Charlotte
At least one person is dead after peaceful protest turned violent in uptown Charlotte. The shooting occurred after relatively quiet protest in Marshall moved to the EpiCentre area about 9 p.m. An hour earlier, there were two protests taking place in Marshall Park. One group issued a five point action plan and sang spirituals. Next […]
Charlotte officials gathered this morning to respond to the officer-involved shooting that occurred yesterday afternoon. Fatal Police Shooting Sparks Unrest In Charlotte According to reports, Keith Lamont Scott was sitting in his truck in an apartment complex parking lot when the fatal shooting occurred about 4 p.m. on Old Concord Road in Charlotte. Police were […]
Hundreds of protesters have surrounded Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police in the University area after a Black police officer killed a Black man who had been sitting in his car. According to reports, Keith Lamont Scott was sitting in his truck in an apartment complex parking lot when the fatal shooting occurred about 4 p.m. on Old […]
Follow Terence Lester’s journey from Atlanta to Washington, D.C.! He’s walking from Atlanta to DC to bring awareness to poverty in the U.S. and he’s passing through Charlotte today. Check out the video and read more about how you can support his efforts here.
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The NCAA announced yesterday that it has relocated seven championship events — including early rounds of the men’s basketball tournament scheduled for Greensboro — because of a controversial state law, HB2. HB2 blocks anti-discrimination protections and requires people to use bathrooms corresponding to their birth gender rather than the sex they identify with. Two schools […]
This weekend marks the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11th terror attacks on our country. It was an attack that resulted in the collapse and destruction of the World Trade Center, significant damage to the Pentagon and left 2,996 Americans dead and over 6,000 people injured. The images of that horrible day are still seared […]
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is in the Queen City today. The former Secretary of State will speak at Johnson C. Smith University’s Brayboy Gymnasium at noon. Doors open at 10 a.m. Later today Clinton will attend a fundraiser at the Myers Park home of Robert and Anne Stolz. Clinton says she will continue the […]
North Carolina ranks 16th in the nation for suicide. According to the 2015 Mecklenburg County Community Pulse report, suicide is the second leading cause of death for residents aged 25-64. Teenagers in Mecklenburg county remain a high risk group for suicide. ‘COMMUNITY VOICES host, Ron Holland, talked with Fonda Bryant, Social Coordinator for the Charlotte […]
Do you have a valid CDL driver’s license and looking for a good job? Old School 105.3 has you covered! Join us at the Solid Waste Services Job Fair located at 1105 Otts Street in Uptown Charlotte. Solid Waste Services is hiring CDL drivers on the spot at $17/hour plus benefits until 2pm. However, if […]
Black women are dominating in a host of areas of American life including Education, Business and yes, sports. Our most recent example is in the 2016 Summer Olympics in which Black female athletes demonstrated superior skills in a host of categories, including boxing, gymnastics, track and field and swimming. But it’s in education and business […]