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On our Friday regional news roundup, the legislature is busy working on redrawing congressional districts in the wake of a federal court ruling, CMPD…

As the GOP presidential campaign passes through the buckle of the Bible Belt, Donald Trump is expected to notch a win with the help of an unlikely…

This weekend’s Academy Awards has again come under fire for the lack of diversity in the nominees. For the second year in a row, every actor nominee is…

We know that college sports bring in big money for many schools and can be boon to their bottom line but who pays the tab for these expensive programs? At…

Craft Beer maybe exploding but it’s relatively new in North Carolina. What isn’t new is the distilling of spirits. It goes back to the days of moonshiners…

On this week’s local news round-up: Saturday’s South Carolina Democratic Primary. Does Hillary have it in the bag? The Charlotte City Council approves a…

A recap of the South Carolina Democratic primary and what its outcome means nationally and a visit with John Feinstein looking back on a Golden Era in…

A lot of changes are in the offing for North Carolina voters. Legislators recently redrew congressional distracts at the insistence of a Federal…

On this week’s edition of Charlotte’s Local News Roundup we get reaction to the Super Tuesday contests and what they mean for North Carolina’s upcoming…

Charlotte’s growth to the south has been remarkable and now the focus is shifting North. Major headway is being made on the Blue Line extension from…

Affordable housing has long been in short supply. Now, Mayor Jennifer Roberts says we need an additional 34,000 affordable housing units in Charlotte,…

While Charlotte was going about planting its iconic trees, the seeds of the American conservation movement were being planted just up the road in…

Are you tired? Depressed? Overweight? Maybe you’re not getting enough sleep! The Centers for Disease Control says that at least a third of us aren’t…

Salt, sugar and fat. Those three ingredients are hard to avoid in the American diet. Salt, sugar and fat are added to packaged foods in such large…

Concerns about violence on television began almost simultaneously with the birth of the medium. Medical experts have long said children pick up on the…

Most ambassadors are careful about how they phrase things and usually try to distance themselves from disagreements – or, at least, sugarcoat what they…

Traffic in Charlotte becomes more congested with every passing year. Some think part of the answer is more bicycles and the city has been working for…

Margaret Spellings, former U.S. secretary of education, just took the reins as head of the University of North Carolina system. Her appointment was…

It is hard to fathom the allure that terrorist groups can have on people. The recruitment efforts of ISIS in the U.S. has been described as unprecedented…

In the news this week, North Carolina is getting hammered for the legislature’s move to overturn Charlotte’s LGBT ordinance. Fallout is coming from all…