Two Union County teens who walked away from their school Tuesday afternoon were found Wednesday morning and are OK.

Marshville police Chief Carl Webber said they were found walking along railroad tracks. The girls, ages 14 and 15, normally board a bus when leaving East Union Middle School. However, they reportedly got in some sort of trouble at school earlier Tuesday and decided not to go home.

That set off a widespread search across eastern Union and western Anson counties. Webber said police got a break when the girls sent a text message to a friend in Georgia. Steve Lyttle

Schools

CMS delays timeline to hire new superintendent

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board has pushed back its timeline for hiring a superintendent from mid-March to early May, board Chairman Ericka Ellis-Stewart said.

Ellis-Stewart did not offer any explanation, saying only that "details of the interview process are being finalized."

The schedule approved before three new members took office called for applications to close in mid-February and finalists to meet the public in early March. Applications are now being taken through March 8. Ann Doss Helms

People

Associate editor will be inducted into women's hall

Fannie Flono, an associate editor at the Observer, will be inducted next month into the Women's History Hall of Fame. The ceremony will be 5 p.m. March 23 at the Levine Museum of the New South, 200 E. Seventh St.

Flono, who has written editorials and columns for the Observer since 1993, is being cited for her work as a reporter, journalist and author. Three others also will be inducted: former City Council member Lynn Wheeler, broadcast journalist Beatrice Thompson and Charlotte's first female African-American police officer, Annie Montgomery Gillespie.

The induction is open to the public. Cost: $15 per person. More information: Contact Delores Hurt at 704-778-3887 or deloreshurt@yahoo.com. Staff reports

Union County

Investigator reviewing complaint on police chief

Stallings has chosen a Durham investigator to review a complaint against the Union County town's police chief.

Chuck Kitchen of Stark Law Group started work last Friday, Stallings Town Manager Brian Matthews said in an email interview. Matthews said he hoped to get a report on or before March 14.

Town council members were informed this month that Chief Michael Dummett was put on paid administrative leave after several department employees lodged a complaint against him. Matthews has declined to disclose details of the complaint. Dummett has served as chief since December 2010 and earns $81,600 a year. Adam Bell