WSOC | Other players step up for Syracuse in Romagnuolo's absence

was confident someone would step up.

"I was asked a while ago who's going to score our goals, and I said it's going to come from different places," Wheddon said. "We include everyone in finishing."

With Romagnuolo in Kansas City, Kan ., this weekend playing for the Canadian national team, the SU offense was expected to take a hit. Instead, Syracuse outshot the Friars 10-2 and won for the first time since Aug. 21 behind a goal from sophomore Lauren DeCarlo in the 86th minute. DeCarlo came through with the big play, but the entire Orange offense was on the attack throughout the game.

WSOC: Ball State's lone goal holds up

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - After returning to the Hefner Soccer Complex after five road matches, an early first half Ball State goal led the Cardinals past the Mastodons, 1-0, on Sunday evening in Fort Wayne.

The 'Dons fall to 2-5-0 in their third-straight 1-0 loss against a MAC opponent. IPFW's two previous losses came against Bowling Green (Sept. 16) and Buffalo (Sept. 11). BSU moves to 5-3-1 overall.

Is serial arson suspect behind crimes in other states?

Police said a man they believe is behind four arsons in a Cornelius neighborhood could be behind similar crimes in other states.

Bobby Prevatte is accused of setting four homes in his neighborhood on fire between December and August -- all along Meadow Crossing Lane in the Glenridge community, according to WSOC-TV.

Two killed at Lowe's Home Improvement in Concord

UPDATE, 7:45 p.m.: Police have confirmed that the two victims knew each other. No other employees or customers were targeted in the shooting, which police said was not a random act.

York police: boy, grandmother found living in woods

A 7-year-old boy is under protective custody of the Department of Social Services after York County authorities say they found the child and his grandmother living in a tent in the woods, according to television reports.

According to WSOC-TV, police say Janice Dowd had paid a deposit for an apartment in Clover. But the landlord wouldn't let the pair move in because Dowd didn't not have enough money to turn on all the utilities, police told the television station.

Truck driver helps rescue kidnapped toddler | rescue, toddler, driver - The Star Online : The Newspaper of Cleveland County

GASTONIA, N.C. - An unknown truck driver helped Highway Patrol troopers rescue a 2-year-old boy early Friday morning who had been violently kidnapped by his mentally ill mother in Georgia, according to warrants.

A truck driver heading across the state line into North Carolina on I-85 spotted the Georgia mother and alerted authorities at 12:36 a.m. Friday while in Cleveland County and troopers were able to stop the woman at 12:46 a.m. just before mile marker 13 in Gaston County, according to the Highway Patrol.