Happy Hanukkah!

Hanukkah officially began on Sunday night, and Cabarrus County's only Jewish congregation, Temple Or Olam, celebrated with a party. Below, 5-year-old Caleb Malin lights the menorah with help from his father Judah.

Estelle Wiley has been registering voters for about 50 years

Now the 89-year-old wants to get to Barack Obama's inauguration. Hear her talk about her experiences as an African-American in the South and her work to register Kannapolis' voters.

14-year-old cuts jazz album...

... and it's pretty good.

Steven Vaughn Ray is a freshman at Northwest Cabarrus High School and traveled to France for a weekend to cut his first jazz album. He had his CD release party at Midtown Sundries in Cornelius.