A group of protesters calling on the Charlotte City Council to pass a resolution in support of a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war briefly blocked an uptown street Monday night. … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
Electronics manufacturer in Charlotte region is closing. What to know about layoffs
A 44-year-old electronics manufacturer in the Charlotte region is shutting down and nearly 100 people are losing their jobs. General Microcircuits Inc. — East West, based in Atlanta, is closing … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools changes e-book app over ‘Parents’ Bill of Rights’ concerns
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools this week ended its use of a popular library app that gave students access to more than 40,000 books, due to a controversial state law. The change comes … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
Driver flees Steele Creek crash after killing cyclist wearing reflective vest, CMPD says
A car struck and killed a bicyclist wearing a reflective vest and flashing light Friday night in the Steele Creek area before fleeing the scene, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
Mystery surrounds mangled SUV found along I-77 in Huntersville, NC firefighters say
A mangled SUV found upside down along Interstate 77 north of Charlotte remains a mystery after searchers found no driver and no passengers, firefighters say. The strange discovery was made … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
One dead, officer hurt after Gaston County police car crashes en route to shooting scene
A crash involving a Gaston County Police Department car killed one person and hospitalized an officer late Saturday. The person who died — a civilian whose name hasn’t been released … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
Lynn Wheeler, longtime influential Charlotte City Council member, dies at 80
Lynn Wheeler, a former Charlotte City Council member and consummate networker who helped shape her adopted city, died Saturday after a brief battle with cancer. She was 80. Wheeler was … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
NC pastor says rape suspects aren’t guilty if victims wore shorts, prompting outrage
Anger welled in Charlotte mom Crystal Nichole as she watched a North Carolina pastor’s sermon. He would find a rape suspect not guilty if the victim wore shorts or a … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
Snow pellets, hail in Charlotte. Heavy snow in mountains. A look at the weekend forecast.
Severe storms could dump snow pellets and hail on the Charlotte area and up to 10 inches of snow in the mountains this weekend, National Weather Service meteorologists said. Thunderstorms … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
UNC System waived SAT, ACT requirements during the pandemic. Now it could bring them back
It’s been almost four years since public universities in North Carolina stopped requiring applicants to submit standardized test scores as part of their applications for admission — a change first … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
How Excelsior Club became a hub for Charlotte’s Black community over the years
The Excelsior Club, a two-story white home on 921 Beatties Ford Road in west Charlotte, became the city’s first exclusive Black nightclub in the mid-1940s. Through the years, Excelsior evolved … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
CMS falls short of ‘very aspirational’ student goals — and loss of COVID money won’t help
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools won’t meet its student achievement goals that expire this fall, and its students remain behind other N.C. districts in catching up from pandemic-induced learning losses. The goals currently … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
1 dead, 1 injured in overnight shootings in Charlotte, one near uptown Spectrum Center
One person died and another was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after two overnight shootings in Charlotte on Saturday, including one near the uptown Spectrum Center, police and Medic officials said. … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
Full lineup of 40+ artists announced for new music festival in uptown Charlotte
The countdown is on for a first-of-its-kind music festival coming to Charlotte this spring with dozens of pop, rap and rock artists. After months of anticipation, the full lineup was … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
How Charlotte’s Monroe Road became the site of an international political protest
A Charlotte activist stood with protesters along Monroe Road last Saturday to confront who they thought represented a repressive foreign regime. The crux of the dispute centered around an Eritrean … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
What to know about Rock Hill traffic, parking for Donald Trump’s Winthrop visit Friday
Former president Donald Trump’s visit to Rock Hill Friday will cause a road closure and heavy traffic near the Winthrop Coliseum for most of the day, officials said. Winthrop Coliseum … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
3-year-old boy finds gun in home and pulls the trigger, killing himself, CMPD says
A curious 3-year-old boy died when he found a loaded gun in an east Charlotte apartment and pulled the trigger, investigators say. His death is considered a tragic accident that … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
‘The heart of the Black community.’ Beloved Excelsior Club in Charlotte evokes memories
When Malcolm Graham was a freshman at Johnson C. Smith University in 1981, there was one place and one place only that he and his buddies all went to — … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
Charlotte overrules prior vote against 14-foot Wells Fargo signs on iconic uptown tower
Uptown Charlotte’s skyline will once again see change after the City Council moved Monday to allow Wells Fargo to add large signs to its iconic building. The City Council voted … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
Wooden Robot Brewery closes two taprooms after co-owner dies in an accident
A co-founder of the popular Wooden Robot brewery in Charlotte’s South End died in an accident, prompting the closure of both taprooms, co-founder Josh Patton said Tuesday. “It is with … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
CMS says teachers will be retrained after removal of ‘colored,’ ‘white’ door display
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools says it will retrain teachers after a photo of a Black History Month display at West Charlotte High School caused a stir on social media last week. The … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
Homeless people are being dropped off in Rock Hill. It’s overwhelming local nonprofits
Homeless people from other communities are being dropped off and left out in the cold at night to fend for themselves across Rock Hill, and city officials said they are … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
