Vanessa Smith, a first-grade teacher at Croft Community School in north Charlotte, was presented the award during an assembly on Wednesday. Smith had no idea she'd be given the top honor when she ...

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A Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools teacher was given a national award with a $25,000 prize Wednesday. She’s the only North Carolina educator to receive the award this year. The Milken Educator ...

Deputies in Macon County, North Carolina, said a teacher was charged after bringing a gun into school.On Thursday, it was reported to a school resource officer that a teacher had brought a firearm ...

CHARLOTTE — Hot acts are hitting the road and many are headed to the Queen City. To help local music fans, we’ve compiled a list of Charlotte venues where popular performers are making stops.

A Huddersfield school had to close its early years unit after a devastating flood caused damage to furniture, walls and equipment. Staff and parents at Linthwaite Clough Primary School have been ...

Seventeen teachers from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools shopped with the non-profit Classroom Central and Hornets players. They walked away with thousands of dollars in free school supplies before ...