Poll: Biden clings to narrowing lead in S.C.
The latest Winthrop University Poll showed the former vice president losing ground to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.
By Glenn Burkins | February 24, 2020
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Another defeat for North Carolina’s voter ID law
A three-judge panel of the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that Senate Bill 824 was written with an “intention to target African American voters.”
By Glenn Burkins | February 19, 2020
Q&A with David Zucchino, author of ‘Wilmington’s LIE’
The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist talks about how today's political climate reflects another bleak chapter in American history.
By Glenn Burkins | February 17, 2020
Give us our money back, CMS says after school security system fails
The school district severed ties with an Atlanta firm that installed a high-tech security system.
By Glenn Burkins | February 12, 2020
Man convicted of killing newspaper delivery driver gets life in prison
The verdict and sentence came nearly three years after the killing of Walter “Wes” Edwin Scott Jr. in uptown Charlotte.
By Glenn Burkins | February 10, 2020
Knight Foundation pledges new money for Historic West End
The three-year grant will pay to jump-start community-driven programming at Five Points Plaza, a public space soon to be built near Johnson C. Smith University in Historic West End.
By Glenn Burkins | February 10, 2020
Mecklenburg D.A. will put more resources into prosecuting violent crimes
The shift comes as Charlotte looks back on a year that saw a rise in violent crimes in 2019, including 107 criminal homicides -- one of its highest homicide counts on record.
By Glenn Burkins | February 3, 2020
Putney: Force not a factor in suspect’s death
Update: In his first public statement about the case, Chief Kerr Putney declined to discuss the police encounter that preceded the death of Harold Easter.
By Glenn Burkins | January 31, 2020
3 Charlotte universities unite to promote ‘racial healing’ in community
The effort by Johnson C. Smith University, Queens University of Charlotte and UNC Charlotte is part of a larger initiative.
By Glenn Burkins | January 29, 2020
Men’s shelter to build larger facility on Statesville Avenue
With 196 beds, the new shelter will increase capacity at the Statesville Avenue location by 9%.
By Glenn Burkins | January 23, 2020