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  • Mecklenburg ‘Dysfunction 101’ back in session

    Last week, as Mecklenburg County commissioners descended into name-calling and shouting, Commissioner Karen Bentley called the bickering “Dysfunction 101.” Tuesday, it didn’t take long for Dysfunction 101 to go back into session. The commissioners couldn’t even finish their customary introductions at the start of the meeting before Commissioner Dumont Clarke asked Chair ...

  • Lowe’s sends aid to disaster areas

    Lowe’s Home Improvement said Tuesday it would donate truckloads of emergency supplies and $1 million to support disaster relief and rebuilding in communities hit by the devastating tornados in Oklahoma, Texas and across the Midwest. One employee of the Lowe’s in Moore, Okla., died in his home after the tornado struck on Monday, and the company is currently trying to locate ...

  • Water is safe for residents in Wake Forest neighborhood

    Wake Forest, N.C. - The water is safe for Wake Forest residents living in the Stony Hill Road area, according to officials from the Environmental Protection Agency. EPA officials held a meeting Tuesday to announce their progress as well as the completion of water service lines. Last year, well water at more than 20 homes tested positive for trichloroethylene, or TCE, a cleaning ...

  • CMPD’s Putney is finalist for Winston-Salem chief

    Charlotte-Mecklenburg Deputy Chief Kerr Putney is one of three finalists to be the next police chief in Winston-Salem. Putney, a 20-year veteran of CMPD, a deputy chief from Greensboro and an assistant chief from Winston-Salem are candidates for the top job, according to a city news release. A national recruitment process managed by Developmental Associates LLC of Chapel Hill selected Putney, ...

  • FBI searches for fugitive sex offender

    The FBI Tuesday was searching for a fugitive registered sex offender after finding pornography at his home in Concord. James Brian Webb, 43, cut off a tracking device after child pornography was found in his possession, according to an FBI news release. He was last seen at his home in Concord on Monday. Officers discovered child pornography images at the home and issued warrants for his ...


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Monster-in-Law

Monster-in-Law

Once Jennifer Lopezs Charlie, a beautiful, but unambitious temp worker, and her future mother-in-law, Viola, played with scene-chewing relish by Jane Fonda, start going head to head, Monster-in-Law is an enjoyable, if somewhat twisted, farce. Watching J. Lo an ... ...

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  • Steele Creek officers arrest BE suspects

    Charlotte-Mecklenburg police have arrested two men for allegedly breaking into a car in the 1000 block of Orchard Grass Court and stealing an iPad and cell phone from it. Officers with the Steele Creek division were able to find the suspects by using a GPS tracking device on the iPad’s operating system. Jeremy Valssingane, 19, and Christopher Green, 20, were both charged with felony ...

  • ARC of NC leader going to state government post

    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A longtime advocate for people with mental disabilities in North Carolina is joining state government as the director of the agency that oversees services for them and others with mental illness or alcohol or drug abuse ...

  • 19th-century NCs lieutenant governor office opens

    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina's lieutenant governor conducts state business in a 130-year-old home that's been freshened up since Dan Forest took office as the state's No. 2 executive branch ...

  • 15-year-old can be charged as adult in Wake double slaying

    Raleigh, N.C. - A 15-year-old boy charged four months ago in the shooting deaths of a married couple in their Wake County home can be tried as an adult, a District Court judge ruled.A witness testified during a probable cause hearing Tuesday that Jose Samual Flores Mendoza and his wife, Maria Saravia Mendoza, both 34, were unintentional victims in a dispute between two rival gangs and that the ...

  • Raleigh waits for higher powers to decide on sweepstakes parlors

    Raleigh, N.C. - Raleigh City Councilors are waiting for state and county decisions before taking any action against Raleigh's sweepstakes parlors.At Tuesday's Law and Public Safety Committee meeting, City Attorney Tom McCormick said city staff has prepared a draft ordinance that would regulate where sweepstakes parlors can operate, but should wait for more direction from the state and ...

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