Lisa Worf

Assistant News Director
  • Lisa Worf
    Lisa Worf

Lisa Worf traded the Midwest for Charlotte in 2006 to take a job at WFAE. She worked with public TV in Detroit and taught English in Austria before making her way to radio. Lisa graduated from University of Chicago with a bachelor’s degree in English. She covers several different areas with a focus on education. 

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Morganton's 'Music Lady' Who Made Inmates Her Calling Dies At 92

By • Aug 22, 2018
Briana Duggan / WFAE

A woman who treated hundreds of incarcerated young men like her own grandchildren passed away last week. Millie Gordon was a music and choir director at churches in Morganton. But it was at Morganton’s Western Youth Institute where she found her calling and earned the name “Music Lady.”

911 Operator Advised Garden Store Owner Not To Respond To Break-in

By • Aug 21, 2018
American Beauty Garden Center

A 911 operator told a Charlotte garden store owner to stay away from his store until police responded to the break-in.  

“We’ll see what happens when I get there,” replied Alan Corder.

County Warns Many Property Tax Values Will Jump Next Year

By • Aug 9, 2018
Charlotte Mecklenburg Government Center
Nick de la Canal / WFAE

Property owners in Mecklenburg County may be in for a surprise come January when the county sends out new tax values.

Lines Get Longer At DMV Locations In A Rush To Get Real IDs

By • Aug 8, 2018
Yi Zhao / Google Maps

About 40 Department of Motor Vehicles offices across North Carolina have seen especially long lines recently.

Jerry Richardson's Persona, Legacy Following NFL Investigation

By & • Jun 28, 2018
MICHAEL FALERO / WFAE

Jerry Richardson was a community hero for bringing the NFL to Charlotte in 1993. As owner of the Panthers, he became affectionately known as The Big Cat.

Recent Charlotte Grad Wins Top High School Music Award

By • Jun 27, 2018
Northwest School of the Arts grad Renee Rapp wins Jimmy Award this week.
The Broadway League Foundation

A recent Charlotte Northwest School of the Arts graduate won a Jimmy award, the top national award for high school musicals. Renee Rapp won Best Performance by an Actress for her role as Sandra in the school’s production of “Big Fish.”

NC House Republicans Complete Overrides Of Two Election Bills

By & • Jun 21, 2018
Wikimedia Commons

Mecklenburg County now has new electoral districts for superior and district court judges, after the House completed an override of Governor Roy Cooper’s veto Wednesday. The measure redraws superior court election districts to address population imbalances in the previous districts that Republican lawmakers call unconstitutional. District court judges will no longer be elected countywide.

Charlotte City Council Approves 20-Story Office Tower

By & Justin Lape • Jun 19, 2018
Rendering of the proposed hotel/office tower. It’s a view from the corner of Third Street and Baldwin Avenue.
Gensler

Charlotte’s skyline may soon be spreading further from the center city. City council approved a developer’s plans Monday night to build a 20-story office tower just southeast of uptown Charlotte, despite resistance from neighbors worried about the building’s height and traffic congestion.

Technical Problems Cause 250 Cancellations At Charlotte Airport

By • Jun 15, 2018
CLT Airport Twitter
CLT Airport Twitter

American Airlines expects its regional carrier PSA Airlines will resume normal flight schedules around noon today. Hundreds of people have been stranded at Charlotte Douglas International Airport after the airlines cancelled 600 flights throughout its system last night and this morning – about half of them originating in Charlotte.

South Carolina Primaries: Sanford Loses, Parnell Wins, McMaster Headed To Run-Off

By & Justin Lape • Jun 13, 2018

Two of President Trump’s picks came out ahead in Tuesday's South Carolina primaries. Governor Henry McMaster was the top vote-getter in the Republican primary, but did not get the 50 percent needed to avoid a runoff. 

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