Denny Hamlin won the NASCAR season-opening Daytona 500, edging just far enough ahead to hold off Kyle Busch and Joey Logano in overtime for his second Daytona 500 win in the past four years.
Former North Carolina Congressman Mel Watt, who served as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, misued his position by trying to ‘coerce’ a subordinate, according to Inspector General report.
Oil and other products containing CBD, also know as the hemp product Cannabidiol, have gotten popular in Charlotte NC. But selling CBD in food, drinks or animal food means you’re breaking the law, North Carolina officials say.
Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools online credit recovery program helps students graduate with a GPA too low for college admission, speakers from Students For Education Reform say. They urge CMS to set higher standards.
Urban Ministry Center and Men’s Shelter of Charlotte will merge into one nonprofit to help the homeless. Liz Clasen-Kelly will oversee the combined organization as it focuses on affordable housing.
Mel Tomlinson, a ballet star who danced with N.C. Dance Theatre in Charlotte as well as Dance Theater of Harlem, Alvin Ailey and the New York City Ballet, died in Huntersville Feb. 5.
Nearly three years ago, Charlotte passed an ordinance that extended legal protections for LGBTQ people. The measure set into a motion a sequence of events, including the controversial passage of House Bill 2.
Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools approves buying land across from Ardrey Kell High to build a new elementary school that will relieve crowding at three nearby schools. Parents at Providence Spring say they need relief too.
Superintendent Clayton Wilcox urges all Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools employees to support immigrant children and families traumatized by recent ICE raids in Charlotte NC.
A proposed $66 billion merger between BB&T and SunTrust Banks, which would put a new bank headquarters in Charlotte, NC, still needs approvals from the Federal Reserve and other regulators before it can close.
More than 200 children and teenagers in NC have been shot and killed since 2014 in Charlotte, Durham, Fayetteville, Greensboro, Winston-Salem & other areas. Here are reasons why, and what is being done to stop it.
Spirit Airlines is expanding to Charlotte, offering a lower price point at an airport where American Airlines dominates. Another low-cost carrier, Volaris, also recently debuted at the airport.
Charlotte Douglas International Airport is about half the size of Atlanta’s ALT in terms passengers. CLT could become busier and bigger with more international flights and cheaper fares, but lose its ease for travelers.
"It's great that he's going around using this as a platform to expose problems with the judicial system," Michael Peterson said about David Rudolf's tour following the release of 'The Staircase, even though he wasn't invited to the Durham event.
