Five county school boards and trustees at one state community college are dropping their court appeals for refunds of money paid to the state retirement system in pension-spiking cases. If they had won their legal battle, refunds would have totaled more than $434,000, not counting at least five years of interest.
Authorities say an “unspecified threat” made against the Elkin City School system prompted a closure last Thursday. School officials and law enforcement said that the student who made the threat