Here's your local news at a glance for Wednesday, the 15th of July.
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🏥 Health
The local Red Cross is asking for more donors as it faces an alarming drop in blood supplies for platelets and specific blood types (O positive and B negative).
Hospitals depend on these donations to treat patients in emergencies.
The Red Cross asks for blood donors now to help stop a severe shortage of platelets, O positive and B negative blood that local hospitals need.
Officials say donations are critical to keeping supplies steady in the community.
🏈 Sports
Donovan Powell, a men's lacrosse player at Lenoir-Rhyne, was honored on Tuesday, July 14 when he was named to the CSC Academic All-America Third Team.
He earned first team all-region honors and finished his career with a 3.87 GPA (marking a record-setting journey).
Three student-athletes and one coach from Hickory Metro will compete at the NC East-West All-Star Games next week.
Basketball games kick off Monday, July 20 at 6:30 p.m. (Greensboro Coliseum Novant Health Field House) and the boys soccer match will follow Tuesday, July 21 at Truist Point in High Point.
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