WINGATE, N.C. — A lockdown at Wingate University has been lifted, but students may still see extra police patrols on campus Tuesday morning. The campus was placed on a lockdown just before 11 p.m.

Residents of Wingate, North Carolina, are voicing concerns as the town considers disbanding its police department due to rising costs and staffing shortages. The town manager, Brad Sellers, ...

Tuesday night, town commissioners voted 4 to 1 to disband the Wingate Police Department. The decision to disband the department was driven by concerns over cost, liability, and staffing shortages, ...

WINGATE, N.C. — A shooting at Wingate University's baseball field sent the campus into lockdown Friday night during a youth baseball game. Alerts shared by the school's alert system on X indicated it ...

Philander Smith University announced a $3.9 million grant from the Wingate Foundation to create a scholarship fund to help ...

WINGATE, N.C. — Officer Eric Tallent’s wife was told she would be lucky if she had eight more months with her husband. The Wingate police officer was recently diagnosed with an aggressive, incurable ...