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Carlos Olguin, the man charged in the shooting death of an East Mecklenburg High School football player, was sentenced Monday to seven to nine years in prison — a plea … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Hundreds are without power following a crash Monday morning in south Charlotte. The crash happened on Weddington Road near Fincher Meadows Lane, which is in the area of the Weddington … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Thousands of travelers who’d hoped to come to or leave Charlotte on Sunday had their Halloween plans disrupted as American Airlines continued a weekend-long run of large-scale flight cancellations throughout … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

The elderly Mooresville woman had the best of intentions, Abigail Jennings can say with certainty now. Friends described her as kindhearted, which is why the woman would never have shooed … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

A 33-year-old man was fatally shot during a fight in a Charlotte tavern early Saturday, police said. Officers found James Thomas Davis Jr. with a gunshot wound after responding to … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Starting today, Charlotteans walking along Little Sugar Creek Greenway in midtown will see a new face among statues on the Trail of History. A statue honoring civil rights lawyer Julius … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

The overhaul of a freeway through downtown Winston-Salem was named the country’s top highway project this week by a national transportation organization. The reconstruction of a 1.2-mile stretch of highway … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Time is running out for the buyer of a $1 Carolina Cash 5 North Carolina lottery ticket that landed on a jackpot of more than a half-million dollars, lottery officials … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Donations are pouring in for a homeless Iraq War veteran who was arrested for what police said was begging at a busy Gastonia intersection with his service dog, Sunshine, by … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

A Charlotte company and its custom-fitted swimming goggles are jumping into the “Shark Tank.” Bo Haaber, Niklas Hedegaard and Rasmus Barfred will pitch THEMAGIC5 swimming goggles at 8 p.m. Friday … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Dianna Ward brings businesses to the Historic West End of Charlotte through grant money used to revitalize a rundown building. … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

The building is about 100 years old. It’s around 7,000 square feet and sits on .28 acres. That might not sound like much. But to Dianna Ward and others in … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Parents in the Charlotte region can now sign up their children for a first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. StarMed Healthcare this week opened its website to pre-book an … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

A 16-year-old South Mecklenburg High School student reported that a “group of players” assaulted him after attending a football game hosted by a rival school last week, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

A man shot and killed himself while barricaded inside a southwest Charlotte home following a 24-hour standoff, police said Monday afternoon. Throughout Sunday night, and into Monday afternoon, police tried … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Good afternoon Charlotte, and happy Friday! I’m Hannah Lang, the banking and finance reporter at the Observer, subbing in for Kristen once more. My iPhone tells me it’ll be close … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

A large, white building on McAlilely Street in Chester, SC, houses the Chester County Historical Society. But big, black letters on top of the building bears the words “Chester County … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Editor’s note: This is one in an occasional series of articles updating Charlotte-area highway projects. Wondering about one? Send an email to Joe Marusak at jmarusak@charlotteobserver .com. Despite a previously … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Two Charlotte residents have filed a lawsuit against the city of Charlotte, saying two proposed redistricting plans are racially discriminatory and unconstitutional to residents of the Hidden Valley neighborhood. Several … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Mount Mitchell State Park in the North Carolina mountains was forced to close Thursday due to snow — a surprising move given tourist are still expecting to see bright fall … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Residents near the longtime Carolina Renaissance Festival in northern Mecklenburg County say they are fed up with ongoing, hours-long traffic backups on their formerly country road each weekend of the … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Delta Air Lines is bringing a slate of new flights to New York City to Charlotte Douglas International Airport by November. The airline is adding 25% more capacity this fall … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service