Locals to respond to Obama's tuition challenge
President Barack Obama called Friday for an overhaul of the higher education financial aid system, warning that colleges and universities that fail to control spiraling tuition costs could lose fed...
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Power is out; classes go on
Monroe Middle School students found a number of dark classrooms when they arrived at school Friday morning.
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Cuthbertson sophomore Shelton Mitchell (4), getting his blocked by Monroe junior Quayshawn Chambers, finished with 20 points and eight assists to lead his team to victory.
Cavs stay perfect in RRC
Mitchell scores 20, leads CHS to 16-point win over Monroe
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Obituaries, Jan. 28, 2012
Marian Reeves
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Kissell's week in Washington
Representative Howard Coble and I may be on opposite sides of the aisle, but we share a common goal—to see more and more things made in America, again.
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Obituaries, Jan. 27, 2012
Elisa Baer, Darrell Funderburk, Mamie Hinson, Jo Crook Secrest, David Simpson Jr., John Yarbrough, Anna Ziegler
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School board sets budget, timeline for superintendent search
The Union County Board of Education had their first work meeting Tuesday night to plan the search for the new superintendent.
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Obituaries, Jan. 26, 2012
Franklin Hubbard, Doyle Martin, Steven Martin, Jo Secrest, David Simpson Jr., James Threatt, Tracy Winnegan
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Local woman heading to S. Africa on mission
by Carolyn Steeves
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Weddington-resident Emily Beauchemin will be in South Africa for the next three months, volunteering as a child life specialist at the Red Cross War Memorial Hospital in Cape Town.
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