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2 arrested in latest Charlotte homicide

musiclover — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:47:13 +0000

Police say they have arrested two men in connection with the slaying of a man Tuesday afternoon in northwest Charlotte.

They are being charged in the death of Myron Billings, who was found shot to death shortly after noon in the 1300 block of Effingham Road, between Tuckaseegee Road and Freedom Drive.

Mitt Romney’s Charlotte ‘prebuttal’ speech

musiclover — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:29:51 +0000

Mitt Romney began to implement his campaign’s “bracket”strategy Wednesday with a Charlotte, the host city for the Democratic National Convention. We will have video clips of the speech here when they are available. It’s the first stop of several locations chosen to mimic President Obama’s itinerary. The Romney campaign is billing the speeches as prebuttals More >

Tiger Woods to play in Charlotte in early May

musiclover — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 23:28:09 +0000

Tiger Woods is taking a three-week break before returning to golf at the Wells Fargo Championship. Woods announced Wednesday he will resume an up-and-down season May 3-6 at Quail Hollow, where he won in 2007. He also committed to The Players Championship the following week. A year ago, he injured his left Achilles tendon and More >

SOCIETY Charlotte Magazine to Launch May 30

musiclover — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 21:26:31 +0000

SOCIETY Charlotte is a free monthly magazine celebrating Charlotte’s philanthropies and the people who support them. The magazine will be published by Tribute Communications, which is owned by Paige Roselle and Craig Moon, retired Publisher of USA Today.

The goal of the monthly magazine is to publish exciting and informative news and photos about Charlotte’s philanthropic events. “Charlotte is such an impressive city and a large part of that is our philanthropy. Our community deserves a publication that truly focuses on these organizations and their supporters,” Roselle said.

Charlotte releases unredacted DNC emails

musiclover — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 22:08:33 +0000

Among the details that the city of Charlotte thought were worth keeping secret about the upcoming Democratic National Convention: what color to paint a new police command center; the location of fire and building inspectors at Time Warner Cable Arena, and a squabble between police and federal authorities over when to hold a meeting.

Last fall, the Observer requested six months of emails by some city officials related to the convention. The city released heavily blacked-out emails, some with entire paragraphs redacted.

Charlotte city manager makes billion-dollar pitch

musiclover — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:20:18 +0000

Call it Curt Walton’s billion-dollar baby. For months, Walton, Charlotte’s city manager, has been telling City Council members the Queen City needs to be more aggressive when it comes to jolting the economy.

Today, as part of the council budget retreat, Walton took his own advice and unveiled an ambitious eight-year plan that would hike property taxes by 4 cents beginning this summer while calling for four bond referenda totaling $926 million between now and 2018.

CMS making deals to get a raise for teachers

musiclover — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 01:00:04 +0000

Charlotte – Mecklenburg school (CMS) district’s interim superintendent Hugh Hattabaugh has proposed a three percent raise for all employees.

Hattabaugh wants the county to give the district $27.5 million more to pay for the raises. the interim’s budget includes $16.5 million in cuts. Positions will be cut and a few people ill be laid off. Hattabaugh will use some of that money to help pay for raises. The district has come up with enough money to fund a 1% raise but not a 3% raise.

Charlotte Bobcats’ Paul Silas says it’s “exhilarating”

musiclover — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:30:59 +0000

Charlotte Bobcats coach Paul Silas called Corey Maggette’s availability a “godsend,” as the team with the NBA’s worst record has all its players healthy for the first time this season in a 7:30 game tonight against the Detroit Pistons.

The Pistons and Bobcats play at The Palace of Auburn Hills. While the Pistons have beaten some opponents who were missing key pieces en route to an 11-25 record, they will face a 4-28 Bobcats team that has a healthy roster tonight for the first time.

Study Says Sports Bring $2B To Charlotte

musiclover — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 23:30:57 +0000

A study commissioned by the Charlotte Sports Commission says the region would be out $2.1 billion dollars and 23,000 jobs if all amateur and professional sports disappeared. The report will likely be used to encourage public investment in a new stadium for the Charlotte Knights Uptown.

A baseball player might “swing for the fences,” but economist John Connaughton says he was conservative in estimating the impact of sports on the Charlotte region.

2 boys killed by truck while walking in Charlotte

musiclover — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:31:58 +0000

Two young boys are dead after being hit by a truck in Charlotte while walking with their father to a nearby daycare center. Police say the children, who were 1 and 5 years old, were hit by a delivery truck Wednesday morning in west Charlotte while walking to the center.

The brothers were taken to a nearby hospital where they were later pronounced dead. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police and the North Carolina Highway Patrol are conducting an investigation