Stop and go, stop and go: Here are Charlotte’s most congested intersections.
Charlotte commuters know the feeling: Stop and go. Stop and go. From one street signal to the next. Data from the Charlotte Department of Transportation […]
Amid NC charter school growth, enrollment in Charlotte schools is feast or famine
North Carolina’s charter schools added almost 10,000 students this year, state tallies show. The Charlotte area continues as a hub of charter activity, with schools […]
Dog tortured with BB gun, tied down and shot over 100 times at close range in NC
Tonight a dog is recovering after being tortured with a BB gun in Morganton. Someone shot the small dog, Brownie, nearly a hundred times then […]
Man found shot to death on Northeast Side
Jim Woods The Columbus Dispatch @Woodsnight Tuesday Dec 18, 2018 at 11:16 PM Dec 19, 2018 at 7:04 AM A 28-year-old Columbus man was found shot to death on the Northeast Side Tuesday night. City […]
Christmas help from strangers is ‘just a blessing’ for mom and her kids
Lamona Rivera couldn’t stop the tears of gratitude last Friday when Salvation Army volunteers brought out bundles of Christmas gifts for her two kids, 7-year-old […]
Person found shot to death on Northeast Side
Jim Woods The Columbus Dispatch @Woodsnight Tuesday Dec 18, 2018 at 11:16 PM Dec 18, 2018 at 11:16 PM Columbus police homicide detectives are investigating the shooting death of a person on the Northeast Side […]
‘This thing has been going on for a long time.’ Voters discuss fraud allegations in NC.
About 200 people packed First Baptist Church of Bladenboro on Tuesday night to talk about what went wrong during November’s election, specifically how there came […]
Hit-skip suspected after body found along road in Mifflin Township
Jim Woods The Columbus Dispatch @Woodsnight Tuesday Dec 18, 2018 at 7:19 PM Dec 18, 2018 at 9:03 PM The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the discovery of a man’s body late Tuesday afternoon […]
Female prisoner found in hot tub after escape from Pike County deputy sheriffs
Jim Woods The Columbus Dispatch @Woodsnight Tuesday Dec 18, 2018 at 9:41 PM Dec 18, 2018 at 9:41 PM A search for a woman who escaped the custody of Pike County Sheriff’s deputies Tuesday ended up […]
Columbus school board member criticizes minutes of recent fiery meeting
The Columbus Board of Education’s contentious Dec. 4 meeting over facilities lived on Tuesday as one member claimed that minutes compiled by the district treasurer […]
Man's body found along side of road in Mifflin Township
Jim Woods The Columbus Dispatch @Woodsnight Tuesday Dec 18, 2018 at 7:19 PM Dec 18, 2018 at 7:23 PM A Columbus police officer spotted a body on the side of a road Tuesday on the […]
MORPC proposes more than $21 million in federal projects
Mark Ferenchik The Columbus Dispatch @MarkFerenchik Tuesday Dec 18, 2018 at 5:16 PM Dec 18, 2018 at 5:17 PM The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission has proposed more than $21 million in federal funding for the […]
Body found along side of road on Northeast Side
Jim Woods The Columbus Dispatch @Woodsnight Tuesday Dec 18, 2018 at 7:19 PM Dec 18, 2018 at 7:23 PM A Columbus police officer spotted a body on the side of a road Tuesday on the […]
Fewer bell-ringers has Salvation Army worried about funding for programs
Amber Smith visited a Speedway on the South Side for a cup of coffee Tuesday morning. It was an indulgent move for her, but she […]
N&O loses appeal of $6 million libel verdict in SBI agent’s lawsuit
A state appeals court has ruled in favor of an agent in the N.C. State Bureau of Investigation who had sued The News & Observer […]
Ohio State now can share medical board's records on Richard Strauss with its lawyers
The State Medical Board of Ohio has agreed to turn over records pertaining to deceased Ohio State physician Richard Strauss to the university’s legal counsel, […]
Downtown C-pass program ramping up, with 460,000 free rides since June
Downtown workers have taken more than 460,000 free bus rides since the C-pass program started in June. So far, 378 Downtown companies — 45 percent of those […]
MORPC announces more than $21 million in federal projects
Mark Ferenchik The Columbus Dispatch @MarkFerenchik Tuesday Dec 18, 2018 at 5:16 PM Dec 18, 2018 at 5:17 PM The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission has proposed more than $21 million in federal funding for the […]
Ohio State allowed to share Richard Strauss medical records with its lawyers
The State Medical Board of Ohio has agreed to turn over records pertaining to deceased Ohio State physician Richard Strauss to the university’s legal counsel, […]
Ohio State allowed to share Richard Strauss medical records with lawyers
The State Medical Board of Ohio has agreed to turn over records pertaining to deceased Ohio State physician Richard Strauss to the university’s legal counsel, […]
Jim Rogers at 2012 DNC in Charlotte: ‘We cannot lose sight of energy efficiency’
Jim Rogers at 2012 DNC in Charlotte: ‘We cannot lose sight of energy efficiency’ By December 18, 2018 03:36 PM Jim Rogers, former chairman and […]
More than 2,000 NC teachers failed a math licensing exam. Now it may be dropped.
The math exam that has made it difficult for hundreds of new North Carolina teachers to get their license could be phased out as early […]
‘Aggressive panhandler’ who harassed a man for cash ends up being shot, NC cops say
An “aggressive panhandler” who allegedly went over the top asking a man for money ended up shot Monday outside a restaurant in downtown Wilmington, reports […]
Deal allows Ohio State to share medical records with lawyers, with limits
After months of back-and-forth negotiations, the State Medical Board of Ohio has agreed to turn over records pertaining to deceased Ohio State physician Richard Strauss […]
Former Duke Energy leader and Charlotte booster Jim Rogers has died
Former Duke Energy chairman and president Jim Rogers, who led the Charlotte-based utility through mergers that made it the nation’s biggest electric utility at the […]
AvidXchange to hire over 1,200 workers in exchange for millions in incentives
The Charlotte tech company AvidXchange will hire over 1,200 people over the next five years, a move that will more than double its local footprint, […]
Commissioners approve Franklin County's part of Crew stadium deal
The Franklin County commissioners have signed off on their part of a $645 million plan that includes a new stadium for Columbus Crew SC, additional […]
Woman facing 20 child abuse charges, DWI after school bus crash
A woman already charged with driving while impaired after a crash involving a overturned school bus is now facing 20 misdemeanor child abuse charges as […]
Who’s the man with no shoes in Charlotte’s newest public statue?
Charlotte’s newest public statue stands as a tribute to one of the city’s earliest guardians of vulnerable children. While other statues on Charlotte’s Trail of […]
Sex offender sentenced to prison for groping boy at ComFest
John Futty The Columbus Dispatch @johnfutty Tuesday Dec 18, 2018 at 12:21 PM Dec 18, 2018 at 12:22 PM A registered sex offender was sentenced Tuesday to 4 1/2 years in prison for groping an […]
NC city saw 100 inches of rain this year. More could be coming, scientists say.
Carolinas cities are chasing rainfall records for 2018 after a year of downpours that scientists say bear the hallmarks of climate change. Coastal Wilmington, which […]
Ohio State researchers unveil climate change action plan for Columbus
Columbus officials received a plan Tuesday with 43 recommendations to help mitigate the effects of climate change including more rain and rising temperatures. A task force led […]
Columbus settles record nuisance suit against owner of 802 apartments
The owner of three apartment complexes with dozens of city health and safety-code violations has agreed to pay a $50,000 fine and fix problems that […]
Mystery grows over how missing NC mother of four ended up dead in trash bin
Shantika Dunlap had been missing for two days when her body turned up in a trash bin Saturday, but Winston-Salem police are still not using […]
Mystery grows over how missing NC mom of four kids ended up dead in trash bin
Shantika Dunlap had been missing for two days when her body turned up in a trash bin Saturday, but Winston-Salem police are still not using […]
Puppy dies after escaping doggie daycare in Charlotte, WBTV reports
If you have a pet, this is what you don’t want to happen. You take them to a doggie daycare and while you’re away, they […]
Houston region under dense fog advisory until 9 a.m.
Southeast Texas is under a dense fog advisory until 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018. Southeast Texas is under a dense fog advisory until […]
Charlotte man dies at hospital after shooting in home off South Boulevard
A person shot near a gas station in south Charlotte Monday night has died, prompting a homicide investigation. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police say they were called to […]
Ohio Wesleyan professor's space station experiment wins award
Like any good scientist, Ohio Wesleyan University professor Chris Wolverton just wanted to test his question. But to do so, he’d have to launch his […]
Justice Insider: Grinch strikes in German Village
A thief stole decorated Christmas trees from a planter on South Third Street in German Village. The Grinch struck German Village over the weekend, stealing […]
Threats against Rev. Billy Graham revealed in formerly secret FBI documents
Rev. Billy Graham, the Charlotte-born evangelist known as “America’s Pastor,” led a public life that could have been a dangerous one. Nearly 10 months after […]
Pike County sheriff accused of taking money from drug arrests for own use, complaint states
Pike County Sheriff Charles S. Reader is accused in an anonymous complaint of taking cash confiscated from drug arrests for his personal use, according to documents released […]
State Highway Patrol opens statewide K-9 training facility
MARYSVILLE — The 2-year-old German Shepherd lunged at the closed door of the Dodge Charger like a wild animal attacking its prey. Danny, who graduated […]
'Every day I live is a blessing,' man says in writing thank-you to organ donor family
He figures he started to write the letter at least a hundred times. Sometimes thoughts only tumbled around in his head, sometimes he just scribbled […]
Former Genoa Township officer sentenced for misusing police cruiser computer
The Columbus Dispatch Monday Dec 17, 2018 at 7:26 PM Dec 17, 2018 at 7:27 PM A former Genoa Township police officer was sentenced Monday in Delaware County Common Pleas Court for misusing his police […]
City disciplines two firefighter-paramedics for taking or distributing photos of patients
Two Columbus firefighters have been disciplined after taking photographs of patients. Two Columbus firefighter-paramedics were suspended without pay for taking photographs of medical patients without […]
