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  • Employee at police department accused of taking $2k gun

    Since 2009, Melissa Guillet was responsible for the security of seized and found property items at the Matthews Police Department. Eyewitness News learned Thursday she's accused of stealing $2,000 and a gun from evidence. No one answered when Channel 9 went by her home in north Charlotte. Her neighbor said Guillet's estranged husband made a surprising comment to her a few weeks ago. ...

  • Chiquita holds first shareholder meeting in Charlotte

    Chiquita's CEO Ed Lonergan addressed the company's multimillion dollar losses last year and a new focus on two brands - bananas and salads - at the shareholder meeting held for the first time in Charlotte. "We've removed the distractions and we have the entire team focused on the two business we think are very powerful," he said. Shareholder David Ross of Matthews ...

  • Investigators Cause of Mooresville fire may never be known

    Fire investigators say they may never know exactly what started the fire that destroyed a home south of Mooresville Wednesday night. The Iredell County Fire Marshal's office was at the home of Fred and Ola Baldwin on Eastport Lane Thursday morning, combing through the ashes and debris left behind by the fire that could be seen for miles. Several neighbors had seen the flames and tried to ...

  • Some NC lawmakers want to change how state brings in jobs

    Some lawmakers want to change how the state spends taxpayer money to bring jobs to North Carolina. They want to reorganize the Department of Commerce and cut $500,000 from the Charlotte Regional Partnership. From insurance company MetLife to AT&T's data center, Charlotte Regional Partnership said its marketing has helped attract a lot of jobs to the area. It's partly why CEO Ronnie ...

  • Law enforcement seek missing Lincolnton inmate

    Corrections officers and local law enforcement agencies are searching for inmate Ronald Billings, 38, after he went missing Thursday from a work release program. He was last seen at around 2:45 p.m. at a work location in Lincolnton. Billings was serving a seven-year prison sentence for breaking and entering, forgery and other property crimes. His projected release date is February 2015. Billings ...


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Cemetery Man (aka Dellamorte Dellamore) [DVD]

Cemetery Man (aka Dellamorte Dellamore) [DVD]

Part gory zombie comedy, part dense puzzle-box art film, Michele Soavis Cemetery Man (Dellamorte Dellamore) is nothing if not entirely unique in its cultish blending of wildly disparate elements. The film veers from Sam Raimi-style gross-out splatstick, to romantic pathos, ... ...

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  • 9 Investigates Paramedic subject of investigation for missing medication

    A former Union County paramedic is the subject of an investigation into missing medication at Union County EMS. Channel 9 confirmed Thursday the SBI and the North Carolina Board of Pharmacy are investigating the incidents involving Joey Dahl. Officials with Carolinas Healthcare System said Dahl was employed at Union County EMS from September 2004 to May 2 of this year, but would not say if he ...

  • Contempt lawsuit against Charlotte heads to court

    The contempt case against the city of Charlotte involving the Carolina Panthers stadium renovations went before a judge Thursday. The suit said the city violated the state open meetings law. Attorneys for the city filed the motion hearing to try to get the lawsuit dismissed.The judge did not make a decision but said he will review both sides. The plaintiffs in the case, four former journalists, ...

  • Some drivers concerned about potential toll lane cost

    A proposal to add toll lanes on I-77 got a big boost this week after an endorsement from MUMPO, the regional transportation planning group.The state is moving forward with a plan that would add toll lanes for 25 miles on I-77 between uptown Charlotte and Mooresville.What no one is saying yet, however, is how much those tolls could cost drivers. When asked if NCDOT had a schedule for toll ...

  • Kenseth on roll seeking next victory in Charlotte

    Chuck Burton/AP CONCORD, N.C. (AP) -- Matt Kenseth is ready to get back to work. Kenseth and his first-year team at Joe Gibbs Racing have had plenty to celebrate this season with a Sprint Cup-best three victories and seven top-10 finishes in 11 events. But he wasn't a factor in last week's all-star race at Charlotte Motor Speedway and knows he's got some challenges ...

  • CMPD 10 charged in scheme banking $300K

    Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said 10 men worked together to steal dozens of local people's financial information. Police said the men ended up banking more than $300,000 in an elaborate scheme. Investigators say the fraud ring spanned across seven counties, from York to Catawba. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department investigators held a news conference Thursday afternoon. Police said the ...

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