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A sandy-haired toddler wiggled impatiently in his mother's arms. Squirming, crying, she tried to soothe him, but it was obvious neither of them wanted to be where they were.

Col. Tommy Macon, Director of Secondary Schools for Sampson County Schools, announces two new grants coming to the system to help prevent dropouts.

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For the first time in 17 seasons, the Winston-Salem State University Rams have a new head football coach.

PORT CHESTER - A group of teachers met after school at Port Chester Middle School last month for an impromptu lesson on the history of civil rights.

Published: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 2:15 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 2:48 a.m. TALLAHASSEE The public is getting its first glimpse of applicants to replace Florida State President T.K. Wetherell, which include a middle school teacher, a management information systems professor, an astronaut, and the FSU law dean.

A Grand Rapids-based group will visit Kalamazoo on Saturday to try to interest area students and their parents in a weeklong spring tour of historically black colleges and universities.

FLORENCE, SC Francis Marion University will officially kick off the 2009-10 basketball season on Wednesday with its Riot at the Rim event sponsored by Chick-Fil-A and Sodexho as the Patriots play their first home doubleheader of the season.

A University of North Carolina panel has revised a policy that allows school administrators to collect leave pay even if they don't return to teaching positions at the school as planned.

A University of North Carolina panel has revised a policy that allows school administrators to collect leave pay even if they don't return to teaching positions at the school as planned.

CRAVEN Chapter P.F.L.A.G. meets at 7 p.m. Nov. 11 at the Unitarian Coastal Fellowship, Morehead City.

The BRAC Regional Task Force annual meeting will be held on Thursday, Oct. 29, from 9 a.m. until noon at Snyder Memorial Baptist Church Fellowship Hall in Fayetteville.

Look in Friday's edition of The Messenger for coverage of Tuesday's City Council Forum.

The Moore County Community Foundation has named Felton J. Capel and Caroline H. Eddy as the Man and Woman of the Year.

This mural by David Wilson on the south side of the new Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture is titled "Divergent Threads, Lucent Memories." http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/10/19/22/afam1020.ART_GCNRUVLS.1+afam1011_08.JPG.embedded.prod_affiliate.138.jpg 436 "Canal Builders II" by Ann Tanksley is part of the ...

JACKSONVILLE HIGH School Cardinal Orchestra presents "The Spirit of Halloween" at 7:30 p.m. Oct.

She is outgoing again and pursuing dreams that for so long an abusive husband kept frozen in a life of total control and violence.

Actor, director and producer Tim Reid says his frustration with the lack of black people in the movie "Saving Private Ryan" led him to do a documentary on black veterans.

Actor, director and producer Tim Reid says his frustration with the lack of black people in the movie "Saving Private Ryan" led him to do a documentary on black veterans.

The woman she sees in her bleaker yesterdays is unrecognizable to her now -- almost a stranger.