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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  Police in Troutman say they've arrested the man who was caught on camera exposing himself to a woman while at a gas station last month.  One person was flown to the hospital after a car when off the road and into some woods in south Charlotte.  The students at Briarwood Elementary School in east Charlotte had been planning the party for months.  Police had to use a Taser after a fight broke out at a high school basketball Friday.  A bittersweet celebration will be happening early next week.  Blue lights, chaos, and suspects trying to get away from the cops turned uptown's transit into a crime scene.  Uptown Charlotte just isn't what it used to be. A few city blocks that once kept banker's hours. Fast forward 20 years and center city has thriving, vibrant nightlife.  A Rock Hill gym is helping firefighters train their entire body at one time doing things that you do every day, when sometimes you don't even know it.  Every Friday on WBTV News at 10:00 on CW 46 (WJZY), we review "The Week that Was" with WBT's Keith Larson. He joins Anchor Molly Grantham to give a more distinctive take on some of the headlines of the week. She sticks with straight headlines, he's the radio guy.  Mooresville Police Department responded to the First Citizens Bank located at 241 Medical Park Road in reference to a robbery Friday.  Police in Charlotte have arrested a man and charged him with shooting and killing a restaurant employee during a robbery in east Charlotte Sunday night.  Move over Hollywood. Charlotte is becoming a hot spot for making movies. PrimeTime's Jeff Atkinson reports in our Cover Story.  One week after wbtv.com first reported hundreds of people in the region were lined up outside Instant Tax Service offices, the long lines continue.  Concord Police are looking for a 15-year-old girl missing since January 27.  The Susan G. Komen foundation announced Friday it had reversed its decision to cut funding to Planned Parenthood after loud public backlash led to the resignation of several top executives.  Dental Hygiene students, along with volunteer Doctors performed free preventative cleanings and check ups for "Give Kids a Smile!" Day. It's apart of a national effort by the American Dental Association (ADA) to give a day of free dental care to thousands of children in need. |
 The Charlotte Observer -- * HP | Breaking News Feed ~ Breaking News The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, NC Fire displaces S. Charlotte residents Residents in a south Charlotte condo building were displaced Saturday afternoon after a two-alarm fire.Click to Continue » Sylvan Centers offer free tutoring amid closures The owners of four Sylvan Learning Centers in the Charlotte region say they will provide free tutoring to any parents who are owed refunds from four other recently closed centers.Click to Continue » Second suspect in restaurant killing arrested Police have arrested a 23-year-old man who they say is the second suspect in the robbery and killing of a restaurant employee last month in east Charlotte.Click to Continue » Police arrest Troutman man after exposing himself TROUTMAN, N.C. - Police arrested the man they believed displayed his genitals to a store clerk last month.Click to Continue » Police use Taser on woman who blocked drive-thru at McDonald's Cumberland County deputies say they used a Taser on a woman who blocked the drive-thru at a McDonalds for 20 minutes after employees refused to serve her because she broke…Click to Continue » Crews clear most of latest I-40 rock slide in NC North Carolina transportation crews have removed nearly all the 600 tons of rock that fell on to Interstate 40 in North Carolina just three days after a mud and rock…Click to Continue » Suspect in 2008 murder returns to Rock Hill Rock Hill Police have in custody a suspect in a 2008 murder of Amber Marie Schiavone, who was found shot to death on Jan. 30, 2008.Click to Continue » 2 from Charlotte die in Davidson wreck A Charlotte man and woman were killed and another person critically injured Friday afternoon in a one-vehicle crash in Davidson County, the N.C. Highway Patrol says.Click to Continue » American CEO pans US Airways merger As American Airlines wends its way through bankruptcy court, CEO Tom Horton is pouring cold water on the idea of a merger with US Airways.Click to Continue » 'Uptown Donnie' grills his last dogs After 22 years of selling open-flame cooked hot dogs and sausages on the streets of Charlotte, "Uptown Donnie" called it quits Friday.Click to Continue » |
 Charlotte Area News From Local SourcesCharlotte Area News Stories Original stories for our readers  A newly-formed local race team hopes to bring a unique message to NASCAR, beginning with the Daytona 500 later this month.Charlotte-based America Israel Racing (AIR) was created to raise awareness of the importance of America supporting Israel through a unique and very public forum ? the NASCA...  The Fort Mill YMCA, 857 Promenade Walk, is hosting a variety of Ageless Grace® classes and educational programs March 2-4, 2012, facilitated by the creator and founder, Denise Medved (in photo). This innovative movement program is ideal for baby boomers, seniors, children and those with phys...  The Appalachian State University (ASU) Human Performance Lab at the North Carolina Research Campus (NCRC) in Kannapolis is recruiting 18 to 55 year-old males and females for a running study to be conducted at the end of February.The study will test the effectiveness of a 17-day course of the ...  Television and movie legend William Shatner will bring his one man show SHATNER'S WORLD: WE JUST LIVE IN IT (www.shatnersworld.com) to the Belk Theatre in Charlotte, NC on April 17. Tickets go on sale February 3rd at 10:00 a.m. The show will play a three week run at Broadway's Music Box The...  Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation Department will hold an orientation for youth participating in the inaugural Recreation Employment Corps Mentor / Mentee program on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 6:30 p.m. ? 8:30 p.m., at the Bette Rae Thomas Recreation Center, 2921 Tuckaseegee Road.Recreation Empl...  Precipitous declines in formerly common mammals in Everglades National Park have been linked to the presence of invasive Burmese pythons, according to a study by Davidson Associate Professor of Biology Michael Dorcas and colleagues published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of...  The earliest floor cloths, called oil cloths, trace back to 14th century France, where they were used as wall hangings and table covers. Floor cloths became popular in England as floor coverings and were considered elegant. They were imported from Europe to America as early as the late 17th c...  A collaborative effort between Johnson C. Smith University and Charlotte School of Law will enable students to attend three years at Johnson C. Smith University and three years at Charlotte School of Law to earn a Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree and a Juris Doctor degree. The ...  Easter Seals UCP, a leading provider of services for people managing disabilities and mental health challenges, has just launched an Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT) to serve adult mental health needs in Mecklenburg County. This is the nonprofits first adult mental health service fo...  "The Dry Grass Of August" by Anna Jean MayhewReviewed by Jessica StaffordCharlotte Area News Book Editor"The Dry Grass of August" takes us back to a time in our very own Charlotte and explores the complicated relationship between blacks and whites on the eve of Brown vs. Board of Education. It ...  Before going through a drive through for lunch again, consider a gourmet lunch that will make your taste buds burst but not your budget. At The Artisan Restaurant, a student- run restaurant at The International Culinary School at The Art Institute of Charlotte, you can savor lunches created ...  Abigale Corrigan has a resume that stretches a mile long. It reads as if she has been in the "industry" for years, yet the Northwest School of the Arts student is only 13 years old. This Sunday, Jan. 29, at 9 p.m., Abigale "Abby" will star in the Hallmark Premiere "A Smile as Big as the Moon"...  Davidson College will host the Rev. Dr. Barbara Brown Taylor as its 2012 Staley Distinguished Christian Lecturer on Tuesday, February 7. Her talk is titled "Learning to Walk in the Dark: The Ancient Way of Unknowing," and will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Duke Family Performance Hall. The event ...  Walmart has announced it is expanding its Race Time 2012 program to give fans more accessibility to discounted race tickets, driver appearances and fan events at stores, a greater selection of authentic NASCAR merchandise and a special sponsorship of Bill Elliott at the Coke Zero 400.Walmart'...  Mecklenburg County families interested in placing their child in a Pre- Kindergarten program can come to an information session to learn about Charlotte-Mecklenburg NC Pre-K, a child-centered, literacy-based program. The program is open to children in Mecklenburg County who will be age 4 on or... |