The Union County Board of Education voted unanimously to increase the child nutrition and After School Program fees. 

Kerri Sofsian’s favorite thing about being a teacher is to witness the hunger for knowledge that she sees in her students.

Union County Public Schools Superintendent Mary Ellis and members of her staff came to the Bazemore Center Thursday night to speak to A Few Good Men and other communtiy groups.

Texting while driving surpassed driving while impaired as the leading cause of car accidents and fatalities among teenage drivers.

In the state of North Carolina, it is illegal to text while driving, though it is still a problem and the law is difficult to enforce. Nationally, car crashes are the leading cause of death among teenage drivers.

Two schools from Union County received nominations for the second annual “Blumey” awards, a regional high school theater contest held by the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center. 

For the past 20 years, Union County Public Schools has chosen one teacher each year as the best of the best.