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  • CMPD 3 shot in drive-by shooting Friday

    Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officials said three people were shot Friday afternoon. The shooting happened around 4:30 p.m. at Kennon and Pegram streets. An official said it appeared to be a drive-by shooting.Paramedics said three people were taken to a hospital with potentially life-threatening injuries.Check back with wsoctv.com for updates to this breaking news ...

  • Man speaks on being kicked out of Scouts as boy

    The Boy Scouts of America voted Thursday to allow gay scouts into its ranks. The move ends a ban that's existed throughout the organization's 103-year history, but the reversal does not extend to openly gay adults, who are not allowed to serve as leaders. When Matt Comer was 14, he said he was kicked out of scouting after troop leaders found out he was gay. The Charlotte man said his ...

  • Police investigating thefts at Monroe nursing home

    Police said someone is targeting the elderly and disabled at a Monroe nursing home. Monroe police have been investigating thefts of money from residents' rooms and said six residents have reported missing cash since the beginning of the month. "It's taking advantage of people that can't speak up for themselves," said Lt. T.J. Goforth with Monroe police. Police said they ...

  • Debris in lakes a concern for holiday weekend

    An Eyewitness News crew spotted a lot of debris in local lakes which could cause problems for water sport enthusiasts this weekend. Heavy rains two days ago across the foothills and mountains have been raising water levels in the lakes. At Lake Rhodhiss, the water was so high, it roared over the dam Friday and downstream into Lake Hickory. Boater Buddy Detter drove his pontoon boat around the ...

  • Bobcats transformation back to Charlotte Hornets starts now with new campaign

    Fred Whitfield (left, along with Bobcats owner Michael Jordan in center and NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr.) announced a new campaign at bringing the Hornets name back to ...


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Desperate Living [DVD]

Desperate Living [DVD]

By the time writer/director John Waters made Desperate Living in 1977, he was already a notorious midnight-movie cult celebrity, a genuine fringe iconoclastic auteur whose low-budget cinematic barbs skewered self-aggrandizing hippies as readily as it did fascist oppressors. His early movies, Pink Flamingos (1972) and Female Trouble (1974), had taken the midnight ... ...

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  • State shuts down south Charlotte animal hospital

    A south Charlotte animal clinic is shut down by the state until further notice, accused of being a danger to animals and the public. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Animal Control officers were inside the Woodlawn Animal Hospital talking to an employee when Channel 9 crews arrived Friday. The state issued an emergency order to shut down operations and suspend veterinarian Marguerite ...

  • Photos NC legislators get up-close look at a Tesla S P85

    Tesla executive Diarmuid O'Connell rides shotgun to let N.C. House Speaker Thom Tillis take the Tesla S P85 for a spin this week, when representatives from the company were in Raleigh to lobby against a law that would restrict direct sales of automobiles to consumers. This week, North Carolina lawmakers got a chance to check out a Tesla S P85 -- and so did a reporter from our Raleigh-based ...

  • TSA finds man headed to Charlotte carrying gun on prosthetic leg

    Police have arrested a man who went through Salt Lake City airport security with a loaded gun strapped to his prosthetic leg.The Transportation Security Administration said airport police arrested the man Thursday night after security detected the .22-caliber pistol.TSA spokeswoman Lorie Dankers said the gun was strapped to the ankle area of the man's prosthetic leg, which was inside of a ...

  • McColl Center for Visual Art wins $400000 grant for Brightwalk installations

    The $125 million, 98-acre Brightwalk redevelopment will be home to environmental art installations from the McColl Center for Visual Art. The Brightwalk at Historic Double Oaks neighborhood redevelopment in Charlotte will benefit from a $400,000 grant recently awarded to the McColl Center for Visual Art. The center won the funding from ArtPlace America for its plans to use Brightwalk for a grant ...

  • Officials 1 injured in single-engine plane crash at Charlotte Douglas

    A small single-engine plane has crashed at Charlotte Douglas Airport.Charlotte Fire Department officials said the small plane landed short of the runway.One person suffered minor injuries in the crash. Officials have shut down West Boulevard to investigate the crash.Chopper 9 is flying over the scene where several fire units are investigating.Stay with wsoctv.com for more on this ...

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