School's in session: Loads of work ahead - CharlotteObserver.com
While Whitney Smith was looking forward to her fifth birthday on Saturday, her mom, Liz Smith, was decorating bulletin boards at the new Dilworth neighborhood elementary school. Last year the Smiths

Start me up: Georgia State ready to take to the gridiron after plenty of growing pains - FOX News
ATLANTA – In his previous head coaching jobs, there were plenty of things for Bill Curry to worry about. Who's going to play quarterback? How does the defense look? Will these Alabama fans ever fully accept

State makes little use of U.S. jobs program - Raleigh News & Observer
A federal jobs program designed to cover workers' wages with stimulus funds is set to expire next month having barely put 1,000 to work in North Carolina, one of the lowest rates in the country. Three-fourths

High School Football Gameday - CharlotteObserver.com
Posted: Friday, Aug. 27, 2010 The kind of nonconference game between powers that fans should get excited about, and coaches should be congratulated for scheduling. Tonight's game matches two of the region's

Probe into Tar Heels' program expanded - Augusta Chronicle
The investigation of North Carolina's football program has expanded into possible academic misconduct involving players and a woman who also has worked as a tutor for coach Butch Davis ' son, school officials

WBTV 3 News, Weather, Sports, and Traffic for Charlotte, NC-Schools rethink equipment after - WBTV
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Some schools are pulling equipment off the playground as authorities try to determine if a 9-year-old Oklahoma girl died because of something that happened while she played on a teeter-totter-like

WNC schools keep an eye on players' eligibility - Asheville Citizen-Times
ASHEVILLE — McDowell football coach Carson Gowan remembers being baffled as the transcript in question came across his desk last year. “It was very hard to read and the kid came out of a school that wasn't