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  • Olympian swimmers train for World Championships in Charlotte

    The World Championships trials kick off one week from Tuesday. A group of nearly 20 swimmers from all over the nation have been training in Charlotte to get ready for it.It is crunch time for a group of nearly 20 swimmers getting ready for the second biggest swim event next to the Olympics. It is called the World Championships, and for swimmers, Charlotte is the best place to get ready for ...

  • Commissioners to debate tax increase Tuesday

    Commissioners were to vote on Tuesday on a budget that would raise taxes, but now some Republicans on the board want to put that vote off to come up with a new plan.The proposed tax increase the board worked out last week would increase taxes by 2.35 cents per $100 valuation.On a home worth $200,000 that would be $47 more a year, slightly lower than the tax rate the county manager had proposed, ...

  • Officials find evidence of hazardous material at business

    Contamination on the site of a north Charlotte business may be costing adjacent property owners. North Carolina's Department of Environmental and Natural Resources division say they've found evidence of hazardous materials in soil and groundwater samples along Cullman Avenue. They apparently came from a building owned by Detrex Corporation where businesses have recycled solvents for ...

  • DNC Nearly $500000 of equipment was lost or stolen in Charlotte

    To stage last year’s Democratic National Convention, the local host committee raised millions of dollars, much of it for computers, phones and other communication devices. Now it appears a sizeable amount of that equipment was lost, stolen – or perhaps kept by the staffers it had been assigned to. The Democratic National Committee said it recently sent the Charlotte Mecklenburg ...

  • Charlotte’s Polymer Group names new CEO

    Charlotte-based Polymer Group Inc. announced Tuesday the appointment of J. Joel Hackney Jr. as its newest CEO and member of the board of directors. Hackney, 44, will begin his new role Wednesday as leader of the material manufacturer of everything from baby diapers to surgical gowns. He succeeds Veronica “Ronee” Hagen, 67, who has served as CEO since 2007. Hackney joins PGI after ...


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Live Free or Die Hard

Live Free or Die Hard

The toughest thing about Die Hard sequels must be coming up with the new titles. Having eschewed the simplicity of just adding a numeral to the end of the title after Die Hard 2 (1990), which carried the it-has-to-be-a-joke subtitle Die Harder, the film ... ...

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  • CMPD chief speaks about stricter gun laws

    A huge supporter of stricter gun laws, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Rodney Monroe, brought the issue to an uptown church on Tuesday.In April, he was one of 20 police chiefs invited to Washington to push for tougher gun control legislation. On Tuesday, Eyewitness News heard the chief lay out startling numbers about gun violence in Charlotte.Each month First United Methodist Church in uptown ...

  • Police Statesville bank robbed Tuesday afternoon

    Statesville police said a bank was robbed Tuesday afternoon.Police sent Channel 9 surveillance photos from the robbery.They said a man robbed the Community One Bank on East Broad Street.It's the second time in the last month the location has been robbed, police said.Investigators also believe a similar robbery in Troutman may also be connected to this ...

  • Undocumented students to demonstrate in Raleigh

    Thirty teens from the Charlotte area will travel to Raleigh to get lawmakers' attention. They said many undocumented students drop out after high school because they can't afford to pay out-of-state tuition which is an additional $20,000."To me, it's very personal, because I could have gone to school in fall of 2009, but I couldn't," said student Elver Varrios. ...

  • 2012 Charlotte-area tornado changing way forecasters look at storms

    The tornado that caused major damage in Charlotte in 2012 is changing the way forecasters look at storms.Early Warning Doppler 9 is able to track a tornado like the one that hit north Charlotte and Harrisburg in March.The National Weather Service gave no warning to families, but now new research may change that.There is still a barren lot off Brookstead Meadow Court after an EF2 tornado tore ...

  • Fire marshal Cause of mill fire may remain unknown

    The fire marshal said there was so much damage at the Lincolnton mill they may never know exactly what started the fire. He said they had to dig though nearly three feet of debris looking for the cause. Firefighters and police returned to the Massapoug mill Tuesday morning hoping to find out what started the fire that brought Robert Goins and his wife back to the place he worked more than 30 ...

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