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  • Kids tell police they learned of smoking tea online

    It's a crazy trend all over the Internet right now. Rather than drinking tea, people are smoking it. "We tried to smoke a tea bag because we saw it on a YouTube," Josiah said. Josiah is 12 years old. He told Eyewitness News the same thing he told police, the YouTube video about smoking tea popped up while he was watching a music video with his little brother. He said he ...

  • Student loan rates could double if debate unresolved

    The student loan rates could double if lawmakers in Washington cannot agree. The unresolved debate might mean that the rates could double in less than two weeks. On average, students graduate with $27,000 in loan debt. Students who attend private schools may accumulate almost $100,000 in ...

  • Airline merger casts doubt on Charlotte’s future as air hub GAO says

    WASHINGTON - Charlotte Douglas International Airport’s status as a major airline hub is not guaranteed in the proposed American Airlines-US Airways merger, according to Senate testimony Wednesday. In its review of the $11 billion deal, the Government Accountability Office wrote that changing business conditions could compel the combined air carrier to shift hub operations from ...

  • City Council hears both sides over booting practices

    Charlotte City Council members asked a local towing company Wednesday about its booting practices. They are trying to learn more after some complained the booting was predatory.Mayor Pro Tem Patrick Cannon said the city doesn't want to get involved in policing private parking lots, but at the same time wants to make sure there is not a larger public issue going on. "The last thing we ...

  • Chester Co. homeowners take fight against sewage sludge to next level

    Several Chester County homeowners are taking the fight against sewage sludge coming from Charlotte to the next level.Two weeks ago, the South Carolina DHEC approved the renewal of a permit allowing Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utilities District to spread treated bio-solids on thousands of acres of farmland in the state.Hundreds of people attended a public hearing about the renewal of the permit in ...


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Movie Review

Nicholas Nickleby

Nicholas Nickleby

Charles Dickens third novel, Nicholas Nickleby, weighs in at well over 800 pages, and the Royal Shakespeare Companys famous stage version ran for eight and a half hours. Thus, it is one of many delightful miracles that writer/director Douglas McGrath has so efficiently and effectively pared down his source material to craft a consistently engaging and frequently hilarious film version that ... ...

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  • Police Teen sought in drug sting shooting considered armed dangerous

    Charlotte Mecklenburg police are asking for help finding a teenager allegedly involved in a drug deal and shooting Tuesday afternoon at a north Charlotte elementary school that left a teenager dead and a police informant injured.Late Wednesday afternoon police identified Davion Drayton, 17, as the suspect charged with shooting the unidentified police informant at Hidden Valley Elementary School. ...

  • Action 9 Homeowner says sprinkler system broken by contractor

    A new homeowner said water just spews into his yard after a contractor broke two of his sprinklers.The contractor admitted to the mistake, but the two could not agree on repair costs."Turning my irrigation system on," said Mark Leggett, but when he turns on his irrigation system, the water gurgles out and just runs across the ground."It is broken, it bubbles water and runs to the ...

  • Family has answers year after fatal hit-and-run

    Nearly a year after an accident in Pitt County, a Mooresville family finally has some answers. On Tuesday, the Pitt County Sheriff's Office announced an arrest in the death of 20-year-old Austin Baeza. Last August, Austin was hit and killed and left on the side of Highway 33 in Pitt County. He was attending college at the time. "That's a horrifying thought, but that's our ...

  • 1000 to meet in Charlotte for 911 conference

    Thousands of people from all over the world are meeting in Charlotte this week for the 911 conference.Eyewitness News talked to Angie Schulz who is the chapter president of the North Carolina 911 association. She hopes the conference will be a motivational and learning experience for emergency call centers across North Carolina."We train, we try to be prepared and we try to have the best ...

  • Sheriff Items stolen from Zahra Baker memorial

    Sheriff Deputies in Caldwell County are stepping up patrols on Wednesday night after thieves stole items from Zahra Baker Memorial near Hudson.The community came together after the 10-year-old was murdered in 2010 to build the memorial near where police found some of her remains.Her stepmother, Elisa Baker, is serving a lengthy prison sentence after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the ...

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