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  • Organizations work around the clock to help parents in need

    of?" said Charlotte resident Pamela Harris. It's a challenge many parents will face this summer considering more than half of CMS students are on free or reduced lunch. With school out, that leaves parents left to provide 10 meals for each child per week, five for breakfast, and five for lunch. That's why organizations ...

  • Tourism officials work to keep CIAA in Charlotte

    Charlotte tourism officials are off to Virginia to try to keep the CIAA in Charlotte.Charlotte has hosted it eight years in a row, but the contract is up next year. A local delegation will be at CIAA's board meeting Wednesday, fighting for a new long-term deal.Eyewitness News is told the tournament brings in about $50 million each March. Mert's Heart and Soul restaurant doesn't ...

  • Police Man steals uniform impersonates officer

    A Marshville man is facing criminal charges from three different agencies after police said he stole a uniform and impersonated an officer. Officers said Christopher Melton turned himself in to the Union County Jail on Friday after the charges were filed.Police said the investigation revealed that in late April, Melton broke into a police cruiser in Red Springs, N.C. - which is more than 75 ...

  • Storms bring hail high winds to Charlotte area

    A severe thunderstorm warning for Mecklenburg County expired at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, as the hail- and high-wind-producing storm moved south through Union County. As the storms weakened late Tuesday, they left power outages and trees down in some areas south of Charlotte, including Matthews, Indian Trails and SouthPark. Some 1,699 residents were without power in Mecklenburg County just before 5 ...

  • Jordan says Bobcats to become Hornets in 2014

    A side-by-side look at jerseys for the Charlotte Bobcats (left) and Hornets. (Dan Lippitt & Andy Hayt / Getty Images & NBA E) Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan announced Tuesday that the franchise has officially submitted paperwork to the NBA to change its name to the ';Hornets'; for the 2014-15 season. ';Let’s bring the buzz back,'; Jordan said at a press ...


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The Kid Stays in the Picture

The Kid Stays in the Picture

The title of The Kid Stays in the Picture, Brett Morgen and Nanette Bursteins portrait of Hollywood legend Robert Evans life, comes from the mouth of another Hollywood legend, the great producer/studio mogul Darryl F. Zanuck. Zanuck had personally selected Evans to play a role in the 1957 screen version of Ernest Hemingways The Sun Also Rises. The rest of the cast disapproved of his ... ...

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  • The buzz is back its the Charlotte Hornets in 14

    A side-by-side look at jerseys for the Charlotte Bobcats (left) and Hornets. (Dan Lippitt & Andy Hayt / Getty Images & NBA E) Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan announced Tuesday that the franchise has officially submitted paperwork to the NBA to change its name to the ';Hornets'; for the 2014-15 season. ';Let’s bring the buzz back,'; Jordan said at a press ...

  • Federal budget cuts force emergency officials to scramble

    Homeland Security are forcing emergency officials around the country to scramble. For years, emergency planners in 38 states, including North and South Carolina, have relied on a web-based program ...

  • 9 Investigates Hunreds of complaints about alarm system telemarketing calls

    Conrad Tidswell told Eyewitness News he hesitated to answer his phone for some time. He said at one point telemarketers were calling him up to six times a day trying to sell him an alarm system. "The FBI says crime is increasing in ...

  • Local man relieved to hear family in Okla. is OK after tornado

    A local man has nieces and a nephew who attend the Oklahoma school that took a direct hit from Monday's tornado. He shared how he learned they were safe with Eyewitness News.Michael Long spent the day at his home in Bessemer City watching live streaming video from the storm.He used to live in Moore, Okla., and Tuesday, he saw his brother and sister-in-law interviewed by a local TV ...

  • Rumors spread about potential move of fall NASCAR race

    The billionaire owner of Charlotte Motor Speedway said he wants to move one of the track's major races to California, and now everyone is asking if it is just talk or a serious attempt to move a NASCAR race out of the home of NASCAR. The same day leaders released video that said Concord Speed City USA is trying to lure in the X-Games, Bruton Smith hit the brakes hard, threatening to pull ...

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