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Students head to Capitol Hill to push for immigration reform
A group of Charlotte students is on its way to Capitol Hill on Tuesday night. They plan to demonstrate Wednesday and push for immigration reform. They are the voices of young Charlotte adults, some separated from family members who have been deported and they are taking their stories to the ...
Gov. McCrory returns to Charlotte, speaks about big issues
On each of the big issues Charlotte is tackling right now, it seems the city and the state have different opinions -- from stadium funding, including a possible tax raise, who runs the airport and streetcar. As Eyewitness News sat down with Gov. Pat McCrory, it was his first official ...
Trump: 'I like North Carolina, we are looking at another deal'
He is known for big building and bold statements, and this weekend Donald Trump visited the Charlotte area. Trump spoke at a business conference and visited the golf course he just bought in Mooresville. Eyewitness News spoke with Trump about his idea to bring his brand of decadence to Charlotte. ...
9 Investigates: Portion of money approved years ago for CMS still hasn’t been used
Tuesday night, Charlotte-Mecklenburg School leaders will discuss spending more money to upgrade and build new schools. But a Channel 9 investigation uncovered more than $100 million approved years ago still hasn't been used. In 2007, Mecklenburg County voters decided overwhelmingly to give Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools $516 million to help handle growth. ...
Charlotte sees record hotel bookings, even without DNC
Everyone knows Charlotte had a banner year in 2011, largely because of the DNC. But even without the convention, Charlotte broke records last year. The Hampton Inn uptown has been there since 2001. General Manager Kiesha Lightner said last year was their best on record because of consistent business all ...
Jury selection begins in trial of man accused of killing Monroe teen
More than two years after a Monroe teenager disappeared, the trial of a man accused of killing her is now under way in Baltimore. The case made headlines across the country. Sixteen-year-old Phylicia Barnes, a one-time honor student at Union Academy in Monroe, vanished in December 2010. She was last ...
Rules may change, bringing more breweries and business to Charlotte
Business is good at the Olde Mecklenburg Brewery near South Boulevard, where for years they have made their own beer and sold it at hundreds of restaurants around the city. John Marrino is the founder and his brewery is one of several that have come to town recently and done ...
Time running out on study on merging government services
Time is running out for county leaders to respond to a city request to study merging government services. The county has 17 days to respond to a request by the city of Charlotte to consider consolidating the county and city government into one. It's an issue Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx ...
9 Investigates: Lawmakers demand more oversight on funding of NC Education Lottery
Every year, the North Carolina Education Lottery pulls in big money and pays out big prizes. When the games started in 2006, sales brought in more than $889 million. This year, sales surpassed $1.5 billion. Some of that money goes to schools. A complicated formula determines which schools and how ...
Powerful images of Sandy aftermath pour into newsroom
Powerful images of the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy poured into the Channel Nine newsroom Tuesday. From above, it doesn't take long to see damage that's widespread and significant. In New Jersey, Sandy left many, many homes flooded one after another. The famed boardwalk was destroyed as Sandy hit the coast ...
President Obama, Romney campaign give take on NC’s role in race
In just 11 days, voters will decide whether President Barack Obama will win a second term or Mitt Romney will be our next president. On Friday, in an exclusive interview, Eyewitness News anchor Blair Miller asked the president about everything from jobs to the economy to North Carolina's role in ...
Group of Charlotte leaders head for NYC, funds paying for trip unknown
A group of city, county and business leaders leave Charlotte for New York City on Tuesday morning for three days of tours and meetings. The trip will also be a chance for them to learn how the country's largest city recruits jobs, turns around neighborhoods and embraces the arts. Eyewitness ...
Local man explains why he came forward with video recorded in Kabul
In cell phone video recorded in Kabul, Afghanistan, you see what appears to be workers for a U.S. security contractor drunk or high on narcotics. The contractor, Jorge Scientific, is paid millions of taxpayer dollars to protect Americans in places like Kabul. Former employees said the video was part of ...
Reward offered after cars, homes broken into in Davidson
Surveillance video is one of the clues police have to find the man who they believe went on a crime spree in Davidson. More than a dozen homes and cars were broken into this weekend. They all happened very close together, in an area that doesn't see much crime. From ...
Both sides defend, attack candidates ahead of debate
Wednesday night in Denver will be the fourth time President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney have met in public. Both sides have fanned out their surrogates to push their candidate, including Romney's senior adviser, Barbara Comstock. "What do you expect to hear from Gov. Romney that we haven't ...
NC State Board of Elections investigates risk of voter fraud
A group hired to register Republican voters in North Carolina has been accused of voter registration fraud in Florida. The North Carolina State Board of Elections is investigating suspicious cases. Strategic Allied Consulting states on its website that it doesn't tolerate voter registration fraud, but that is what the group ...
Mayor says city leaders prepared as well as they could for DNC
City leaders have long said what's about to happen this week is a game-changer for Charlotte. The city beat out St. Louis, Cleveland and Minneapolis. Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx has been part of the host committee, which has had to raise the $37 million to put on the DNC. He ...
Anticipation builds in Tampa ahead of Romney’s speech
On Thursday night, Gov. Mitt Romney will take the stage at the Republican National Convention in Tampa. There's been such a buildup to the final day and, after Thursday night, the focus shifts to Charlotte. It's a focus many have not seen before. The 55 delegates in Tampa from North ...
Tampa sees few arrests as RNC continues
Every day this week, Eyewitness News has seen demonstrators lining the streets of Tampa, and police watching closely. Protesters have been camped out this week in what they call “Romneyville.” Their determination is clear, and at times this week, their voices have been loud. At any political convention, protesters are ...
Business in Tampa says convention impact hasn’t met its expectations
Fifty thousand people went to Tampa for this week's convention, and 35,000 are expected in Charlotte next week for the DNC. For months, we've heard these conventions bring big business to local businesses. So Wednesday, Eyewitness News spoke with some local businesses in Tampa to see how it's impacted them. ...
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