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Elizabeth Medearis Myers has reached one of those turning points in life that mothers often face before they’re ready.

Stacy Simms, formerly part of the team on “Charlotte’s Morning News” on WBT-AM (1110) recently switched into a promotional position with WLKO-FM (“The Lake” 102.9).

Starting Over series: When Ricky Price enrolled at Duke in 1994, he thought he was on a path to the NBA.

Starting Over series: Tom Sanford left the priesthood; now he’s back to lead a small congregation breaking away from the Diocese of Charlotte

Starting Over series: Michael Schutte had been doing chores around the house, and accidentally pulled electrical cords out of the wall. It kept happening. One night he thought of an answer.

Starting Over series: Shelley Warren’s search for the right life has taken her across America, through three different careers and into motherhood.

As it turns out, almost everything Mehl Renner needed to start over was already within reach when he lost his job in 2009 with the City of Charlotte.

For nearly 20 years, Brian Mack has been trying to pay back a debt. He’s spoken at nearly every middle school in Mecklenburg County. He’s talked to rooms full of future lawyers and judges. He’s worked with inner city youth basketball players, trying to keep them out of trouble

Starting Over series: Watch Jamal Tate stand in front of a classroom of teenagers, wearing a smile as bright as his red tie, and you’d never know how bleak his life was looking just a year and a half ago.

Howard Estell had to be at work by 8 a.m. and often wouldn’t get home until 10:30 p.m.


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