Kate Harpring, the No. 4 player in the 2026 ESPNW 100 class, has committed to North Carolina, she announced Saturday. The 5-foot-10 guard had taken official visits to North Carolina, UCLA, Iowa and Vanderbilt and had offers from nearly every major program, including UConn, South Carolina, Duke, Texas and Tennessee.

Harpring, the daughter of former 11-year NBA veteran Matt Harpring announced her commitment to the Tar Heels on Saturday.

Kate Harpring, the nation’s No. 2 women’s basketball recruit in the 2026 class, has committed to North Carolina, she announced on Saturday. The Atlanta (Ga.) Marist star chose the Tar Heels over offers from Iowa,

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. -- The Manatee County Sheriff's Office said Friday that a body had been found not far from where the backpack of an 18-year-old Giovanni Pelletier was located. Manatee County is near Bradenton, Florida, along Interstate 75.

The body of a North Carolina teenager who went missing a week ago while vacationing and visiting family in Florida is believed to have been found.

Investigators are searching for a missing 18-year-old from North Carolina who vanished after vacationing in Florida. Giovanni Pelletier was last seen on Aug. 1 in Mims, Fla., near Orlando.