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The following will help you understand the different kinds of financial aid so that when you see the terms in a school’s financial aid package you will understand what they mean.

The message on the Virginia Union University coed’s T-shirt was meant to be humorous: got tuition?

Time management can be a serious issue for college freshmen.  What students do with free time, where they are going to eat, when they study for a test, and whether they are actually going to their next class are all decisions that students have to make when they are for the first time on their own without their families. 

People sometimes joke about the fact that in today’s world students should start thinking about college when they enter kindergarten. That may be a stretch, but the college application process often does begin early in a student’s high school years.

Drink a milkshake and the pleasure center in your brain gets a hit of happy — unless you’re overweight. 

Don’t tell the kids, but macaroni and cheese didn’t always come from a blue and yellow box.

When she decided to adopt, Gussie Latta was recently retired, a widow with grown children, and feeling somewhat lonely. 

The national news was talking about wanting women to sign up for cancer research. I missed the e-mail address to register. Can you help?

Spirits are soaring this week at Morehead High School. It’s homecoming week, and the Panthers are getting excited about Friday night’s game. This week’s festivities include a parade that will shut down part of Washington Street on Friday.

Here are some ways that parents can get a handle on Halloween so children feel neither deprived, nor sick to their stomachs from candy overload: 

‘Haint Mistress’ tells ghostly tales

To meet the new recommendation of 400 units daily, millions of children will need to take daily vitamin D supplements, the American Academy of Pediatrics said. That includes breast-fed infants - even those who get some formula, too, and many teens who drink little or no milk. 

5th annual Rubber Duck Regatta moved to October to take advantage of cooler weather, and though crowds were not as large as organizers hoped, kids and adults alike got into the pirate theme.

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After you’ve done the Biltmore, try these other unforgettable attractions.

He leaned on a glass display case in his Harley-Davidson motorcycle museum and let his gaze linger on a row of Harleys. 

use a PUR filter on my faucet and put water in a plastic container with a faucet on the end.

Evidently, the third time’s the charm. Saturday brought cloudless skies and warm temperatures, as well as a huge crowd to the Madison Heritage Festival.

Averett brings favorite fables to the stage as part of ‘Aesop and Friends’

Recovering addicts find hope at The Laurels

QUESTION: I missed the WSLS story on vertigo and its treatment. Can you fill me in? 

“It’s hard to believe, but we’ve been holding this event for seven years and this is the first time we’ve had rain,” said Rotary member Harold Knight of the Stoneville Rotary Club Fall Festival. “But it’s all still good. We had a couple vendors cancel on us at the last minute, but everyone else turned out and things are going great.”

Poetry, cats, murder, mystery and the ancient scrolls of the Koran were all part of the third annual Local Authors’ Night at the Mayodan Public Library. More than 30 book lovers turned out Monday to listen to excerpts from seven authors and have books signed. 

Though this weekend’s rain has pushed Temptations in the Garden back to Oct. 24, a haunted house will open, a wine tasting will go on and more events are planned in spite of the weather.

I think it’s too “grown up” for him, and too hard for his little body to break down (he is 18 months old). My husband thinks it’s fine for him to eat. Who’s right?

“She still blows the harmonica and blows it well. She sings and plays the harmonica all day long,” Angie Wilson, activity assistant at Avante at Reidsville said of 107-year-old Dorothy Hairston.

Lower-than-expected turnout at Chinqua-Penn’s Great Gatsby Day blamed on competing festivals; hosts consider holding next year’s event earlier.

You’d never know it by taking a head count at the supermarket, but iceberg lettuce is losing favor with consumers looking for more flavor and nutrition from their salad greens.