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  • Gastonia mother says 9-year-old saved her life

    A Gastonia mother said she is alive because of her 9-year-old son. He found her lying on the bathroom floor and called for help. The mother told Eyewitness News on Monday that he also kept the other children in the home calm. Lacodia Hope is still working to regain her ability to speak, but she can still clearly express how she feels about her son. "Without him, I don't know if I would ...

  • Bring Back the Buzz gives hope to Bobcats fans for name change

    When the Bobcats take the floor in the near future, they could have a new name and a new look. Reports said team management is trying to 'Bring Back the Buzz' with the Hornets name. Eyewitness News spoke to fans on Monday and learned how long it could take for a change to happen. CBS Sports said the Bobcats filed paperwork to get the Hornets name back after New Orleans dropped it. It ...

  • 65-year-old says man held knife to her throat at McDonalds

    Edna Johnson, 65, now realizes that her life could've been taken early Sunday morning at a McDonald's drive thru. "I wasn't scared until later, when it was over," Johnson said. She was at the McDonald's on Cherry Road at Interstate 77 in Rock Hill waiting at the drive thru menu board before sunrise. She was getting upset that no one had taken her order yet. The next ...

  • Police Unlocked door may have been opening for robber

    Police say an unlocked door may have been all the opening a thief needed to rob a popular restaurant in south Charlotte early Saturday morning. The robber walked into the Cantina 1511 restaurant in the Stonecrest shopping center just after midnight Saturday and caught the manager by surprise. "He was wearing a ski mask and came in armed with a pistol while the manager was doing the nightly ...

  • NC Attorney General fights against change of SBI control

    A battle is brewing over control of North Carolina's State Bureau of Investigation. A budget proposal presented by Republicans in the N.C. Senate calls for transferring most of the SBI to the Department of Public Safety. For decades it has been part of the Department of Justice and has been overseen by the state Attorney General. But GOP senators say it's time for a change. They point ...


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Movie Review

Run Lola Run

Like so many crises, it begins with a panicked phone call. Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu), a courier for a powerful drug dealer, calls his girlfriend, Lola (Franka Potente), because he has just lost 100,000 deutsche marks that he must deliver to the dealer in 20 minutes. If he doesn't show up with the money, he's knows that he will be killed. He contemplates robbing a grocery store across the street, b ... ...

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  • DWI charges dismissed against former state Rep. Nick Mackey

    9 he is planning to ask federal agents to investigate the Concord Police Department. Concord police Officer Jason Eschert pulled Mackey over for an expired tag in ...

  • Huntersville Mayor returns from China learns about opportunity

    A recent trip to China could bring business to Huntersville. The town's mayor spent 10 days learning about opportunities to get Chinese companies to open ...

  • Driver walks for 12 hours after crashing car in Caldwell Co.

    A driver hiked for 12 hours after he crashed his truck down a nearly 60-foot ravine in Caldwell County Sunday night. One of his passengers was seriously hurt in the crash. Eyewitness News was there as emergency crews airlifted the man to safety. To get the pickup truck out of the ravine took more than three hours. Looking at the crumpled Toyota pickup truck, rescuers say it is surprising anyone ...

  • 9 Investigates Nonprofit agency Lifeline saves lives

    housing. I would be very leery of the legitimacy," said Alice Harrison, who runs Hope Haven, an agency that's provided transitional housing for decades. Harrison said she had never heard of the Lifeline program until Eyewitness News began asking questions, and neither had several other agencies we contacted, despite the fact that Lifeline's director claims on Facebook to have 18 ...

  • Local elementary school targets bullying in different way

    A local school is trying to target bullying in a different way. Sterling Elementary is not only training it's faculty and staff to recognize bullying, they are also teaching students, using the Olweus program.Eyewitness News found out Monday the school is already seeing a significant drop in problems.Suzie Burgess' first-grade class is learning that it has a role in bullying ...

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