Regional News

By Chris Seward

Better lede. It is still rainy. I am ready for it to stop. It is still rainy. I am ready for it to stop. It is still rainy. I am ready for it to stop. It is still rainy. I am ready for it to stop. It is still rainy.

At least 24 Indian elephants, loose on South Tryon Street at lunch hour Thursday snarled traffic but caused no injuries. Webcam updates: www.wcnc.com/traffic/cameras

By Mark Price

The Community Relations Committee, Community Building Initiative and Mecklenburg Ministries will offer a community dialogue. A panel conversation will be followed by dialogue with the audience. 7 p.m. Thursday, University Park Baptist Church, 6029 Beatties Ford Road. RSVP: rthompson@ci.charlotte.nc.us or 704-336-2424.

Christ the King wasn't founded 15 years ago with a vision to reach out to Spanish-speaking people.

West Charlotte

Center city residents anticipating the November arrival of the area's first modern movie theater will have to wait a few weeks longer.

The Charlotte Housing Authority wants to redevelop Savanna Woods, a 49-unit public housing apartment complex off Park Road, into a larger, mixed-income community.

Biologist and television host Jeff Corwin brought a bit of show business glamour to a pair of northeast Charlotte schools last month, giving hundreds of students a chance to talk with someone they can see on cable TV every day.