NC grandmother always protected her little girl. Then they both died in a fire.

When some of the chickens on her property died, Pattie Harbinson rushed to the flea market to buy more. She didn’t want her 5-year-old great-granddaughter to notice. The pair bonded … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Mooresville to buy and clean up toxic coal ash site along busy Lake Norman highway

Mooresville plans to buy and clean up a longtime toxic coal ash site along busy N.C. 150 just east of Interstate 77 exit 36, Mayor Chris Carney said Wednesday night. … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

UNC Charlotte forced Israel-Hamas war protesters to remove tents from campus plaza

UNC Charlotte officials forced students to remove a collection of tents on the school’s campus this week as tensions increase at colleges nationwide over the Israel-Hamas war. Students began setting … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Infant in critical condition after 3 people found shot at Salisbury home, NC cops say

An infant and “two females” were shot in a Salisbury home, and the shooter remains at large, according to North Carolina investigators. Identities of the three victims have not been … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Deadly NC textile strike of 1929 serves to inspire new musical at UNC Charlotte

A tumultuous time in North Carolina history is serving as the inspiration for a new musical being developed at UNC Charlotte. The show is called “Threads,” and it explores the … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Fort Mill schools aim to pay new teachers $50K, potentially highest in all of SC

A new teacher in the Fort Mill School District could earn $50,000 a year starting this fall, if the school board passes a budget proposed Tuesday night. That salary would … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Prosecutors say DNA links NC man to Fort Mill double murder involving wife’s boyfriend

Paul Eugene Bumgardner killed his estranged wife’s boyfriend then turned his gun to the man’s elderly mother in a stunning 2022 double murder in one of Fort Mill’s most affluent … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Mecklenburg board again denies effort to disqualify NC Senate candidate over residency

The Mecklenburg County Board of Elections voted unanimously Tuesday to dismiss an election protest from the second-place finisher in a Charlotte N.C. Senate primary. The board ruled Democrat Lucille Puckett … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

National Weather Service calls rare Rock Hill hail storm ‘most damaging in memory’

The hail storm that pummeled York County and Rock Hill Saturday didn’t produce a tornado, but its strength and intensity caused rare damage that hasn’t been seen in years, the … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

1920s-era Charlotte Church named a local historic landmark. Why it’s significant

A 1920s-era Charlotte church is now a local historic landmark. Charlotte City Council unanimously approved Monday the designation for the Parkwood Avenue Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in the Villa Heights … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

14 Charlotte-area high schools named among state’s 50 best in 2024. See full rankings.

A Gaston County high school maintained its spot as the best in the Charlotte area and one other ranked among the top 500 in the nation, according to U.S. News … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Rapper DaBaby surprises students with performance at Charlotte school assembly

Ahead of hitting the stage at Charlotte’s newest uptown music festival, rapper DaBaby put on a special hometown performance at a local high school. On Monday, the Charlotte native formerly … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

What Wegmans’ entry into the Charlotte market really means for shoppers, competitors

So how much impact can one grocery store really have — even if it is long sought-after Wegmans — in a booming and hyper-competitive $10 billion Charlotte market? The Rochester, … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Who pays when Trump, other presidential candidates rack up campaign costs in Rock Hill?

Presidential candidates required tens of thousands of dollars to be spent for security and other costs when they visited Rock Hill before the February Republican primary, public records obtained by … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

‘Nowhere near a done deal.’ Will lingering distrust scuttle revived CATS Red Line plans?

After years of frustration, some north Mecklenburg residents and leaders are cautiously optimistic their communities could finally get long-stalled commuter rail to Charlotte’s core. The Charlotte Area Transit System held … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

CLT Alliance CEO unexpectedly resigns, search for replacement begins

After five years leading the Charlotte region’s only economic development group, CEO Janet LaBar has resigned. LaBar was Charlotte Regional Business Alliance’s first CEO after Charlotte Chamber of Commerce and … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Amid months of turmoil, Charlotte Art League replaces leader and gets a new board

The Charlotte Art League, after confronting months of leadership turmoil, financial worries, potential eviction and an uncertain future, now has a new executive director and new board of directors. The … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Lowe’s kicks off partnership with Messi. How the soccer star could help the company

Lowe’s is dropping deep in soccer with the best player in the world. The Mooresville-based home improvement retail chain is adding Lionel Messi to its roster of sports partnerships, along … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Unloaded gun seized from a student outside a Charlotte elementary school, police say

Staff confiscated an unloaded gun from a student outside a Charlotte elementary school on Friday, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police said. Another Devonshire Elementary School student reported the gun, “and staff immediately confiscated … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

NC student charged with jumping on bus driver’s back during assault, sheriff says

A Salisbury middle school student has been charged with jumping on a bus driver’s back and assaulting the person after a fight broke out between students Tuesday afternoon. The driver … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Gov. Cooper’s office will talk with McFadden about sheriff’s jail inspection concerns

Gov. Roy Cooper and other state leaders have agreed to have talks with Mecklenburg Sheriff Garry McFadden about his concerns that state jail inspectors are unfairly targeting him and coming … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Put your mussel into it: Why SC added more Carolina Heelsplitters into Lancaster creek

They sound painful, but bivalves known as Carolina Heelsplitters in Lancaster County streams could put developers in a pinch unless the mussels are able to grow. Both the state and … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

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