Much like…

Baseball The Heartland of America Baseball League named Phil Wilson commissioner. Colleges The University of Montana hired Mike Hanson as assistant athletic director of communications. Hanson replaces Dave Guffey, who will retire. Facilities Brooklyn Sports and Entertainment named Keith Sheldon…

Hammond junior sensation Seventh Woods has had in-home visits with South Carolina basketball coach Frank Martin and North Carolina coach Roy Williams, and they have been the two strongest recruiters of Woods to this point. But there are others, says…

Paige Davis, director of sales at Holiday Inn Express Suites in Fort Payne, has earned certification as a “Travel Marketing Professional” after completing the three-year program of the Southeast Tourism Society Marketing College. Davis was one of 37 new TMPs…