What is behind the name of this former segregated school for Black children in Brunswick County? Jessie Mae Monroe Elementary in Ash is named for Jessie Mae Monroe, a principal from 1929 to 1951 ...

Sophia Coffey knows foster care in Florida as only a foster ... She now rents an apartment and is an event coordinator for the Palm Beach County chapter of Meals on Wheels, which serves food ...

What started out as a way to compete in a sport with her older brother has turned into a passion for Grayson County High School sophomore Madison Overton. That sibling rivalry has led Overton to ...

That’s part of the reason the Ashland County Board of Commissioners on Thursday approved a “foster care agreement for temporary custody of dogs.” Commissioner Denny Bittle said they want dogs to be ...

County officials aren’t putting any dollar figures to the deficit they expect when County Mayor Lee Harris presents his budget proposal in late April. But it’s the talk of the County Commission’s ...

Several local foster families received an early holiday present yesterday: a computer. The families received the free computers as part of the 20th annual Computers for Foster Families Program.