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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...


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Movie Review

Dr. Dolittle 2

Dr. Dolittle 2 is much like its 1998 predecessor, in that it is enjoyably silly, though not particularly inventive, and it is clean enough for most kids (I don't think there was a single curse word in the whole movie), with just enough bowel-movement and intestinal-related raunch included to keep little ones giggling. There is also an obvious, good-hearted message, this time related both t ... ...

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  • 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 ...

  • Woman dies after tumbling out of car on I-95 in SC police say

    The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating why a passenger tumbled out of a moving car on Interstate 95 and died after landing in front of a tractor-trailer.Troopers said the fatal incident happened Sunday evening near the Jasper County community of Yemassee. Southbound traffic on I-95 was rerouted for almost three hours.Highway Patrol Sgt. Bob Beres said the female passenger was riding ...

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