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Mecklenburg County Crews Study Flooding Patterns
As floodwaters gushed from Charlotte homes, Mecklenburg County engineers worked to measure every inch of it.Those crews are using Tuesday's water levels to redraw floodplain maps. The maps will not only help decide zoning ordinances but also flood insurance guidelines.One flooding victim, Celia Flock, said she has to replace the ...
New Prosecution Team To Focus On Alleged Habitual Offenders
Eyewitness News has learned that prosecutors in Mecklenburg County will soon be focusing more attention on suspects who have been wearing out the justice system's revolving door.Prosecutors said they planned to meet Wednesday to schedule court time for a new team that will try to take those habitual criminals off ...
Statistics Show Crime Down 25 Percent In Charlotte-Mecklenburg
New crime statistics for Charlotte-Mecklenburg show that overall crime is down almost 25 percent.The numbers compare crime during the first four months of this year to the first four months of last year.Police said they’ve seen significant drops in both violent and property crime. Violent crime is down by almost ...
Debate Over Cultural Center Building Money Up For Vote Monday
It could be revealed Monday who will get the money from the sale of the Afro-American Cultural Center's building.Charlotte city leaders sold the uptown building for $590,000. Most council members voted to give the money to the cultural center's new home, the Harvey B. Gantt Center, near the Charlotte Convention ...
Bus Driver Charged In I-77 Crash; Child Still Hospitalized
An activity bus driver who caused a crash that sent more than 30 children to Charlotte hospitals has been charged with reckless driving. State troopers said they believe Tonia Crowell was distracted by a bee while driving a group of Cox Mill Elementary School fifth-graders on Interstate 77 early Wednesday. ...
Whistleblower 9: Couple Says Preacher Stole From Them
What started as a complaint to Whistleblower 9 led to a Charlotte pastor’s arrest. Court documents show he owes thousands of dollars to a couple who says he cheated them, and Eyewitness News learned he may owe a lot more to families across the Carolinas.Eyewitness News reporter Jim Bradley spent ...
Whistleblower 9: Undercover Cameras Show Questionable Practices At Grocer
A Whistleblower 9 investigation prompted a state investigation into a Charlotte discount grocer.After a viewer called the Whistleblower 9 line, Eyewitness News sent undercover cameras into Bargain Max, a popular discount grocer on Sugar Creek Road. After Eyewitness News reporter Jim Bradley showed that video to state inspectors, they went ...
Lawyer: Officer To Plead Not Guilty On Manslaughter Charge
Officer Martray Proctor's attorney told Eyewitness News the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer intends to plead not guilty to involuntary manslaughter charges.Proctor had his first appearance in court on Friday, but he didn't show up. His attorney was there on his behalf.Police claim Proctor was driving at least twice the speed limit ...
Bank Of America Profit Report Shows Some Weaknesses
Monday’s announcement of billions in profits by Bank of America, by all accounts, is good news.The memo, however, appeared to never reach Wall Street, where Bank of America stock plummeted despite the announcement.Bank of America announced a $2.8 billion profit in the first quarter of 2009. It's their first numbers ...
Most Happy To Hear Stimulus Money Will Help Chester County Roads
Foot traffic in and out of the Lowrys One Stop in Chester County is fairly steady, but employees know it could be better.The county has a 20 percent unemployment rate, and that's why it is good news to learn that federal stimulus money is headed to the road right outside ...
Hagan Says She’s Working To Bring Jobs To North Carolina
On a day when more dismal unemployment numbers were released, Sen. Kay Hagan was glad to be in the Charlotte area talking about stimulus projects that could soon have equipment moving and, in the process, create jobs that thousands of people are desperate to find.Hagan is three months into her ...
Groups Get More Money From Critical Need Response Fund
As the days wind down until summer break, nonprofit organizations that help the nearly 3,000 homeless children in Charlotte are scrambling.On Thursday, some of them found out they are getting more funding to help them through the summer. The Salvation Army Center of Hope is getting $40,000."(The money will) keep ...
Sex Offender Arrested Under Lunsford Act In Mecklenburg County
A diligent principal and a perceptive teacher helped police make the first arrest under the new Jessica Lunsford Act in Mecklenburg County. The arrest may also be the first of its kind in the state. According to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Law Enforcement, 30-year-old Douglas Dellinger, a registered sex offender, recently moved ...
Charlotte Tax Office Raided By Federal Agents
A southwest Charlotte tax company was raided and customers kicked out less than 48 hours before the tax deadline.Early Tuesday, Scott Cagler was inside Jat's Income Tax Service, an office in the back of a BP gas station at the corner of Remount Road and West Boulevard, when federal agents ...
Domestic Violence Advocates Pushing For More Resources
A man allegedly shot by his own father on Easter Sunday remained in critical condition on Monday night, just as a local domestic violence group asked city leaders for changes to help reduce domestic violence in Charlotte. John Carros Jr. was shot in his east Charlotte home on Sunday. Police ...
Athletic Tournament Good News For Struggling Cleveland County
In a few weeks, families from across the Southeast will head to Cleveland County. For two weekends, an amateur athletic tournament will bring business to one of the counties in North Carolina hit hardest by the recession.Sports bar owner Kenneth Hamrick of Kings Mountain said he hopes that a crowd ...
Boaters Should Beware Of Bad Weather This Weekend
Many Charlotte-area residents will likely hit the water over the holiday weekend.It looks like good weather Saturday and Sunday, but if storms move in, boaters may have to find land -- quickly.Police and experienced boaters said if you’re out on the water, make sure you carry a weather radio.Garth Pearce ...
Delays Mean Rock Hill Main Street Remains Unpaved
Business owners and their customers on a busy stretch of road in Rock Hill are going to have to wait a bit longer for smooth travel.For two weeks now, Main Street has been torn up for a $1 million repaving project. Traffic backs up to Cherry Road, and during rush ...
Family Upset Officer Still Not Charged In Fatal Crash
A driver suspected of street racing and causing a crash that killed three was charged with murder within hours after the accident, but there is still no decision about possible charges against a police officer who was involved in a fatal crash more than a week ago.Nafisa Morrison, wearing at ...
Family Reaches $3M Settlement After Chester Patient’s Death
Heather Sloan was 29 years old and a mother of three when she died at a Chester hospital after coming to the emergency room three times in three days with severe abdominal pain.After she died, her family sued the hospital and seven doctors claiming negligence. Those seven doctors just settled ...
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