Archive - Oct 8, 2008

401k's and IRA's have taken a big hit with the latest stock market decline. Experts said retirement funds have lost nearly 2 trillion dollars over the past year. Now it is time to find out what that means for those on both sides of retirement.

Last month, State Senator RC Soles was confronted during a campaign stop about rumors that he was the subject of a federal investigation. There may now be evidence that such an investigation may in fact be going on.

Jermaine Jones is a senior at New Hanover High School. Jermaine is also is this week's Chick-Fil-A high school football player of the week.

Wednesday, thousands of feet worldwide hit the pavement for International Walk to School Day. Plenty of local children took to the streets to promote pedestrian safety while cutting down on traffic congestion.

Recently, a Brunswick County couple had a tough time moving into their new home. They rented a moving van from Budget Rentals in Knoxville, Tennessee to haul all their belongings to Leland. Along the way, the van broke down, not once, but twice; leaving them stranded on the side of the road.

At Tuesday night’s school board meeting, members voted to take 2 of the 3 redistricting plans off the table. The two redistricting options that were eliminated included busing plans to take children to other school districts to help even out the schools economic diversity.