Charlotte
Charlotte-Mecklenburg is a growing city and has the highest population in North Carolina but sadly it is also ranked No. 1 in violent crimes statewide, according to FBI data from 2019. Charlotte leads all other NC cities by a wide range in all categories of crimes. North Carolina’s most populous city reported 6,982 violent crimes […]
According to The Post and Courier, Bobby Paul Edwards, 56, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for forcing John Christopher Smith, 43, to work at J&J Cafeteria in Conway, S.C. over the course of years. Edwards was originally ordered to pay Smith $273,000, but an appellant court overruled that decision.
The Girl Power here at MIX107.9 just got a lot stronger with the addition of Madison James to Afternoons every Monday-Friday! An accomplished radio veteran, Madison is a native of Tennessee and arrives in Charlotte from just down I-85, Atlanta. She is sweet, fun and full of energy. In other words…you are going to LOVE […]
Officers responded to the report of a deceased individual at the former Sagebrush Steakhouse located at 623 NC 24-27 Bypass E South Street last week. The crew working on tearing down the building discovered the body and immediately alerted authorities.
The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed the crash of a Bell 429 helicopter and said they were in the process of assessing the accident on Thursday. The agency also said they would be assisting the National Transportation Safety Board's Charlotte-based team with their investigation of the incident.
TSE vice president and chief operations officer Mark Hart cited the demand for a change and said it would be a "heavy lift'' to have continued with natural grass, which the stadium has used since the Panthers played their first game there in 1996, according to ESPN.
In an announcement video, Beasley said she was running for the seat to be vacated by Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) to help families in the state left behind by the COVID-19 pandemic. She also listed some of the Democratic priorities, such as health care, education, and wage equality as issues she would focus on, if elected to the Senate.
"Despite an overall population change, more than half of the state's increase (54%) from 2010 to 2015 occurred in three counties: Wake, Mecklenburg and Durham," according to official data from the Census. The state's rural area saw an overall decrease compared to ten years ago.
The $1 billion campus will employ 3,000 people working on technology including software engineering and machine learning, according to a press release by Apple. It will be located in North Carolina’s Research Triangle area, near the campuses of the state's three major universities— NC State, Duke and North Carolina.
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