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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  Students at Renaissance at Olympic High school are feeling the pressure of budget cuts. This year several classes have been eliminated. A beach 30 miles from Charlotte! And other cheap stuff for Labor Day If you can't afford to go away for Labor Day, here's some cheap and/or free fun things near Charlotte. The New Familiars They're one of Charlotte's favorite bands  It's sold on the internet. It smells like pot, looks like pot. But it's not. And it's not illegal - at least here. The explosion of a new kind of marijuana and why authorities' hands are tied. PrimeTime's Jeff Atkinson has our Cover Story.  Quite a past 24 hours its been on the North Carolina coast. Hurricane Earl, even with a "glancing blow" gave the WBTV crews a pretty intense workout.  While the coastal sections of the Carolinas got a soaking from Hurricane Earl, the western sections had another dry day on Friday. Some areas have seen very little rain in the past two weeks. That combined with higher winds and lower humidity has raised the danger of fire say forestry officials.  Charlotte Mecklenburg Police say writing down the numbers on your electronics greatly increases the chance you'll get them back if they're stolen.  Jury selection for the Demeatrius Montgomery trial finished up late Thursday afternoon.  North Carolina's governor says the state's Outer Banks appear to have avoided serious damage or injuries as Hurricane Earl blew past.  As of today, luxury home builders Simonini Builders, Inc. will no longer be accepting orders to build custom homes.  Carowinds has had to deal with a few dishonest employees this summer. Sailboat flips in Cornelius Officials say a small sailboat flipped over on Davidson Lake in Cornelius Friday afternoon.  A massive fire destroyed the popular Webb Road Flea Market in Rowan County early Friday morning.  Two neglected horses along with two dogs were removed from a residence in Stanfield on Monday.  The Coast Guard responded to an oil rig fire in the Gulf of Mexico Thursday. The rig is located about 90 miles south of Vermilion Bay. There were 13 workers on the rig at the time. All were safely rescued.  A hearing was held Thursday in the civil suit involving Marcus Jackson. |
 CharlotteObserver.com: Breaking News News, sports, and entertainment from Wells Fargo names chief administrative officer (By Rick Rothacker, rrothacker@charlotteobserver.com) Overturned boat sparks I-77 traffic jam (By Joe Marusak) An overturned boat in Lake Davidson has brought traffic in both directions of Interstate 77 to a crawl this afternoon. N.C. MedAssist moving to new offices By Karen Garloch Time Warner, Disney reach long-term pact (BY JOHN MURAWSKI, STAFF WRITER) Time Warner Cable and Walt Disney Co. signed a long-term contract that will keep the Disney Channel, ABC Family and ESPN on the air for the cable-TV provider's 2.1million customers in the Carolinas.The two media giants announced their contract Thursday afternoon. ... Bank robbery suspect gives back cash (By Tony Burbeck, NewsChannel 36) A man robbed a bank, felt guilty about it and brought the money back.Investigators say that's what happened Thursday at the Fifth Third Bank on Fairview Road across from the Southpark Mall. Panel recommends raising SC's gas tax for roads (The Associated Press) A panel studying taxes in South Carolina is recommending an increase in the gasoline tax to fund road repairs.The State newspaper reported the Tax Realignment Commission voted unanimously Thursday to recommend that the state's gas tax be raised a nickel a gallon. Guilty plea entered in mortgage fraud case (By Lisa Hammersly, lhammersly@charlotteobserver.com) A Mint Hill man has pleaded guilty in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme that involved kickbacks to a homebuilder, according to documents filed Wednesday in federal court in Charlotte.Mike Foley, a former real estate agent, pleaded guilty... Workers paying more for health coverage (By Tony Pugh, McClatchy Newspapers) An annual survey released Thursday finds that workers are paying, on average, about $482 more for job-based family health insurance this year as companies force employees to shoulder more of the burden of health care costs.The premium hike, up 14 percent from ... N.C. considers requiring all students to take ACT tests (By Lynn Bonner, lynn.bonner@newsobserver.com) North Carolina is poised to make sweeping changes in the way it evaluates students and high schools by requiring students to take the ACT, a national college entrance exam.Under the plan that the State Board of Education has been refining for months,... SC officials kicking off voter registration drive (The Associated Press) There are only two months left until South Carolina voters go to the polls, and the state's election officials want to make sure everyone who is eligible gets registered.In September, the South Carolina Election Commission is kicking off a monthlong effort to register new v... |
 Charlotte Area News From Local SourcesCharlotte Area News Stories Original stories for our readers  Opera Carolina joins the ranks of world-class opera companies with the national broadcast of its 2008 production of Faust on NPR World of Opera from 6:30 to 10 p.m. on Sat., Sept. 11. Charlotte area listeners will be able to hear the broadcast on WDAV Classical Public Radio (89.9FM) or onlin...  Join Blue Executive Chef Gene Briggs and wine maker Joey Tensley for the exclusive wine dinner event at Blue on Thursday September 9th. The event will feature a five-course dinner paired with wines from Carina Cellars. The event begins at 6:30pm with a reception, followed by seated dinner at...  The Education Jobs Fund will provide Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools with about $25.7 million, the district announced at the Aug. 24 meeting of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education.The fund is part of the Obama administration's efforts to protect teachers' jobs and the money can only be ...  Calling all children ages 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 and their parents! Join the British American School of Charlotte for a special Saturday play date for children and informational session for parents interested in the internationally renowned curriculum. The International Primary Curriculum used in m... Motorcycle Charity Ride To Benefit People with Disabilities Clear Creek, an Charlotte residential care facility for people with disabilities, will host its first Motorcycle Charity Ride fundraiser on Saturday, September 18th, with registration starting at 10 a.m.The ride will begin at 11 a.m. at Clear Creek, 11950 Howell Center Drive, Charlotte, then f...  Tickets are now on sale for The Echo Foundation September 21, 2010 event, A Night To Remember, featuring the premiere of Echo's documentary film, In the Footsteps of Elie Wiesel. The film chronicles the journey of 12 Charlotte-Mecklenburg high school students as they trace life experiences an...  Jessica Simpson has taken the music, fashion and entertainment industries by storm, and now she'staking on Belk Department Stores! Kicking off a national tour of special appearances to promote thelaunch of her new Jeanswear Collection, the star will be hosting an in- store signing at Belk South...  Charlotte residents overwhelmingly believe their city is "drivable," yet the daily commute is a tough ride for many.The Hartford 2010 Drivability Survey conducted by GfK Roper revealed that Charlotte drivers have generally positive attitudes about driving and believe officials in their area ar...  Local photographer Roxanne Lovett of Statesville, N.C., has just been named a Category Finalist in the 2010 Energizer Ultimate Photo Contestwith National Geographic. Lovett is now one step closer to her "shot" at greatness - the Grand Prize Winner will receive a trip of a lifetime to the ...  Bank of America today announced its support of Ken Burns's "The Tenth Inning," which debuts September 28-29 on PBS and is the much anticipated sequel to the landmark 1994 documentary, "Baseball." As the sole corporate underwriter of the film - and Official Bank of Major League Baseball(TM) an...  The Shops at Founders Hall in uptown Charlotte is launching a gift card program to provide customers with more options and greater convenience. The cards are available for purchase at select retailers in Founders Hall and are redeemable at any of the participating shops."We're excited to launc...  The Mecklenburg County Tax Collector will mail tax bills to approximately 379,300 property owners and mortgage companies on August 25, 2010.Tax bills are mailed directly to the owner of the property as of Jan. 1, 2010 or the mortgage company that requested the bill for property owners with ta...  Charlotte Regional RealtorŪ Association member Joe Rempson received honorable mention and was awarded $2,500 through the National Association of RealtorsŪ' (NAR) Good Neighbor Award. The award is given through NAR's official REALTORŪ Magazine.Rempson's service to the Charlotte community is im...  An exciting new partnership between local Cabarrus County school systems, the business community and local government will bring a comprehensive recycling program to local schools beginning this school year.The Cabarrus Sustainability Council, Cabarrus County Schools, Kannapolis City Schools,...  Bearish sentiment among investors about the outlook for the global economy and corporate earnings has eased, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Survey of Fund Managers for August.The survey shows a net 5 percent of respondents predicting that the global economy will improve in the next year. ... |