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Charlotte Area News - ImprovedCharlotte Area News provides you with the most complete set of online news, weather and other information related to Charlotte, NC, and surrounding Carolina counties. Enjoy our new wider-column format and dropdown menu added for your benefit. Here you'll find: • News feeds from all major Charlotte area news media, plus: • Yahoo, Google, several weather channels • Click on any blue headline to read more • Subscribe to our daily email update using the "Subscribe me" box on this page WBTV - News  CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Volunteers with Char Meck CourtWatch say they are concerned about crime in their Charlotte neighborhoods. They also say they will continue to go to court appearances despite a recent attempt to be silenced.  The battle of whether money should go to build new schools in the suburbs or to renovate old ones is not new to CMS. What is new is an economic crisis that has put the district years behind schedule.  The weather may be warmer now, but a colder than average winter has left many with huge heating bills they can't afford.  Molly Grantham, Eric Thomas and Delano Little had a special guest show up and help with the News at 10:00 on WJZY Tuesday night. Jeremy Powers is a Charlotte resident. He had the highest bid at a charity auction back in February, winning him the chance to come try his hand at "forecasting the weather" on a live WBTV newscast.  Activity buses are the new cash cow for Gaston County Schools. Gaston County Schools is the first school district in North Carolina to place business and community advertisements on the exterior of the buses.  The Fort Mill School district making drastic cuts to save a loss in $5.4 million of state funding.  If you want to buy a home, experts say now's the time to do it. Is CMS following the law when it comes to alternative schools? The Council for Children's Rights wants to make sure the Charlotte - Mecklenburg school district (CMS) is following the law.  There were times during the two year project, some thought they had bitten off more than they could chew.  A television producer has pleaded guilty to trying to shake down David Letterman over the comic's sexual affairs. Robert "Joe" Halderman entered his guilty plea to attempted grand larceny Tuesday in a Manhattan court. He is being sentenced to six months in jail and 1,000 hours of community service.  Many residents in Chester and York counties could smell or see smoke for most of the afternoon on Tuesday. According to the South Carolina Forestry Commission, the smoke was coming from controlled burns along the Chester and Union County line.  A woman is being held without bond in Cabarrus County for allegedly shooting a boy with a gun Friday afternoon, and firing shots at the boy's older brother. Cabarrus County sheriff's deputies were called around 6:41 p.m. to 131 Fritzvon Drive in MT. Pleasant regarding a person who had been shot.  Law enforcement officers are still looking for a Ranlo teen who has been missing since early Sunday morning. Officials concentrated their search Tuesday morning at the old Gaston County landfill on Monterey Park Drive which has lots of hiking trails. They concluded their search around 1:30 p.m.  The Red Cross is planning to open a shelter for the families who were displaced by an apartment fire in south Charlotte early Tuesday morning.  Sallie Saxon has come back to her hometown after serving time in federal prison for running a high-dollar prostitution ring.  Police are investigating a shooting which happened in east Charlotte Tuesday afternoon. The shooting occurred at 7117 Barrington Drive. When Sky 3 flew over the scene at 3:45 p.m., police and paramedics had located the victim lying in a grassy area along a road. |
 CharlotteObserver.com: Top Stories News, sports, and entertainment from BofA to drop fees for debit overdrafts (By Rick Rothacker, rrothacker@charlotteobserver.com)  (By Ben Niolet, ben.niolet@newsobserver.com) A judge threatened to send Andrew Young to jail three times today, but in the end didn't follow through on it.Instead, Young and his wife, Cheri, are due in court again Friday afternoon for the continuation of a hearing that dragged on for hours today.  (By Joe DePriest, jdepriest@charlotteobserver.com)  (CharlotteObserver.com Data Center)  (By Mark Price and Bruce Henderson, msprice@charlotteobserver.com and bhenderson@charlotteobserver.com) Mary Martin says it felt like she had gotten punched in the chest - by her utility bill.It has run as high as $350 during the coldest of winter months, she says.  (By Glen Counts, WCNC) The woman who went to prison for running a high-priced prostitution ring is out of jail and speaking with NewsChannel 36.Sallie Saxon served two years behind bars. While she remains under supervised release, Saxon said she is a reformed woman. Census sets path for spending (By Jim Morrill, jmorrill@charlotteobserver.com) Days before 2010 census surveys hit the mail, a new report shows that in 2008 North Carolina got nearly $12billion for everything from highways to housing based on results of the last census.The report by the Washington-based Brookings Institution ... 4-alarm fire at south Charlotte apartment (By Steve Lyttle, slyttle@charlotteobserver.com) A four-alarm fire sent dozens of residents, many wearing only pajamas and robes, fleeing for safety early Tuesday morning at a south Charlotte apartment complex.No serious injuries were reported in the blaze, at the Charlotte Woods apartments on Sc...  (NewsChannel 36) An 18-year-old accused in the beating of a UNC Charlotte instructor pleaded guilty this morning to felony robbery and assault.Narayan Dhakal was found beaten at the intersection of 8th and North Trying streets in October 2008.  (By Kerry Hall Singe, ksinge@charlotteobserver.com) Plans were increasingly grand.Luxury condos on top of boutique hotels. Penthouses with elevators for owners' cars. Predictions that more than 17,000 residents would live uptown today, about double the number at the start of the decade. |
Charlotte Area News From Local SourcesCharlotte Area News Stories Original stories for our readers  Nominations are being accepted for the 31st Annual Police Community Relations Awards, sponsored by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Community Relations Committee (CRC).An annual feature of Charlotte's Law Enforcement Week celebration, the award recognizes officers and work teams from the Charlotte- M...  Hundreds of area Realtors® are gearing up to help deserving homeowners across Mecklenburg and Iredell counties in the second Annual Realtors® Care Day scheduled for Friday, April 23, 2010, during National Fair Housing Month. The all-day, home-repair initiative is a project of the Housing Oppo...  The Mecklenburg County Health Department's Fit City Challenge program has launched its second Lose Weight Donate Challenge to benefit the Second Harvest Food Bank and its partner agencies.A partnership with Lowe's Foods, the Lose Weight Donate Challenge is a 12-week program with Lowe's donatin...  Mary Elizabeth Murphy, Managing Director of S.T.A.R. Resources (www.starresources.biz ), will be the featured speaker at Women With Know How Elite's March 16th evening meeting. Murphy will present "RESET Your Buttons for the Woman Business Owner," based on her RESET concept and book, RESET You... TOMS Shoes Announces Its 3rd Annual One Day Without Shoes In an effort to bring attention to the impact a simple pair of shoes can have in a child's life, TOMS Shoes announces its third annual One Day Without Shoes campaign that asks everyone worldwide to go barefoot on April 8th. Barefoot events around the world from Venice to Little Rock, Dubai ...  Crosland has attracted a new retail concept to Tranquil Court on Selwyn. Clean Catch Fish Market will be joining the mixed-use development on Selwyn Avenue in Myers Park."We are excited to welcome Clean Catch Fish Market," said Charles Thrift, senior leasing associate for Crosland's retail div...  When the doors swing open at My Sister's House next month, 26 single, homeless women with a burning desire to change their lives will be able to walk through and settle in for a while. At this transitional women's center, clients can access services that will enable them to overcome the circ...  Mecklenburg County is in the top tier of counties with the highest health outcomes and health factors in North Carolina, according to a new report released today by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The County Health Rankings are t... Karen Premo Photography Opens Boutique Studio in Fort Mill Karen Premo Photography, a natural light lifestyle photographer for babies, children, high school seniors and families in the Charlotte metro area, has recently opened a boutique studio in Fort Mill to accommodate her growing business.Karen has been photographing her clients in their homes and... DMR Architecture Partners with Boys and Girls Club to Build a Better Future The folks at DMR Architecture (www.dmra.biz) arranged a very special trip to Charlotte's EpiCentre to help the youngsters at The Boulevard Home Salvation Army's Boys and Girls Club to explore the mysteries of architecture. Architects from the firm, which designed the EpiCentre, have been meet... |