Charlotte Observer
- Wednesday snow could fall heavily, quickly on Charlotte area
Wednesday - 02/25/2015 - 01:44 PMThe wintry blast that forecasters say will again dump snow on the Charlotte-metro area is expected to start as rain Wednesday evening before turning into a heavy band of snow…Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 2 men, 1 woman victims in Charlotte triple homicide
Wednesday - 02/25/2015 - 08:23 AMTwo men and a woman were the victims in a Charlotte triple homicide late Tuesday.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - NC Senate panel OKs bill allowing opt-out on marriage duties
Tuesday - 02/24/2015 - 09:41 PMA state Senate committee approved a bill allowing magistrates to opt out of performing marriages if they have religious objections to gay unions. Registers of deeds could recuse themselves from…Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Charlotte’s Elevation Church expanding to University City site
Tuesday - 02/24/2015 - 02:06 PMStarting March 21, the Charlotte megachurch ? one of the fastest growing churches in America ? will begin holding worship services in a 38,000-square foot facility at Innovation Park that…Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Nicki Minaj, Meek Mill among star-studded CIAA guests expected amid games, parties
Tuesday - 02/24/2015 - 06:49 AMFor the 10th year, the CIAA is bringing thousands of fans of its 12 schools including Charlottes Johnson C. Smith University back to Time Warner Cable Arena.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Randolph Middle sixth-grader wins Observer Spelling Bee
Monday - 02/23/2015 - 03:56 PM?Hiatus? sends Randolph Middle School sixth-grader to Washington, D.C., after her Charlotte Observer Spelling Bee win.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 77-year-old victim in fatal stabbing identified in Lincoln County
Monday - 02/23/2015 - 11:15 AMThe 77-year-old woman who was found fatally stabbed in her bed Sunday afternoon in Denver, NC, has been identified as Lucille Miller Punch, Lincoln County authorities said.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Woman, 77, found stabbed to death in bed
Monday - 02/23/2015 - 06:20 AMA 77-year-old woman was found stabbed to death in her bed Sunday afternoon, according to authorities in Lincoln County.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Charlotte City Council to vote on ethics policy Monday
Sunday - 02/22/2015 - 07:08 PMThe Charlotte City Council is scheduled to vote Monday on changes to its ethics policy for elected officials that include more disclosure on personal finances and greater clarity on what…Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Charlotte weather this week: Cold with chances of rain and sleet
Sunday - 02/22/2015 - 01:00 PMCharlotte residents can expect a mostly cold and dry week, save for some wintery precipitation possible for Monday and Friday, National Weather Service meteorologist James Oh said.Click to Continue »
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- Mecklenburg school nurse supervisor arrested in murder-for-hire plot
Wednesday - 02/25/2015 - 12:02 PMA Mecklenburg County school nurse supervisor accused of trying to hire someone to kill her ex-husband was arrested Tuesday, according to federal criminal complaint.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Phone message campaign against LGBT proposal raises bathroom issue
Wednesday - 02/25/2015 - 07:06 AMA conservative policy group is charging in phone messages to thousands of Charlotteans that ?dangerous policy change? would allow men to go into women?s bathrooms and vice versa ? a…Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - CMS won’t make up next four snow days this year
Tuesday - 02/24/2015 - 07:33 PMIf the snowstorm expected late Wednesday causes school to be canceled, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools students will not have to make up the days they missed.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Comcast confident that Time Warner deal will be approved
Tuesday - 02/24/2015 - 01:26 PMComcast chief executive Brian Roberts said Tuesday that he expects the federal government to approve his companys $45 billion bid to buy Time Warner Cable and that the deal will…Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - U.S. Attorney Anne Tompkins to leave office in March
Monday - 02/23/2015 - 09:44 PMU.S. Attorney Anne Tompkins, who sent Charlotte?s mayor to prison and helped carve out a multibillion-dollar settlement with Bank of America over mortgage fraud, announced Monday that she is leaving…Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Charlotte area could see snow Wednesday
Monday - 02/23/2015 - 02:54 PMThe Charlotte area could see more than 2 inches of snow starting late Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Japanese chemical company to buy Charlotte-based Polypore
Monday - 02/23/2015 - 08:13 AMAsahi Kasei will pay $60.50 per share in cash in a deal that gives Polypore an enterprise value of $3.2 billion, Bloomberg reported. The deal is an effort by the…Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Host Neil Patrick Harris kicks off 'whitest' Oscars
Sunday - 02/22/2015 - 11:01 PMOscar host Neil Patrick Harris wasted no time kicking off a stormy 87th Academy Awards and conceding the ceremony's much-discussed lack of diversity.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - UNC remembers Dean Smith in moving memorial
Sunday - 02/22/2015 - 04:18 PMThey gathered on Sunday to honor Dean Smith, a man who they said wouldn't have wanted such a spectacle, inside a building he didn't want named after him.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Apparent threat prompts protection of Charlotte judges, city attorney
Sunday - 02/22/2015 - 09:05 AMThree public officials in Charlotte were placed under police protection last month after the FBI discovered their photographs in the cell of an inmate linked to gangs.Click to Continue »
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- As basketball begins in earnest at CIAA, so do the star-studded events
Wednesday - 02/25/2015 - 12:03 PMEverything from cooking demonstrations to concerts and dances to the crowning of Miss CIAA 2015 are on the schedule through Saturday for the tournament?s 10th straight year in Charlotte.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - CIAA commissioner to Charlotte business owners: Let’s work together
Wednesday - 02/25/2015 - 06:52 AMCIAA Commissioner Jacqie McWilliams on Tuesday discussed how minority-owned and small businesses can help the conference when it moves its headquarters to Charlotte this summer.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Police: Three dead in northern Charlotte homicide
Tuesday - 02/24/2015 - 08:05 PMCharlotte-Mecklenburg police found three people dead inside a home in northern Charlotte late Tuesday.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - NC Highway Patrol: 1 CMPD officer, 1 other injured in I-485 wreck
Tuesday - 02/24/2015 - 10:37 AMThe injuries were minor, Highway Patrol said. Numerous accidents have been reported in the area Tuesday.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Charlotte City Council tightens ethics rules
Tuesday - 02/24/2015 - 06:17 AMThe Charlotte City Council tightened its ethics rules for elected officials Monday, requiring council members to tell the public more about their business dealings and forbidding many gifts.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Tobacco companies fighting over claims on smoking's effects
Monday - 02/23/2015 - 02:01 PMAmerica's biggest tobacco companies asked a federal appeals court Monday to set aside a series of court-ordered advertisements saying they lied about the dangers of smoking.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Audit finds expense overpayments for city executives
Monday - 02/23/2015 - 12:04 PMThe city of Charlotte is tightening up rules for how employees are reimbursed for travel expenses, after an audit found payments were mishandled for several high-level employees.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Thousands gather to honor Dean Smith
Sunday - 02/22/2015 - 08:29 PM?This gathering is not for Dean,? the Rev. Robert Seymour told a crowd of about 10,000. ?It is for us.?Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Hog-killing hunters help rare turtle on South Carolina island
Sunday - 02/22/2015 - 04:01 PMTrappers and hunters have killed more than 300 wild hogs on North Island since 2008, in some years taking more than 50 pigs.Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - State gas tax, population growth help NC road funding
Saturday - 02/21/2015 - 09:25 PMFor all the hand-wringing about North Carolina's projected massive deficit between transportation revenues and road-building demands for the next 25 years, there's one solace ? the situation could be worse.Click to Continue »
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