Local News in Burke County, North Carolina
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County stars bolster North rosters (The Greenville News)
Greenville County will have quite a crowd participating in the North-South basketball all-star games March 20 at North Myrtle Beach High School.Columbus County, N.C., schools near top of list for corporal punishment (The Myrtle Beach Sun News) Columbus County, N.C., schools used corporal punishment against students at the fifth highest rate in North Carolina during the 2008-09 school year, according to a survey by Action for Children North Carolina.
Two area players selected for North-South game (The Rock Hill Herald) The North-South All-Star Basketball Game rosters have been announced and two local players were chosen.
Report shows improvement (Carteret County News-Times) BEAUFORT — Numbers are down for dropouts, suspensions and incidents of violence in county schools.
Four set for Carolinas games (The Post and Courier) The Carolinas All-Star Basketball Classic and North-South All-Star Game rosters have been announced, and the Lowcountry is well-represented.
Across the USA News from every state (USA Today) News from every state
Snowfall totals in North and South Carolina (WBTV Charlotte) The snow event that moved through the Charlotte region Tuesday left varying snow amounts throughout North and South Carolina.
WNC farmers can receive federal disaster aid (Asheville Citizen-Times) ASHEVILLE — On Feb. 2, President Obama declared a major disaster in the State of North Carolina based on damages and losses caused by severe winter storms and flooding that occurred from Dec. 18-25, 2009. Thirteen counties were declared eligible for federal disaster assistance, including Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans for eligible family members.
BCS’ dropout rate among highest in state (Washington Daily News) Beaufort County Schools had one of the highest dropout rates of any school system in the state last year, according to a statewide report on dropouts, suspensions and school crime and violence.
3-10 Sports Scoreboard (Minot Daily News) Pro Baseball Major League Baseball Spring Training Glance AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct Cleveland 4 0 1.000 Tampa Bay 6 1 .857 Toronto 5 1 .833 Boston 5 2 .714 Kansas City 3 2 .600 Detroit 4 3 .571 Minnesota 4 3 .571 Los Angeles 2 2 .500 Seattle 3 4 .429 Chicago 2 3 .400 Oakland 2 3 .400 New York 3 5 .375 Texas 1 3 .250 Baltimore 1 6 .143 NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct San Francisco 6 1 .857 Colorado 6 2 ...