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Tune in here to this Wednesday edition of Breaking With Brett Jensen! Breaking Brett Jensen opens the show by discussing Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden. Jensen conducted a brief interview with McFadden following a town hall-style event at the Valerie Woodard Center. Jensen first asks the sheriff about his thoughts on an upcoming trip to Raleigh, where […]

Tune in here to this Wednesday’s edition of the Brett Winterble Show!  Brett kicks off the program by talking about an ICE-involved shooting in Minneapolis and the escalating unrest he believes is unfolding as a result of political leadership failures. He frames the incident as a potential replay of the chaos seen in 2020, arguing […]

Krina Patel, a 36-year-old principal in Cabarrus County, was arrested early Saturday morning, January 3, and charged with driving while impaired (DWI). Patel, also known as Krina Pressley, serves as the principal of Harris Road Middle School in Concord. According to an affidavit, Patel was stopped by a Huntersville Police Department officer while driving on […]

This episode is presented by Create A Video – Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry “Not My Fault” McFadden said he would not comment on the state investigation into whether he should be removed from office… but then claimed it was a “smear campaign” before the March primary and the complaint from four former employees and a […]

Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden on Tuesday dismissed allegations against him as false and politically driven, stating that he is open to an investigation by the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI). During a press conference at the Valerie C. Woodard Community Resource Center, McFadden referred to a court petition filed against him as a “smear […]

The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has dismissed an appeal from the Cumberland County sheriff’s deputy sued in connection with the fatal shooting of a veteran in 2020.

Questions are emerging over whether progressive activists are strategically entering North Carolina GOP primaries, raising concerns among Republican leaders about voter confusion. State officials are also urging lawmakers to pass a long-delayed budget, warning that growing workloads and staffing pressures are straining agencies across state government. In the courts, a federal judge has blocked the […]

Tune in here to this ​Tuesday edition of Breaking With Brett Jensen! Breaking Brett Jensen is joined in the studio by Mecklenburg County District Attorney Spencer Merriweather. Jensen asks Merriweather about state statute governing the removal of elected officials from office. Without discussing specific cases under review, Merriweather explains a provision that allows five qualified […]

Tune in here to this Tuesday’s edition of the Brett Winterble Show!  Brett kicks off the program by talking about the turbulent political landscape and the looming midterm elections, setting the stage with commentary on President Biden and the many competing national storylines. But just as listeners expect a deep dive into politics, Brett pivots […]

Tune in here to this Tuesday’s edition of the Brett Winterble Show!  We’re joined by Phil Kerpen from American Commitment to talk about the state of the U.S. economy and the looming policy battles over health care, government spending, and entitlement fraud. Phil breaks down why consumer spending remained strong through the holidays and why […]

A federal judge ordered Charlotte-Mecklenburg police Monday not to release any video or audio related to the federal case involving Iryna Zarutska’s August 2025 killing on the city’s light rail transit line.

Tyrrell County commissioners are asking a federal judge to allow them to avoid testifying in a lawsuit related to a Confederate monument outside the county courthouse.