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  • Over 90 drivers facing charges following CMPD DWI checkpoint

    Police Department's drunken driving checkpoint on Friday night came in on Saturday, and now more than 90 drivers are facing charges. Altogether 93 were charged, 12 of which were for DWI. Police said they caught another 15 behind the wheel with their license revoked, and 13 were charged for having no license at all. Police said four drivers were caught without having ...

  • Crews train for emergency calls on Catawba River

    On Saturday the York County Emergency Response Team hosted a swift water rescue class at the Duke Energy Dam on the Rock Hill side of the Catwaba River. The class had members of the team, York Sheriff's Department, Fort Mill Rescue Squad, Rock Hill Rescue Squad and Lancaster County emergency medical services. All of the divisions were training to be ready to respond to emergency calls on ...

  • Bobcats in process of changing name back to Hornets

    The Charlotte Bobcats are in the process of changing their name back to the Hornets. CBS Sports said there is no timetable for the switch. Owner Michael Jordan confirmed in February that the team hired a national polling group to determine how fans felt about the name change. Jordan called reaction to the poll very mixed. Charlotte's NBA team was known as the Hornets from 1988 to ...

  • Troopers hold classes to show importance of not texting while driving

    A survey released this week by the American Academy of Pediatrics found 45 percent of students nationwide admit to texting while driving. Troopers hold classes at local high schools to show how dangerous it is. They give students a piece of paper and tell them to read it while driving a course. "Texting is our way of communicating these days, and we just need to get them away from that and ...

  • Police investigate fatal shooting on Filbert Lane

    Police are investigating Saturday morning after one person was shot and killed in east Charlotte. Police said the shooting happened around 1 a.m. Saturday in the 8500 block of Filbert Lane in the Hickory Grove division. Officers said when they arrived they found a man who had been shot. The victim's identity has not been released at this time. Authorities said an argument happened between ...


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Hart's War

Hart's War is an odd mish-mash, pursuing different ends at different times until, by the end of the film, we're not sure what it was about or how we should feel about what it's saying. Starting off as a straightforward World War II movie, it shifts into prison mode when the setting moves to a German prisoner-of-war camp, then it ventures deep into 1940s-era social-problem territory as it e ... ...

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  • Report Bobcats set to re-adopt Hornets moniker

    The Charlotte Bobcats are beginning the process of becoming the Hornets, again. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) The Charlotte Bobcats are beginning the process to change their name back to the Charlotte ...

  • Male U.S. burglars steal to get money women steal for drugs

    When selecting a target, most burglars said they considered the close proximity of other people including: traffic, people in the house or business and police officers; the lack of escape routes; and signs of increased security -- including alarm signs, alarms, dogs inside and outdoor cameras or other surveillance equipment. (UPI Photo/Ezio ...

  • Ky. Busch wins in Charlotte ends Truck skid

    Kyle Busch showed he can still be dominant in the NASCAR Truck Series, even when facing adversity. Busch overcame a costly penalty to snap a seven-race drought on the Truck Series by winning Friday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Busch dominated the race early, but had to overcome a penalty for leaving the pit stall with gas can in his truck, drawing a penalty that forced him to the back of ...

  • Olympic HS dedicates fifth Habitat for Humanity house

    Bryan Buravah and family in front of their new Habitat home built by students from the Olympic Community of Schools. Buravah will purchase the home will a zero-interest mortgage from Habitat Charlotte. The bird house is a gift to the family from second graders at Charlotte Latin ...

  • Special unit puts 20 repeat offenders in jail this week

    This week, a special unit with the Mecklenburg County district attorney's office put 20 habitual offenders in prison. One of them was 35-year-old Jeremy Southern, who was just sentenced to seven years behind bars. This week he pleaded guilty to two counts of breaking and entering in addition to being a habitual felon. Southern had been arrested nine times before. Another is 24-year-old ...

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