‘Spectacular surprise.’ NC man’s stop for gas and coffee ends with lottery jackpot

A Charlotte-area man’s routine stop for coffee and gas during his morning commute to work led to a “spectacular surprise.” Joshua Helton of Gastonia won the $1 million Spectacular Riches … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

COVID vaccine live updates: Here’s what to know in North Carolina on Nov. 1

We’re tracking the most up-to-date information about the coronavirus and vaccines in North Carolina. Check back for updates. 1,096 new cases reported At least 1,482,464 people in North Carolina have … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

NC NAACP’s new leader has already made history. Here’s what she’s focusing on now.

When Deborah Dicks Maxwell became the first woman president of the North Carolina NAACP last week, she didn’t have much time to reflect on making history. The last day of … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

American Airlines cancels more flights out of Charlotte Monday, but help is on the way

American Airlines canceled more than two dozen flights leaving Charlotte on Monday, but said the level of cancellations was coming down headed into the rest of the week. The cancellations … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Charlotte corporate leaders announce $250 million goal for mayor’s racial equity pledge

Some of Charlotte’s biggest corporations are launching an initiative to raise $250 million for racial equity. Mayor Vi Lyles last year tapped the Charlotte Executive Leadership Council, made up of … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

NC man gets 7 to 9 years in teen’s shooting death. ‘This is an injustice,’ mother says.

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 without power following crash on Weddington Road in south Charlotte

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

Halloween hassles: American Airlines cancels 100 flights out of Charlotte airport

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

NC woman loved her 57 feral cats. After her death, property owner wanted them gone.

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

Man killed as gunfire erupts during a fight in a Charlotte tavern, police say

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

A revered Charlotte hero takes his place on the city’s Trail of History 

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

Reconstruction of an urban highway in NC named nation’s top transportation project

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

$1 NC lottery ticket hit a jackpot. Mystery winner might not know, officials say.

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 mount after homeless vet’s dog died. Police in NC arrested him for begging.

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

Charlotte startup company dives into TV’s ‘Shark Tank.’ Here’s what it will pitch.

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

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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

How a century-old building feeds hopes for reshaping Charlotte’s Historic West End

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

StarMed letting parents pre-book COVID vaccine appointments for children

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

Charlotte teen tells police players assaulted him after football game at rival school

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

Man fatally shoots himself after 24-hour standoff in southwest Charlotte, police say

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

Investing in the West End + COVID vaccines for kids

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

Is there a real-life ghost story in Chester, SC? You read this story and decide.

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

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