Newspaper reporters were once powerful enough to topple a government using only their typewriters. Watergate sent countless scruffy idealists to J-school to emulate Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein.

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SPENCER — North Rowan’s Ralph Ellis was honored as Central Carolina Coach of the Year for boys track and field and also is the Post’s Rowan County Coach of the Year for that sport. There are a couple ...