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Observer Staff Reports | 4:47PM

Austin Alexander Baeza went out for a walk early one August morning last year, and his body was discovered hours later on the side of a road near Greenville.

Charlotte woman gets 5 years in Medicaid fraud case

By Steve Lyttle | E-mail | 4:43PM

A Charlotte woman was sentenced to five years and prison and handed a hefty fine for her role in what federal prosecutors say was a Medicaid fraud scheme.

Nonprofits say Senate tax plan will hurt the needy

By Mark Price | E-mail | 4:32PM

Nonprofits have vowed to fight a Senate plan that would eliminate incentives for individuals to donate and put a cap on the amount that charities can receive in sales tax refunds.

Anne Springs Close Greenway to host Friday campout

By Neil Haggerty | E-mail | 4:11PM

Anne Springs Close Greenway in Fort Mill is offering a night under the stars in honor of the Great American Backyard Campout on Friday.

State stocks Lake Norman with hybrid bass

By Joe Marusak | E-mail | 4:21PM

For the first time, hybrid bass fingerlings are released into the lake rather than striped bass

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10 sentenced in N.C. bear-hunting operation

Latino art event marks its 10th year

By Neil Haggerty | E-mail | 3:35PM

Last weekend, the Mint Museum Uptown showcased a Colombian-born painter whose controversial art responded to political and social unrest in her country in the 1940s and 1950s.

Waxhaw mayor faces DWI court date

By Adam Bell | E-mail | 3:36PM

Waxhaw Mayor Daune Gardner faces an Aug. 15 court date on a driving while impaired charge from this month where her blood-alcohol content level was 0.18., more than twice the legal limit, Union County court records show.

Challenges filed to city’s S.C. sludge permit | 3:05PM
1 killed, 2 hurt in wreck on Beatties Ford Road | 3:43PM
Tech twist to summer school for CMS teachers | 1:30PM
Caldwell authorities: Fire was set | 1:17PM
Charlotte: Tax bill would cost city $31M a year | 1:42PM
Providence Road townhome project OK’d | 12:33PM
Forget the wet ... warm, dry weather arrives | 12:23PM
B-Cycle, CATS to offer membership deal | 12:18PM
Morrison moves, expands top CMS staff | 11:37AM
DNC: Nearly $500,000 of equipment was lost or stolen in Charlotte | 11:39AM
Shelby argument turns violent; 2 shot | 10:50AM
Statesville bank robbed for 2nd time | 9:49AM
Lawmakers ask: Does 75 mph really mean 85 mph? | 9:23AM

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