At its fall retreat on Friday, the Beaufort County school board previewed the district's comprehensive plan for secondary education in Beaufort County.

MOREHEAD ROWAN TEAM UNHURT IN SCHOOL BUS ACCIDENT A school bus carrying the Rowan County girls' softball team was knocked out of commission, but all team members and their driver were unharmed in a two-vehicle accident about 6 p.m. on North Broad

Fatima Gomez remembers being shy when she started kindergarten. "In my little world, I tried to do my best, but I didn't know English and it was hard the first couple of years," she said.

The Valparaiso University-based Lilly Fellows Program in Humanities and the Arts has selected 15 graduate students from across the country as the first cohort to participate in its new initiative to support outstanding students who have a desire to become

Students in the arts and humanities career academy at Smith-Cotton High School got to see Friday what they could do someday, and what they would have to do to get there.