AP Impact: For-profit colleges haul in gov't aid - CharlotteObserver.com
RALEIGH, N.C. Students aren't the only ones benefiting from the billions of new dollars Washington is spending on college aid for the poor. An Associated Press analysis shows surging proportions of both low-income students and the recently boosted

Archive for November 2006 - The Spokesman-Review
The trade may just upgrade the Tips’ offense But will the rumors turn into fact? Probably not. Not after a 4-8 year that ended with five consecutive losses. But after a year of recruiting and the seemingly inevitable winning season next year

A coach's life: Bill Mayhew continues to leave his mark at South - Mooresville Tribune
High School Association, the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and the Mooresville High School Hall of Game - and was featured in Sports Illustrated's "Faces in the Crowd" in 1996 after picking up his 500th career victory. "I think when he came to

School Kudos: WNC teachers awarded for ideas - Asheville Citizen-Times
MARSHALL — The French Broad Electric Membership Corporation announced the Western North Carolina recipients of its 2009-10 Bright Ideas Grant program. The winning schools will share the $25,000 cooperative award. Bright Ideas Grants provide

NBA At 2: Size Matters Not - Hoops World
Talking about the celebrated free agency class of 2010 and the New York Knicks' overstated desire to lure one or more members of the Charlotte did win their last game, the first win with Jackson in the mix, but have a ways to go to get to

Football helps state, schools pay bills - Asheville Citizen-Times
ASHEVILLE — Four Western North Carolina high schools will host football games tonight in the third round of the state playoffs. With good weather in the forecast and their teams just two wins away from a state championship game, overflow crowds are

Butler's goal: Encore, rivalry - CharlotteObserver.com
With that victory at Patriots Stadium this season, which was the biggest in school history, Butler became the first team to beat Independence twice since coach Tom Knotts took over the program in State upset North Carolina and South Carolina

Homecoming for Army recruiters - The State
Stephen Bowens, the unit's highest ranking enlisted leader, are natives of the Palmetto State White, a 1986 graduate of Lugoff-Elgin High School, and Bowens, a 1989 alum of St. Stephens High School, say fate more than Army planning led them back

Retired trooper to start counseling foundation - Asheboro Courier-Tribune
ASHEBORO — When A.W. “Pete” Waddell retired from the N.C. Highway Patrol on Oct. 21, he had known for some time what his second career would be — to continue his path of service to bring aid and healing to law enforcement personnel who suffer

Text-a-Tip Programs Help Police in Anti-Snitching Culture - My Fox 8
country -- including three cities in North Carolina -- are getting help from text-a-tip programs on her 18th birthday; and the fatal stabbing of a man during a bar fight. Officer Michael Charbonnier, who oversees the program, said people who