Experts say the officer who killed a Long Island college student and a home invasion suspect on Friday was confronted with a split-second choice.More >>
The college student was being held in a headlock by a masked intruder with a loaded gun to her head, police said. Then the gunman took aim at an officer.More >>
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Nearly three-dozen people will needed to be tested after a former high school student in Charlotte tested positive for Tuberculosis (TB). According to Charlotte-Mecklenburg school officials, a formerMore >>
Nearly three-dozen people will needed to be tested after a former high school student in Charlotte tested positive for Tuberculosis (TB).More >>
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One person has died in a crash near Harrisonville, MO, Thursday evening. The crash happened on Missouri Highway 7 and Walker Road. It involved a car and a tractor-trailer. Harrisonville is in Cass County.More >>
Savannah Nash celebrated her 16th birthday last week. She died Thursday when her car slammed into a semi while she was texting during her first time driving by herself.More >>
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One person was seriously injured after two tractor trailers collided on the interstate in Charlotte, forcing the road to be shut down for a time.More >>
One person was seriously injured after two tractor trailers collided on the interstate in Charlotte, forcing the road to be shut down for a time.More >>
Savannah Nash celebrated her 16th birthday last week. She died Thursday when her car slammed into a semi while she was texting during her first time driving by herself.More >>
RAW VIDEO: A flight from L.A. to New York City made an emergency landing in Kansas City after an unruly passenger belted out Whitney Houston songs and disrupted the flight.More >>
RAW VIDEO: A flight from L.A. to New York City made an emergency landing in Kansas City after an unruly passenger belted out Whitney Houston songs and disrupted the flight.More >>
Charlotte - Mecklenburg school (CMS) superintendent Dr. Heath Morrison is reacting to Gov. Pat McCrory's nearly $21 billion budget.
McCrory says about half of the budget goes to fund education. The governor has proposed a 1% raise for school employees and he has allotted money to hire about 1800 teachers.
Morrison says he appreciates what the governor has proposed but claims CMS' budget will still come up short.
"Overall it looks like less money for education," Morrison said. "That's been a trend that's been continuing the last several years. It's very concerning. So we have seen a drop in local funding over the last several years, a drop in state funding the last several years. We are now in the low 40's in terms of educational funding as a state and what has sustained us is federal funding, but that's dropping this year too. So it's a challenge and we have to meet it."
The CMS school board is already talking about next year's budget. The district has already asked all departments to cut their budgets by 4%. Educators say they will still try to convince legislators to find more money for education.
