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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 […]
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has had a fondness for the mountains of North Carolina dating back to his childhood. Now, he’s showcasing the area to the world as the most important global economic summit is set to take place at the end of August in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains. The […]
Rep. Edwards Ends Reelection Campaign On Wednesday, at 3:32 AM, Congressman Chuck Edwards put a post on X announcing that he will not seek reelection for the 11th District of North Carolina. That district covers most of mountains in the western part of the state. The oddly timed announcement comes less than 48 hours after […]
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 […]