University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Eric Jackson picked up his first two college scholarship offers from Football Bowl Subdivision schools this week and it did not matter to the Apopka defensive lineman that the schools aren’t exactly on the map of who’s who in college football....

No one in Lavaris Nelson's family had ever graduated from college, and for much of her life, it seemed like the universe was determined to keep her from getting a degree, too. But on Sunday at the Irwin Belk Complex, the 31-year-old single mother of two...

Mike Williams recalls having only one black, male teacher during his K-12 education in Montgomery County, Md. “I felt a bit isolated. That’s coming from me, and I was fairly popular. I was an athlete,” said Williams, 43, now a social...

Compensation rose, in some instances significantly, for eight of the top 10 compensated executives in the Triad during fiscal year 2012, primarily because of stock and option awards they qualified for last year. In fact, the awards represented the...

Members of Randolph Early College High School's Class of 2013 received a lot of advice at Thursday morning's commencement for beginning their individual life journeys. This advice was delivered by classmates and educators before a standing-room-only...

Students in local schools are taking tests and preparing for others this week, and in teacher Courtney Smith's seventh-grade English and Language Arts classes, it was no different on Wednesday. As her students at C.C. Griffin Middle School were about to...

Charlotte's controversial streetcar extension appears to have a good chance of being approved after new City Manager Ron Carlee said Monday the city could pay for it without a property tax increase. Carlee's plan for the $126 million streetcar extension...

What do North Carolina's governor, a U.S. Senator, a Grammy-winning recording artist, and one of the NFL's greatest placekickers have in common? Each is a guest speaker Saturday at a college commencement exercise in the Carolinas. It's the biggest day...

A 77-year-old man lay still on an upstairs bed as a 911 dispatcher gave instructions for resuscitation attempts that proved futile late Wednesday night. His wife would be charged with his murder. "She said that she just choked her husband to death,"...

In a just a little over a month, many high school seniors will become rising freshmen. The seniors at Penn-Griffin School for the Arts have their college plans in order and are looking to the future. Amber Jones will attend University of North...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Many a traveler moves through Charlotte; fewer stick around. For some, it's just a busy hub airport, visited occasionally while taking advantage of US Airways' often reasonable fares to other places. We know it as an important...

Christian Cox will play Division I baseball at his dream school.  The Aberdeen Roncalli graduate recently signed a national letter-of-intent to play baseball at Division I Nebraska. Cox will be a sophomore this season for the Hutchinson (Kan.) Community...