Regional News

The way Heather and Glenn Lamp look at life is, you can either whine or you can make it better.

Area restaurants and civic clubs are gearing for the holidays with baked pumpkin pies, Thanksgiving dinners to go, candy-making classes and smoked barbecue pork and chicken.

Are teenagers ready to trade in a 280-calorie Snickers candy bar for a 150-calorie pack of Snickers cookies?

A year after Lynx Blue Line light rail debuted in southern Mecklenburg, weekday daily ridership on the 9.6-mile route to and from uptown Charlotte is “way beyond” expectations, according to a CATS spokeswoman.

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Matthews commissioner Bill Dixon recently was involved in several events honoring veterans. But now that Veterans Day is over, he wants to make sure folks remember veterans the other 364 days of the year.

Matthews police have stepped up patrols over the past month after two home invasions and one attempted home invasion in the town.

Chris Thomas had a consistent message last week: Bridges of Mint Hill will go forward.

Matthews commissioners have finalized plans for the South Trade Street widening, from the Weddington/Pleasant Plains intersection to Fullwood Lane.

These homes sold in October and November in southern Mecklenburg and Union counties.