As he drove through Charlotte carrying drugs and more than $220,000 in cash, Mitchell Gays watched an episode of “Unsolved,” a crime drama based on the killings of rival rap … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
One rescued from house fire near uptown Charlotte early Wednesday, officials say
One person was rescued and seriously injured in a house fire just north of uptown Charlotte Wednesday morning. The fire broke out around 3:30 a.m. at a home on Edison … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
CMS meal delivery program aims to feed students and keep jobs during remote learning
A new meal delivery program will keep students fed and more hourly employees on the job when Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools reopens under full remote instruction next Monday. CMS will operate grab-and-go … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
Tree with smoldering ‘claw marks’ found burning in SC neighborhood. What caused them?
What appeared to be long, flaming claw marks were found Sunday on a South Carolina tree, giving social media anecdotal “evidence” of monsters. The discovery was made in coastal Beaufort, … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
Troopers: Truck strikes fire trucks on I-85 in Rowan County, blocks southbound lanes
A tractor-trailer crashed into three fire trucks along Interstate 85 in Rowan County Tuesday morning, closing the southbound lanes, Highway Patrol says. The wreck happened on I-85 southbound near the … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
NC TV anchor who lost baby says viewer noticed lump that turned out to be cancer
WSOC-TV Channel 9 anchor Allison Latos went from reporting the news to being in the news last month, after posting a video where she tearfully expressed thanks for the support … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
Absolutely, go see Metallica at the drive-in this month. But keep these things in mind.
The first sentence in the official press release that hit journalists’ inboxes on Monday morning tries hard to make it sound like a bigger deal than it actually is: “Metallica … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
Yes, schools still require kids to be vaccinated, even for online classes. Here’s why.
North Carolina students are still being required to get vaccinations before the school year starts, including kids who signed up to take only online classes. State law requires students to … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
2 more Charlotte child care centers report COVID-19 clusters
Two more day care centers for children in Charlotte have reported COVID-19 clusters, according to a Mecklenburg County news release on Friday. The two centers — Building Blocks Learning Center … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
North Carolina nursing homes to start mandatory coronavirus testing of staff
North Carolina nursing homes must begin testing staff members for the coronavirus every two weeks, the state Department of Health and Human services said Friday. The plan will fill a … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
Powerful 5.1 magnitude earthquake jolts Charlotte area Sunday. One of two to hit NC
A 5.1 magnitude earthquake felt in Charlotte shortly after 8 a.m. Sunday was centered just over a mile south of Sparta, North Carolina, near near the Virginia border. This was … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
Crazed fox encounters NC family’s young female pit bull-terrier. It was no match.
A North Carolina family’s year-old female pit bull-terrier killed a rabid fox that wandered onto their property late Thursday, police said. The fox encountered the dog in the 120 block … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
These NC charter schools will get $17 million to serve more low-income students
Thirty-four North Carolina charter schools will share in $17.4 million in federal grant money to attract more economically disadvantaged students into their campuses. The U.S. Department of Education gave North … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
Moving NC Confederate statue ‘smacks of ethnic genocide,’ woman says ahead of protest
Removing Confederate statues, including the one outside the Gaston County Courthouse in Gastonia, “smacks of ethnic genocide,” a spokeswoman for a group against the monument’s removal said. The unnamed granite … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
Latest Confederate monument to fall may be toppled by voters instead of protesters
Voters should decide whether to remove a 108-year-old Confederate monument from outside the Gaston County Courthouse in Gastonia, a majority of Gaston County commissioners agreed this week. The unnamed granite … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
These Charlotte businesses, mostly gambling arcades, cited for COVID-19 violations
Almost 20 local businesses have been cited for violating coronavirus-related orders in recent weeks, primarily gambling arcades that must stay closed for now under Mecklenburg County’s and North Carolina’s reopening … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
As students pour back in, wary Chapel Hill wants more off-campus enforcement from UNC
The Instagram video from Chapel Hill that spread across social media this week shows about 50 young women filing out of a small house a few blocks from UNC’s campus. … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
NC shooting suspect tumbles 50 feet into quarry, still clutching gun as deputies arrived
A suspect in the domestic-related shooting of a 7-year-old North Carolina girl and her mom tumbled 50 feet into a quarry and was still clutching a gun when deputies arrived … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
Racist online searches fuel NC man’s threats against Black church, feds say
A list of recent internet searches on a 63-year-old man’s phone led investigators to charge him with making a threatening phone call to a predominantly Black church in Virginia, according … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
Another round of fires erupts overnight in coastal NC town devastated by hurricane
More fires erupted overnight in the Brunswick County town of Ocean Isle Beach, just days after Hurricane Isaias set a block of homes ablaze in the popular tourist destination. Multiple … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
While most young people with COVID-19 recover, they face stress, unknown long-term effects
COVID-19 has killed and debilitated many older adults in North Carolina, but young people, while less likely to die from the disease, haven’t gone unaffected. In early July, cases among … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
MECK Pre-K will reopen this year, with some changes because of COVID-19
MECK Pre-K will reopen for the 2020-21 school year with only in-person instruction, according to a press release from Smart Start of Mecklenburg County, the nonprofit that administers the program. … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
