By Keely Stockett, The Herald-Sun, Durham, N.C. Jul. 17--CHAPEL HILL -- Sixteen students have requested to transfer out of McDougle, Frank Porter Graham and Carrboro elementary schools for the 2008-2009 school year.

RALEIGH, N.C. _ Former U.S. Sen. Jesse A. Helms, the son of a Monroe, N.C., police chief who rose to national prominence to become one of the leading lions of the American right, died Friday. He was 86.

By Meiling Arounnarath, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Jul. 26--Two elementary schools in both the Chapel Hill-Carrboro and Orange County school districts will have to offer students the option of transferring to other schools after failing to meet No Child Left Behind standards.

By Cheryl Johnston Sadgrove, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Feb. 27--CHAPEL HILL -- More than 100 parents gathered in the auditorium of Phillips Middle School on Monday night to weigh in on plans to reassign hundreds of elementary students.

By Patrick Winn, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Nov. 13--CHAPEL HILL -- A leading child development institute based at UNC-Chapel Hill wants to revolutionize education by enrolling 3-year-olds in public school.