Charlotte
Dorothy Counts-Scoggins was one of four Black students who helped integrate public schools in Charlotte. She temporarily attended Harding High in 1957, where many people who opposed integration yelled racial remarks, spit at, and threw rocks at her. She only remained at Harding High for four days, however, pictures surfacing of her courage were enough to […]
Today kicks off the beginning of Black History Month, and what better way to celebrate than by looking into some of Charlotte’s black excellence? Mayor Vi Lyles is Charlotte’s first Black female mayor. She served two terms on the City Council and was later elected as mayor in 2017. Some of her goals for the […]
February not only celebrates love, it also celebrates Black history! If you’re looking for some ways to celebrate this month, here are a few local events happening around the Charlotte area. Tuesday, February 1, 2022 Celebrate Black History with Fyütch (Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Program) Explore Black women in history with national recording artist, Fyütch Location: […]
Anyone who has been to the emergency room recently would probably agree that the hospitals are slammed with patients. To help combat the number of overcrowded emergency departments, Atrium Health has opened a new location in Mountain Island. It is located at the  Highway 16 and Mt. Holly-Huntersville Road intersection, near the Mountain Island Marketplace […]
It’s another Monday Matters Monday!  I know some of you just received your W-2 and you’re headed over to the tax office. That’s great, however, this year when you get your refund check, don’t go to the mall and blow it. Instead, put it in a savings account…at a bank that’s across town…that you don’t […]
Former Miss North Carolina and Miss USA 2019 was found dead after jumping from her New York Apartment Sunday morning, according to The New York Post. Reports say, 30-year-old Cheslie Kryst jumped from the 29th floor of the 60-story high-rise building in New York around 7:15 a.m. and was found dead in the street below. […]
Travelers were walking around North Carolina airports with firearms and forgot seemed like a lot in 2021. TSA seized over 200 guns in the state. TSA says its officers seized 106 guns at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in 2021, nearly double the number they seized at the airport in the previous year. And another 100 firearms […]
If you don’t want to wait for those free COVID-19 tests you ordered online, you may be able to grab a couple on Saturday. Beginning tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m, Mecklenburg County Public Health will distribute a limited number of free at-home COVID-19 tests. Tests can be picked up from the following locations: […]
Before you make those Friday night plans, be sure to check the weather. Charlotte is expected to get another dose of snow this weekend, and it may be more than what was originally predicted. Forecasts predict that rain will begin Friday evening and then change to snow between 7 to 9 p.m. The area could […]
Have you always wondered why brunch/ breakfast restaurants in North Carolina don’t have bottomless mimosa on their menu? Well, that’s because they’re illegal in North Carolina. In the state, there is a regulation that prohibits the sale of more than one drink for a single price. State restaurants ended their bottomless mimosa offers in 2017 after […]