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  • City Council hears both sides over booting practices

    Charlotte City Council members asked a local towing company Wednesday about its booting practices. They are trying to learn more after some complained the booting was predatory.Mayor Pro Tem Patrick Cannon said the city doesn't want to get involved in policing private parking lots, but at the same time wants to make sure there is not a larger public issue going on. "The last thing we ...

  • Chester Co. homeowners take fight against sewage sludge to next level

    Several Chester County homeowners are taking the fight against sewage sludge coming from Charlotte to the next level.Two weeks ago, the South Carolina DHEC approved the renewal of a permit allowing Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utilities District to spread treated bio-solids on thousands of acres of farmland in the state.Hundreds of people attended a public hearing about the renewal of the permit in ...

  • Police Teen sought in drug sting shooting considered armed dangerous

    Charlotte Mecklenburg police are asking for help finding a teenager allegedly involved in a drug deal and shooting Tuesday afternoon at a north Charlotte elementary school that left a teenager dead and a police informant injured.Late Wednesday afternoon police identified Davion Drayton, 17, as the suspect charged with shooting the unidentified police informant at Hidden Valley Elementary School. ...

  • Action 9 Homeowner says sprinkler system broken by contractor

    A new homeowner said water just spews into his yard after a contractor broke two of his sprinklers.The contractor admitted to the mistake, but the two could not agree on repair costs."Turning my irrigation system on," said Mark Leggett, but when he turns on his irrigation system, the water gurgles out and just runs across the ground."It is broken, it bubbles water and runs to the ...

  • Family has answers year after fatal hit-and-run

    Nearly a year after an accident in Pitt County, a Mooresville family finally has some answers. On Tuesday, the Pitt County Sheriff's Office announced an arrest in the death of 20-year-old Austin Baeza. Last August, Austin was hit and killed and left on the side of Highway 33 in Pitt County. He was attending college at the time. "That's a horrifying thought, but that's our ...


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Movie Review

The Horse Whisperer

Robert Redford is very good at playing characters who have incredible, God-given gifts, but are able to act like ordinary people. In "The Natural" (1984), he played the fallen angelic character of Roy Hobbs, the baseball player who was destined to be "the best there ever was," but still acted like a humble farm boy. In "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969), he was the most dangerous shot in ... ...

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  • 1000 to meet in Charlotte for 911 conference

    Thousands of people from all over the world are meeting in Charlotte this week for the 911 conference.Eyewitness News talked to Angie Schulz who is the chapter president of the North Carolina 911 association. She hopes the conference will be a motivational and learning experience for emergency call centers across North Carolina."We train, we try to be prepared and we try to have the best ...

  • Sheriff Items stolen from Zahra Baker memorial

    Sheriff Deputies in Caldwell County are stepping up patrols on Wednesday night after thieves stole items from Zahra Baker Memorial near Hudson.The community came together after the 10-year-old was murdered in 2010 to build the memorial near where police found some of her remains.Her stepmother, Elisa Baker, is serving a lengthy prison sentence after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the ...

  • Charlotte Knights sleepwalk to 2-1 win over Syracuse Chiefs in afternoon tilt

    For Charlotte it was their second victory of the day without playing a twin-bill having toppled Syracuse a rain-delayed contest that ended just after ...

  • Charlotte student wins national local scholarships from public housing groups

    Javari Parks, of Charlotte, with his mother Toi Parks. Javari Parks has won two of three national scholarships given by the Public Housing Authority Directors Association and will receive a total of $14,500 from PHADA as he heads to Hampton University in Virginia this fall. DIEDRA LAIRD - ...

  • City leaders lobby against bill they say could raise property taxes again

    Charlotte leaders are speaking out Wednesday against a bill they said could force them to raise your property taxes again in the near future.Businesses in North Carolina could see major breaks under the current Senate tax reform bill.It phases out corporate income taxes and gets rid of privilege tax that governments charge thousands of area businesses each year.Charlotte City Councilman Michael ...

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