Mecklenburg News

Upcoming events at the Cayuga Nature Center: * An in-service training, 'Flying WILD' through the Department of Environmental Conservation, is scheduled for 4-7 p.m. Thursday for teachers and interested community members.

The best teachers tend to leave when their schools experience an influx of African-American students, according to a study of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg, N.C., school district published today.

"The Apprentice" has been going strong since 2004 on NewsChannel 36. The first season introduced a Charlottean to a national audience.

Some of Americaa s future leaders were out at the Quail Hollow Championship on Sunday, trying to recruit others toward their goal of nation-wide educational equity.

CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 20, 2009 - History teacher Brian Freeland was chosen as the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools' 2009 Teacher of the Year.

Anniversary party for rabbi is tonight FORT WORTH - The celebration of Rabbi Ralph Mecklenburger's 25th anniversary at Beth-el Congregation is scheduled for 7 tonight at the synagogue.

NEW YORK Syndicated columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. on Tuesday urged education and business leaders not to succumb to "the analysis that leads to paralysis" and push to improve public education.

Shimiria Bennett, 18, and her daughter, Jahari, are taking part in a new Mecklenburg program that pairs nurses with young, low-income mothers.

The Tompkins County Public Library and Cornell University's South Asia Program will host a month-long celebration of Indian culture in April featuring musical and dance performances, lectures, and an art exhibit.

Residents of a mobile home in Hector escaped an early-morning fire Tuesday that fire officials say was caused by a furnace malfunction.

ALBANY - Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday that a major New York seeds manufacturer has to pay $246,000 in refunds to consumers and $100,000 to the state in fines by May 1. Seedway LLC, based in Hall, Ontario County, sold about 22,000 falsely labeled 50-pound bags of seeds to 200,000 customers, according to Cuomo's office.

An upstate seed company will refund $246,000 to farmers, pay New York $100,000 and take quality assurance steps to settle an investigation into false labeling on seed bags, state officials said Wednesday.

Police say a Charlotte officer whose cruiser collided with another vehicle and killed its driver was going more than 90 mph without lights or siren when the crash occurred.

GTA Geoinformatik GmbH in Neubrandenburg succeeds with an important breakthrough in the fully automated production of 3D models from aerial images.

Following are the results of roll-call votes taken last week in the General Assembly: HOUSE HB112 - Wallace/Community Development Target Areas: Allows the town of Wallace to declare residential and ...

Officials in Charlotte will honor the crew of US Airways Flight 1549, which landed safely in the Hudson River.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg library has been named a five-star library one of the best in the nation in a new ranking by Library Journal magazine.

I'm not really sure what I want to do when I graduate. I might want to find a job and enjoy my life that way.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police reported good news last week: Crime in January dropped dramatically compared with last year, continuing a remarkable run of declining crime since Rodney Monroe became chief.

It's a special year for Berlin, Germany as it celebrates the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall .