2 missing hikers found; they're OK (The Charlotte Observer) A full-scale search involving ATV's and a helicopter paid off this morning, as two hikers who had been missing since Monday evening in the rugged Pisgah National Forest in Burke County were found. The two -- Wesley Sluder, 22, and Brandy Arnett, 26 -- are OK, searchers say. An official near the scene told Newschannel 36, the Observer's news partner, that the two were cold and hungry, but they ...

Depew School Board urged to OK freshman seminar program (The Buffalo News) Depew High School administrators are hoping to get the green light from the Board of Education for a freshman seminar program aimed at getting more ninth-graders into college- level classes.