• County leaders to vote on $19M security upgrades for CMS schools

  Mecklenburg County leaders are expected to vote on a multimillion dollar plan to improve security at Charlotte Mecklenburg schools Tuesday night.Security upgrades to the schools come under discussion after the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School.Commissioners are set to vote on $19 million for the security improvements, which is a lot less than the $30 million originally proposed for the ...

• Troopers Man leads police on chase through four counties

  A man led police officers on a chase through four counties overnight.Channel 9 arrived at Interstate 85 near Sam Wilson Road shortly after the suspect jumped out of the car and tried to run away.Police said the chase started at a DUI checkpoint in Cherokee County, S.C.Video from a DOT camera on I-85 shows the car speeding by with police with flashing lights chasing.The chase went through four ...

• Crews dig through night after deadly Okla. twister

  This aerial photo shows the remains of homes hit by a massive tornado in Moore, Okla., Monday May 20, 2013. A tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. (AP Photo/Steve ...

• Help The Victims Of The Oklahoma Tornadoes

  A U.S. flag lays among debris in Moore, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2013 following a tornado up to a mile wide which swept through the Oklahoma City ...

• Jordan will change Charlotte nickname back to Hornets | NBA

  Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan is changing his team's name to the Hornets, said a person familiar with the situation. The person said ...

• Police search for Charlotte Troutman robbers

  The suspects got away with more than $5,000 in cash, and on Monday night Troutman police believe that robber actually began hours earlier in Charlotte. Police said the men successfully pulled off a daring robbery early Monday morning and authorities believe the men knew exactly what they were doing. In surveillance video, two men can be seen. One man is wearing a baseball cap and the other a ...

• BGEA to send chaplains to Moore

  The Billy Graham Rapid Response team is sending chaplains to Moore, Okla., to help in whatever way they can. On Monday night, the team sent Eyewitness News a video of them helping with ...

• Council members state officials discuss sewage spillage in Lake Wylie

  Tega Cay City Council members met with state officials to address an ongoing problem - sewage spilling into Lake Wylie. The utility company Tega Cay Water Services has already had 10 sewer overflows just this year. Tega Cay Water Services promised to fix the issue when its license was renewed in 2010. The city is asking DHEC to force the company to make improvements ...

• Crack found on one nuclear reactor in Wake Co.

  Monday night, nuclear regulators tried to calm fears about a huge crack found on one of Duke Energy's nuclear reactors in Wake County. It is a big concern for people in Charlotte too, because there are two nuclear stations in the area. At the Monday meeting, the NRC said the public is not in danger. The company shut down its Shearon Harris Plant a few days ago - one year after the ...

• NCDOT to show residents final plan for Independence Blvd.

  On Tuesday, the North Carolina Department of Transportation will show east Charlotte residents their final plan for Independence Boulevard. Last month, crews started the $51 million widening project. Transportation leaders will hold a public workshop to present their final design for the project, the different phases of construction and to explain the changes for pedestrian crossings ...

• Fort Mill store sells $2M winning Powerball ticket

  The massive Powerball jackpot will go to a winner in Florida, but a Fort Mill store sold a $2 million winning ticket. Eyewitness News had quite a surprise when going to talk to the manager. The sign on the window showed that the Powerball jackpot has plummeted back down to $40 million, but the store, called K One Mart on Highway 160 in Fort Mill, missed selling the big ticket by one number. They ...

• Charlotte Bobcats on verge of changing name back to Hornets

  Sources have told The Associated Press that Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan will change the team's name back to the Hornets. (file photo) (Jason E. ...

• Bobcats press conference on Tuesday could be more than just changing their name

  In recent years Hall of Famer Michael Jordan has had little to smile about, but that could change beginning on Tuesday when his team will be reborn with a new ...

• Report Smith discusses moving Charlotte race

  CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The chairman of Speedway Motorsports Inc. is so determined to get a second Sprint Cup race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway that he may be willing to give up a date at Charlotte Motor Speedway.Bruton Smith told Charlotte television station WBTV on Monday there is a 70 percent chance he will move the October Charlotte race to Las Vegas.Smith told the station he's flown to Vegas ...

• Source Bobcats to become Hornets on Tuesday

  Michael Jordan is changing his team's name to the Hornets. The person says Jordan will detail the timetable for the change to be completed at a press conference the Bobcats have scheduled for Tuesday. The person spoke to The Associated Press Monday on condition of anonymity because the name change has not been publicly announced. NBA deputy commissioner and COO Adam Silver ...

• Gastonia mother says 9-year-old saved her life

  A Gastonia mother said she is alive because of her 9-year-old son. He found her lying on the bathroom floor and called for help. The mother told Eyewitness News on Monday that he also kept the other children in the home calm. Lacodia Hope is still working to regain her ability to speak, but she can still clearly express how she feels about her son. "Without him, I don't know if I would ...

• Bring Back the Buzz gives hope to Bobcats fans for name change

  When the Bobcats take the floor in the near future, they could have a new name and a new look. Reports said team management is trying to 'Bring Back the Buzz' with the Hornets name. Eyewitness News spoke to fans on Monday and learned how long it could take for a change to happen. CBS Sports said the Bobcats filed paperwork to get the Hornets name back after New Orleans dropped it. It ...

• 65-year-old says man held knife to her throat at McDonalds

  Edna Johnson, 65, now realizes that her life could've been taken early Sunday morning at a McDonald's drive thru. "I wasn't scared until later, when it was over," Johnson said. She was at the McDonald's on Cherry Road at Interstate 77 in Rock Hill waiting at the drive thru menu board before sunrise. She was getting upset that no one had taken her order yet. The next ...

• Police Unlocked door may have been opening for robber

  Police say an unlocked door may have been all the opening a thief needed to rob a popular restaurant in south Charlotte early Saturday morning. The robber walked into the Cantina 1511 restaurant in the Stonecrest shopping center just after midnight Saturday and caught the manager by surprise. "He was wearing a ski mask and came in armed with a pistol while the manager was doing the nightly ...

• NC Attorney General fights against change of SBI control

  A battle is brewing over control of North Carolina's State Bureau of Investigation. A budget proposal presented by Republicans in the N.C. Senate calls for transferring most of the SBI to the Department of Public Safety. For decades it has been part of the Department of Justice and has been overseen by the state Attorney General. But GOP senators say it's time for a change. They point ...

• DWI charges dismissed against former state Rep. Nick Mackey

  9 he is planning to ask federal agents to investigate the Concord Police Department. Concord police Officer Jason Eschert pulled Mackey over for an expired tag in ...

• Huntersville Mayor returns from China learns about opportunity

  A recent trip to China could bring business to Huntersville. The town's mayor spent 10 days learning about opportunities to get Chinese companies to open ...

• Driver walks for 12 hours after crashing car in Caldwell Co.

  A driver hiked for 12 hours after he crashed his truck down a nearly 60-foot ravine in Caldwell County Sunday night. One of his passengers was seriously hurt in the crash. Eyewitness News was there as emergency crews airlifted the man to safety. To get the pickup truck out of the ravine took more than three hours. Looking at the crumpled Toyota pickup truck, rescuers say it is surprising anyone ...

• 9 Investigates Nonprofit agency Lifeline saves lives

  housing. I would be very leery of the legitimacy," said Alice Harrison, who runs Hope Haven, an agency that's provided transitional housing for decades. Harrison said she had never heard of the Lifeline program until Eyewitness News began asking questions, and neither had several other agencies we contacted, despite the fact that Lifeline's director claims on Facebook to have 18 ...

• Local elementary school targets bullying in different way

  A local school is trying to target bullying in a different way. Sterling Elementary is not only training it's faculty and staff to recognize bullying, they are also teaching students, using the Olweus program.Eyewitness News found out Monday the school is already seeing a significant drop in problems.Suzie Burgess' first-grade class is learning that it has a role in bullying ...

• Foxx to have first confirmation hearing in 2 days

  In just two days, Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx will have his first confirmation hearing for U.S. Secretary of Transportation. Eyewitness news reporter Jason Stoogenke will be there with him ...

• Charlotte high school student has TB other South Mecklenburg students being tested

  About 35 South Mecklenburg High School students are being tested for tuberculosis this week after a student there was diagnosed with an active TB case. The diagnosed student is being treated and is “under isolation” until the threat of contagion has passed, according to Dr. Steve Keener, medical director of the Mecklenburg County Health Department. Treatment with a series of antibiotics will ...

• Rowan Union counties continue prayer prior to meetings

  The American Civil Liberties Union filed suits against Rowan and Union counties for having a Christian prayer before board meetings. The Wisconsin Foundation asked both boards to cease and desist, but neither of them did. Rowan County is meeting Monday night, and Eyewitness News will be there to see if they pray first, and ask if the Supreme Court will read more about the ongoing prayer debate ...

• DT Cole ready to resurface

  was helping the first team in NFL history to make the playoffs with a 7-9 record shock the world by knocking off the reigning Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints.Now, some 28 months later, Cole is working feverishly to come out of nowhere again."I don't think words can really describe how excited I am to have another opportunity to get out on the football field," said Cole, who ...

• Sinkhole opens up near businesses in Hickory

  A sinkhole has opened up in a parking lot behind some businesses along Sixth Avenue Southwest in HickoryOne worker said he felt his car starting to go down into it.The city filled it with dirt last year, but the hole reopened and is growing in size. It is about 15 feet across and about 8 feet deep.Resident nearby told Channel 9 he is concerned about children in the ...

• Concord gun range offering discount to teachers

  A gun range in Concord is reaching out to teachers Monday night.The Eagle Guns and Range posted on its Facebook page that its giving school employees a discount.It said the teachers and administrators can learn basic skills and become more confident.This comes as the National Rifle Association wants to put guns in schools following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut.But the ...

• Wells Fargo slows foreclosure sales BofA not so much

  Three large banks have nearly halted their foreclosure sales while they make sure they are meeting revised standards on how troubled homeowners are to be treated. Wells Fargo & Co., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc. have nearly halted foreclosure sales after federal regulators revised orders on the how troubled borrowers were to be treated before losing their homes. But Bank of America ...

• Winston-Salem called a shining example of economic development

  Economic development efforts and wage growth got Winston-Salem a shoutout as one of "ten shining examples of economic development thats working." Economic development efforts and wage growth got Winston-Salem a shoutout as one of ten shining examples of economic development thats working in the current edition of Southern Business & Development magazine. Winston-Salem is one of ...

• 30 students to be tested after another diagnosed with TB

  Some local students in the area will be tested for Tuberculosis this week.A student at South Mecklenburg High School has the bacterial lung infection.The Mecklenburg County Health Department said the student is already being treated.Thirty students will have to be tested, officials said.Tuberculosis is common, but can turn deadly if left untreated. The infection is extremely contagious. It can ...

• Troopers to kick off Click It or Ticket crackdown on 20th anniversary

  On Monday, state troopers will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Click It or Ticket program by starting a crackdown. North Carolina was the first state to launch the seat belt safety initiative in 1993.Now every state participates.The number of crashes in North Carolina involving people without seat belts has dropped dramatically from 38,000 in 1992 to 8,000 in 2012.This year's campaign ...

• Social Madness nominations top 40 locally 2000 nationwide

  Forty-four Charlotte-area companies are signed up to compete in the 2013 Social Madness challenge, beginning June 3. Since Social Madness nominations closed last week, our colleagues at American City Business Journals Inc., parent company of the Charlotte Business Journal, have been busy vetting entries and tallying final numbers for each market. Several Charlotte-area companies slid in just ...

• Samsung offers $800K to developers for Galaxy-specific apps

  Samsung wants Galaxy-specific apps to help set the phone apart from other Android-based devices. Samsung Electronics is offering third-party developers $800,000 in prize money for Galaxy-specific apps as the Korean smartphone maker ramps up its efforts to compete with Apple's iPhone. Apple Insider reported that the competition will have 10 winners and that the prize money will be distributed ...

• Sheriff Troutman bank robbed by 2 men with guns

  A bank was robbed Monday morning in Troutman, marking the second bank robbery within 30 minutes in the Charlotte area. The Iredell County sheriff said two men with guns robbed a Bank of America around 9:30 a.m. No shots were fired, but the men were able to escape in a gray car, investigators said. The car was last seen heading northbound on Highway 21. Stay ...

• Lightning splits tree in 2 falling onto trailer

  A lightning strike in Huntersville hit a tree that then fell into a trailer. The tree split in two on Detroiter Drive. Firefighters said the lightning strike was so strong, it also knocked over a power pole. No one was ...

• Gas prices in Charlotte declining but national costs are on the rise

  Gas prices in the Charlotte area have declined in the past week. The cost of gasoline in the Charlotte market and the Carolinas has declined in the past week, even as the national average crept upward ahead of the Memorial Day holiday, according to the latest data from AAA Carolinas. The average local price today is $3.44 per gallon for regular unleaded, down from $3.46 a week ago. The average ...

• Crash follows east Charlotte bank robbery

  Charlotte-Mecklenburg police are questioning three people in connection with an east Charlotte bank robbery Monday morning that ended with a car crash nearby. Police say a Bank of America branch, on Albemarle Road, was robbed a short time after 9 a.m. According to police, a car fitting the description of the getaway vehicle was spotted later on Albemarle Road. The vehicle then turned onto ...

• Street Closings for Food Lion Speed Street Uptown

  As part of the Food Lion Speed Street festivities, some uptown streets will be closed from Wednesday, May 22 - Sunday, May 26 (early morning.) Motorists are advised to seek alternate routes around the uptown area. Those wishing to attend the event or needing to commute to the center city are strongly advised to ride the LYNX Blue Line Light Rail.For more details please ...

• Police East Charlotte bank robbed leading to chase crash

  Police responded to reports of a bank robbery in east Charlotte Monday morning. The Bank of America on Albemarle Road was held up around 9:06 a.m. Police said the robbers fled down Lawyers Road as Charlotte Mecklenburg police officers chased the getaway car. The robbers then crashed on Lawyers Road and Rolling Oak Road. Police took one person into custody after the crash. Investigators said they ...

• Events to mark 50th anniversary of desegregation in Charlotte

  On Monday, people are planning to fill Uptown Charlotte to mark the 50th anniversary of a major shift in the city's local culture.Fifty years ago, segregation efforts were happening in schools.The movement to integrate races in public places, such as businesses and restaurants, is what set Charlotte apart.The response in Charlotte paved the way for other cities in the South to do the same ...

• Washington group Immigration reform could mean 5K new jobs in N.C.

  Granting immigration reform to North Carolina's 325,000 undocumented workers would boost the state's gross state product by $34 billion and create 5,000 new jobs over the next 10 years, according to a progressive Washington-based think tank. ...

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