Runners will affect traffic today
By Steve Lyttle | E-mail | 7:46AM
Motorists in the Myers Park and SouthPark areas might want to change their travel plans -- or their routes -- during the morning hours today.
Bill Belk resigns as judge
By Gary L. Wright | E-mail | 11:26AM
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After nearly a year of controversy, Mecklenburg District Judge Bill Belk has resigned from the bench.
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Women still scarce on N.C. boards
By Rob Christensen | E-mail | 7:09AM
N.C. women have made little progress over the past decade in gaining positions on boards and commissions that help determine state policy in such areas as roads, universities, banks and utilities, according to a new report released Friday.
Police seek murder suspect near Reedy Creek Park
By Steve Lyttle | E-mail | 2:43PM

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police continued to comb an area near Reedy Creek Park on Saturday, looking for a man they say was involved in the fatal shooting of a woman several hours ago.

New school names: Hough, Rocky River?
By Ann Doss Helms | E-mail | 10:40PM

New high schools in Mint Hill and Cornelius will get their official names at Tuesday's school board meeting.

Police probe response delay in shootings
By Emery P. Dalesio | Associated Press | 12:29AM

Police delayed for more than an hour after a chilling emergency call that captured a gunshot before sending officers to the home where a real estate developer killed his family and then himself.

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Two men wearing hoodies and masks broke into a northern Charlotte home Friday night, robbed some of the occupants and shot one man.

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