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Democrats will keep a 6 to 3 majority on the Mecklenburg County Commission. Three Democrats and two Republicans ran for the Commission’s three at-large…

Crime in Charlotte remained relatively flat in 2024, but homicide rates jumped. Volunteers on the Outer Banks have rescued more than 500 cold-stunned sea turtles. The NCDOT has hired 69 new driver license examiners to help improve service. Gov. Roy Cooper honored former UNC basketball coach Roy Williams with the Long Leaf Pine Award.

The Leaders in Action Lecture Series provides the McColl School of Business and Queens University’s campus community with an opportunity to interact with and be exposed to a variety of leaders with varying leadership styles and experiences. The lecture events are hosted in an intimate setting where the audience can ask questions and hear personal and professional leadership experiences from our guests.
The lecture begins at 6:00pm and a networking reception will immediately follow each lecture.
Contact, Jane Williams, williamj@queens.edu to learn more.

Despite a vote taken nine months ago to legalize marijuana, the drug still can't be purchased legally in South Dakota, with Gov. Kristi Noem being a staunch critic of legalization.

Commemorating 400 years since the death of William Byrd, our choirs are joined by professional, Grammy nominated and London based ensemble, Stile Antico. Together, they present this season’s InChoir series concert, a program of dazzling Renaissance polyphony alongside contemporary selections.
For tickets, please contact the Union Box Office at 704-894-2135. Free for Davidson students, but tickets are required.

Everyone's heard of William Shakespeare and read/seen the work that helped shape some of the world's most popular literature. Our Shakespeare Intensive Workshop teaches teens and adults some of the techniques that go into understanding and performing Shakespeare, such as fight choreography, iambic pentameter, beats, character work, and more. The cast will then put all that they've learned into a performance that will highlight some of Shakespeare's well-known and lesser-known works!

This production is taught, staged, and rehearsed in just 5 short days! The cast's sheer talent, resilience, and hard work is something you don't want to miss!

Weekend Edition guest host Don Gonyea talks to co-directors Lori Silverbush and Kristi Jacobson about their documentary A Place at the Table. The film looks at the problem of hunger in America.

The woman stabbed to death Friday night on the light rail in South End has been identified as 23-year old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska. Charlotte City Council members demand answers about crime. The first day of school at CMS suffers a few hiccups. The Charlotte home of surgeon Dr. C. Warren Williams will be designated as a historic landmark.

This film stars Carol Speed as the title character, William H. Marshall and Terry Carter. It was directed by William Girdler, who co-wrote the film's story with screenwriter Gordon Cornell Layne. Blaxploitation horror movie Abby was a big hit when released in 1974, but it was pulled from distribution following a lawsuit from Warner Brothers, who claimed it was a rip-off of its 1973 hugely popular film, The Exorcist. Abby is a similar movie, although there are enough variations from the plot of The Exorcist where it could have had a fair chance to become major success.

Airports across the country have received a video from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for the federal government shutdown. Many, including Charlotte Douglas International Airport, have chosen not to play the message. CLT Airport officials say local law and airport policy prohibit airing the partisan message. A spokesperson also said the Transportation Security Administration doesn’t own the monitors at Charlotte's security checkpoints, adding that “digital screens owned by CLT are designated for static content that helps people find their way around, provides essential travel information and promotes CLT’s revenue-generating services.”

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Robin "Rocky" Myers to life in prison, saying there were enough questions about his guilt that she could not move forward with his execution.

Updated Aug. 31, 2018Local officials around Mecklenburg County are strongly criticizing a school board vote Tuesday that would basically stop new school…

This week Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools says it will provide details on cost overruns and changes to school bond projects – and will start laying the…

A musical and narrative journey along a timeline that begins with the arrival of the first Black West African enslaved people into present-day Georgia. Trouble So Hard will explore some of the many stories that comprise our American history and bring us to the here and now. The show will be performed by former Charlotte Folk Society leader Harry Taylor on the banjo, with vocals by singer/songwriter, Saundra Porter Thomas, and singer/songwriter, and poet Kel Williams.

Washington Post reporter Matt Zapotosky talks about the attorney general's role in the Trump administration's forceful response to the largely peaceful George Floyd protests in Washington, DC.

FREE YOUTH ADMISSION This Spring, kids go free at the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Experience racing excitement from start to finish with over 50 interactives. View 18 historic cars on Glory Road, celebrate NASCAR inductees in the Hall of Honor and experience what it takes to be a NASCAR driver at the Pit Crew Challenge or with our iRacing simulators. Also, don't miss your photo op with Disney·Pixar's Lightning McQueen, on display now. Use promo code SPRING and purchase your tickets online. Adult general admission ticket purchase required (youth ages 4-12; no charge for 3 and under). Offer valid online only, April 2-11. Up to four complimentary youth tickets per paid adult admission.

Labor Day Weekend the 15th Annual Happy Valley Fiddlers Convention returns to Caldwell County, NC Featuring camping by the Yadkin River Headwaters, Storytelling, Children’s Activities, Authors, Craft & Food Vendors, Cakewalks, Saturday’s Music and Dance Competition, and a Sunday Concert welcoming back the Kruger Brothers, Jack Lawrence, The Harris Brothers and other acts. Competition registration and Ticket information is available at happyvalleyfiddlers.org

In his long career as a journalist, Ed Williams had a front row seat to many of the big issues and events that happened in the South, beginning in the…

In his long career as a journalist, Ed Williams had a front row seat to many of the big issues and events that happened in the South, beginning in the…

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a post on the social platform X that, at Trump's direction, she is ordering the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to pause the program.