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  • 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 ...


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Movie Review

Run Lola Run

Like so many crises, it begins with a panicked phone call. Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu), a courier for a powerful drug dealer, calls his girlfriend, Lola (Franka Potente), because he has just lost 100,000 deutsche marks that he must deliver to the dealer in 20 minutes. If he doesn't show up with the money, he's knows that he will be killed. He contemplates robbing a grocery store across the street, b ... ...

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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

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