Elvis Menayese
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88-year-old Rock Hill resident Wali Cathcart’s family story stretches across generations of Black struggle in America, from slavery to integration. For Cathcart, many of those challenges and triumphs played out through his love of baseball, a sport that didn’t fully integrate for Black players until the late 1950s. As part of Black History Month, WFAE explores Cathcart’s journey from living under Jim Crow segregation to being honored for promoting equality.
CHARLOTTE TALKS WITH MIKE COLLINS
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PixabayWith early voting underway and turnout reportedly higher than normal, we look at the role North Carolina is likely to play nationally. And we examine some of the twists and turns already injected into this year’s elections, such as the 240,000 voters who received a letter stating their registration lacked certain required information. -
Nick de la Canal/WFAEThe back-and-forth over I-77 toll lanes continues, street vending in NoDa is now illegal, Birkdale Village in Huntersville faces new restrictions after a disturbance involving hundreds of young people, and Charlotte FC is kicking off a new season.
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LOCAL NEWS
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Over two dozen laptops were distributed in Charlotte Thursday to help nonprofits that focus on helping those in need. -
The student-led Sustainable Schools Coalition wants the Durham Board of Education to develop a Climate Action Plan, as agreed by the board in 2021. -
Joseph Terrell wrote his song, "Genuine American Hero" after Renee Good, a U.S. citizen, was shot and killed by an immigration enforcement officer last month. -
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is trying to increase scores on the DIBELS exam, a test that measures early literacy skills for students in kindergarten through third grade. One school is trying out a new strategy: teaching families how they can help prepare their children. -
South Carolina state employees would receive a 2% across-the-board pay raise under a budget proposal from the House Ways and Means Committee. -
Public education advocates gathered in Raleigh on Wednesday urging the North Carolina Supreme Court to end its two-year silence on the long-running Leandro school funding case.
NATION & WORLD
DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP
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CMPD makes an arrest in a three-decade old unsolved murder case. The FBI joins the investigation into a drive-by shooting into the home of a Republican candidate for Mecklenburg County Commission. Flight attendants reach an agreement with PSA Airlines on new compensation.
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