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  • Jordan will change Charlotte nickname back to Hornets | NBA

    Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan is changing his team's name to the Hornets, said a person familiar with the situation. The person said ...

  • Police search for Charlotte Troutman robbers

    The suspects got away with more than $5,000 in cash, and on Monday night Troutman police believe that robber actually began hours earlier in Charlotte. Police said the men successfully pulled off a daring robbery early Monday morning and authorities believe the men knew exactly what they were doing. In surveillance video, two men can be seen. One man is wearing a baseball cap and the other a ...

  • BGEA to send chaplains to Moore

    The Billy Graham Rapid Response team is sending chaplains to Moore, Okla., to help in whatever way they can. On Monday night, the team sent Eyewitness News a video of them helping with ...

  • Council members state officials discuss sewage spillage in Lake Wylie

    Tega Cay City Council members met with state officials to address an ongoing problem - sewage spilling into Lake Wylie. The utility company Tega Cay Water Services has already had 10 sewer overflows just this year. Tega Cay Water Services promised to fix the issue when its license was renewed in 2010. The city is asking DHEC to force the company to make improvements ...

  • Crack found on one nuclear reactor in Wake Co.

    Monday night, nuclear regulators tried to calm fears about a huge crack found on one of Duke Energy's nuclear reactors in Wake County. It is a big concern for people in Charlotte too, because there are two nuclear stations in the area. At the Monday meeting, the NRC said the public is not in danger. The company shut down its Shearon Harris Plant a few days ago - one year after the ...


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Room 237

Writing about Stanley Kubricks The Shining during its initial theatrical release in 1980, New Yorker film critic Pauline Kael noted sardonically that, if the film is about anything that you can be sure of, its tracking. Of course, its not surprising that Kael would open her revie ... ...

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  • NCDOT to show residents final plan for Independence Blvd.

    On Tuesday, the North Carolina Department of Transportation will show east Charlotte residents their final plan for Independence Boulevard. Last month, crews started the $51 million widening project. Transportation leaders will hold a public workshop to present their final design for the project, the different phases of construction and to explain the changes for pedestrian crossings ...

  • Fort Mill store sells $2M winning Powerball ticket

    The massive Powerball jackpot will go to a winner in Florida, but a Fort Mill store sold a $2 million winning ticket. Eyewitness News had quite a surprise when going to talk to the manager. The sign on the window showed that the Powerball jackpot has plummeted back down to $40 million, but the store, called K One Mart on Highway 160 in Fort Mill, missed selling the big ticket by one number. They ...

  • Charlotte Bobcats on verge of changing name back to Hornets

    Sources have told The Associated Press that Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan will change the team's name back to the Hornets. (file photo) (Jason E. ...

  • Bobcats press conference on Tuesday could be more than just changing their name

    In recent years Hall of Famer Michael Jordan has had little to smile about, but that could change beginning on Tuesday when his team will be reborn with a new ...

  • Report Smith discusses moving Charlotte race

    CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The chairman of Speedway Motorsports Inc. is so determined to get a second Sprint Cup race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway that he may be willing to give up a date at Charlotte Motor Speedway.Bruton Smith told Charlotte television station WBTV on Monday there is a 70 percent chance he will move the October Charlotte race to Las Vegas.Smith told the station he's flown to Vegas ...

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