A man faces multiple charges after leading police on a four-county, two-state chase that ended early Tuesday in western Mecklenburg County, authorities say.Click to Continue »
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Man accused of stealing $624,000 from Walmart in Carolinas and Georgia
Robert Michael Milton, 49, is accused of masterminding a three-year scheme that stole more than $600,000 from Walmart stores in three states. He is in Mecklenburg County Jail.Click to Continue »
Leading budget writers offer details on $20.6 billion plan
The state Senate’s $20.6 billion budget proposal has no raises for state employees, puts new limits on health services for some Medicaid patients, anticipates a tax cut and eliminates 5,600…
Dixie’s Tavern closes uptown, making way for a new park
A mainstay of uptown Charlotte’s bar scene abruptly closed over the weekend. The bar sits on land owned by Levine Properties, which is working to develop a park on the…
Patrick Cannon is expected to join mayor’s race today
Charlotte’s mayoral race could come into sharper focus Tuesday with the expected entry of Democrat Patrick Cannon, the mayor pro tem and the City Council’s longest-serving member.
Marshals: sex assault suspect arrested after fleeing to Charlotte
U.S. Marshals have arrested a man accused of sexually assaulting a mentally disabled woman multiple times in East Hartford, Connecticut and fleeing to Charlotte to avoid prosecution.Click to Continue »
Field widens in Charlotte mayoral race
Charlotte?s mayoral race could come into sharper focus Tuesday with the expected entry of Democrat Patrick Cannon, the mayor pro tem and the city council?s longest-serving member.Click to Continue »
Marshals: sex assault suspect arrested after fleeing to Charlotte
U.S. Marshals have arrested a man accused of sexually assaulting a mentally disabled woman multiple times in East Hartford, Connecticut and fleeing to Charlotte to avoid prosecution.Click to Continue »
Leading budget writers offer details on $20.6 billion plan
The state Senate’s $20.6 billion budget proposal has no raises for state employees, puts new limits on health services for some Medicaid patients, and anticipates a tax cut.
Duke rate hike to continue during review
Duke Energy Carolinas? 2012 rate hike will stay in effect as the N.C. Utilities Commission reviews it under order of the state Supreme Court.Click to Continue »
Dixie’s Tavern closes uptown, making way for a new park
A mainstay of uptown Charlotte’s bar scene abruptly closed over the weekend. The bar sits on land owned by Levine Properties, which is working to develop a park on the…
Desegregation march re-created today to honor 50th anniversary
Fifty years ago today, Reginald Hawkins led a march from the Johnson C. Smith University campus to the Mecklenburg County Courthouse, in a demand for an end to segregation in…Click to Continue »
Crash follows east Charlotte bank robbery
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police are questioning three people in connection with an east Charlotte bank robbery Monday morning that ended with a car crash nearby.Click to Continue »
N.C. Senate delivers $20.58 billion budget proposal
The proposal represents a 2.3 percent increase over the current budget and is about $17 million short of the budget Gov. Pat McCrory proposed in March.Click to Continue »
Volunteer divers train for swift water, rope rescue in Catawba River
The York County Emergency Response Team sponsors swift water rescue training, which includes zip-lining exercises and overcoming rocks and floating objects in the water.Click to Continue »
Billy Graham isn’t finished preaching yet
The Charlotte-based Billy Graham Evangelistic Association plans to share his filmed comments in November – on TV, DVD, and the Internet – as part of a new nationwide evangelical effort…
Blue Cross and Blue Shield influence waning with N.C. lawmakers
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is used to having considerable clout in the legislature. All that’s changed.
Charlotte area students win ‘Blumey’ awards
The Belk Theater was brimming with evening gowns and tuxes Sunday, and performers received their awards with aplomb and grateful speeches. It was all part of the second annual Blumenthal…Click to Continue »
Volunteer divers train for swift water, rope rescue in Catawba River
The York County Emergency Response Team sponsors swift water rescue training, which includes zip-lining exercises and overcoming rocks and floating objects in the water, in the Catawba River at the…Click to Continue »
Tornado levels homes in Oklahoma City trailer park
One of several tornadoes spawned by a powerful storm system rumbling through the Plains and Midwest has leveled several mobile homes in an area southeast of Oklahoma City.Click to Continue »
BCBS influence waning with NC lawmakers
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is used to having considerable clout in the legislature. All that’s changed. Blue Cross has seen bills fly out of committee with…
Billy Graham isn’t finished preaching yet
He?ll be 95 in November, but Billy Graham still isn?t finished preaching.Click to Continue »
Band of tornadoes striking across the Midwest
A tornado was spotted near the Wichita, Kan., airport and others were spotted in Oklahoma between Oklahoma City as much of the Central time zone is under tornado watches and…Click to Continue »
Charlotte 16-year-old has a long distance to-do list
In anticipation of her first marathon, Alana Hadley did a test run late last month on the quiet streets near her Charlotte home. She set out on a three-mile loop.Click to Continue »
Traffic wreck shuts down I-85 south; person trapped
Southbound Interstate 85 is shut down because of a vehicle wreck where at least one person is trapped.Click to Continue »
Charlotte’s living mayors talk about the city’s issues
When voters elect a new Charlotte mayor this fall, they will be handing him or her a long list of tough questions to confront. We asked current mayor Anthony Foxx…Click to Continue »
Problem with line forces Lynx to run shuttle buses into uptown
A problem with a piece of electrical equipment Sunday has caused the Lynx light-rail service to close the line running into uptown.Click to Continue »
Charlotte looks to airport rail yard as engine for growth
In the debate over who controls Charlotte’s airport, there’s more at stake than just a place where planes take off and land.
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