It wasn’t exactly a ringing endorsement. Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board Chair Stephanie Sneed announced Tuesday night that Superintendent Crystal Hill can return to work. Hill has been suspended with pay since June. In a brief session with reporters, Sneed did not say, however, that Hill has been cleared of any wrong doing. Instead, she said that […]
Wednesday was a remarkable day at the General Assembly in Raleigh. Republican politicians sided with potheads over police. The GOP decided not to vote on a bill that would have been a buzz-kill for the booming hemp industry, which sells legal products to make kids and adults high. Products that are loaded with THC, the […]
WBT’s Brett Jensen learned on Friday that Embattled Monroe City Councilman Gary Anderson has turned in his resignation. It went into effect at 5 p.m., Friday. Anderson’s resignation comes amidst an internal investigation by the city of Monroe as to whether he committed any ethical violations concerning a situation with a 15-year-ld boy on May […]
Officer Seth Elliott, who has only been with CMPD for two years, is charged with using data from license plate readers to track someone. A misdemeanor. WSOC quotes court documents saying that Elliott tipped off a drug dealer that one of his customers was an undercover cop. And he got the undercover officer’s car information […]
Normally, if you give a politician money to change his vote — it’s called a bribe. But the NC Department of Transportation calls the money it’s offering Charlotte —  an “incentive.” The DOT is offering 300-million dollars —-  if City Council will change its vote and allow toll lanes to be built on I-77 south. In a written offer, […]
Police body cam footage shows it was a questionable arrest back in 2023, when officers approached a man and his fiance. They were sitting at a bus stop on South Tryon street in front of the Bojangles where they had just finisihed working for the day. On the body cam, you can hear the officer […]
It is South Carolina’s best known speed trap, McBee, S.C, about 90 miles from Charlotte. Now, the mayor and two former police chiefs have been arrested, they’re charged in a ticket-writing scheme to rake-in money for the town. Just 800 people live in McBee, but thousands pass through the town on the way to Myrtle […]
Police in Mooresville updated the Sunday afternoon shooting in the southbound lanes of I-77…which was first considered a case of possible road rage. “This was not a drive-by shooting, this was a domestic incident that may very well turn into a murder-suicide,” Chief Ron Campurciani said. It is a bizarre story that includes text messages […]
A disturbing arrest by Charlotte police. A teenager with a criminal history, was found with a pistol that was converted to fire like a machine gun. 17-year-old Tristain English was already on probation for shooting into a home. Now, cops believe that he was planning more crime. Officers searched his home on Hanover Crossing Drive […]
Gas prices continue to climb as the war with Iran escalates. The national average for unleaded regular is $4.11 a gallon, that’s an increase of 12-cents a gallon in the past week. And they’re at least 86-cents a gallon higher than this time last year. Patrick DeHaan, a gas industry expert with GasBuddy.com is predicting […]
Democrats have tentatively decided that South Carolina will get the first presidential primary in 2028. The decision, by the Rules Committee, still needs final approval at a meeting next month. Looking ahead to 2028, it seems likely that a large field of Democrats will run for President. With South Carolina serving as the first primary […]
Two 17 year olds have been charged with killing a young girl earlier this month. It happened during a gunfight between people in two cars on East Independence Blvd. Court documents say that teens in multiple cars were arguing about something — bickering over FaceTime on their cell phones. At some point, they started shooting […]