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Health Care services company Connextions announced Thursday it is expanding its North Carolina operations by adding 1,200 jobs at a new location in Charlotte and its existing facility in Concord. Officials with the Orlando, Fla.-based company said growing demand for its call center-based services prompted the expansion. The company plans to hire 800 people for […]

Campus and police security are stepping up patrols at Johnson and Wales University in uptown Charlotte. Three students said they were robbed at gunpoint recently in two separate incidents near the campus in the West Trade Street corridor. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Captain Jeff Estes said police are aggressively working the case and said these crimes in […]

Another eight counties are now eligible for federal aid, raising the total to 18. Craven, Currituck, Greene, Hertford, Hoke, Pitt, Robeson and Sampson counties were added to the list Thursday, joining Bertie, Bladen, Cumberland, Halifax, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Onslow, Wake and Wilson counties. Homeowners in those areas are now eligible for up to $240,000 in […]

Some Duke power customers remained without power in the Charlotte region after a powerful overnight storm left more than 200,000 people without power on Tuesday. Duke Power told the Charlotte Observer it could take a couple of days to restore power to everyone. The storm swept through the area about 2 a.m. on Tuesday waking […]

<a AT&T vice president and general manager Alison Hall announced that AT&T launching 4G in Charlotte, which will be one of the first AT&T's city with the high speed service. AT&T is also releasing 20 4G devices, of which 12 will be on the Android platform. Hall said AT&T has invested $400 million in technology […]

2011 Women’s Empowerment Conference, Evolution of Women: Empowering Girls and Strengthening Women will be 9 a.m. – Noon, April 9th at West Charlotte High School, 2219 Senior Dr. The event is hosted by Johnson C. Smith University; Department of Social Work, Community Organization and Development Class & ForeSight Leadership Training. The purpose of this conference […]

Rick Diamond/Getty VIA: PraiseRichmond.com Kirk Franklin checked in with popular syndicated morning show host Russ Parr to discuss his new album, Hello Fear and what his fans should expect from the new project. He also spoke about pastor RA Vernon from Cleveland who has stirred up some controversy with a sermon which he gives the […]

Cover photo: Kevin Winter, Getty Images The entertainment and pop culture world is mourning the loss of iconic actress Elizabeth Taylor who died this morning at age 79. She reportedly died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centers surrounded by her children after experiencing congestive heart failure. Taylor had been hospitalized for more than a month. In the […]

Questions regarding who should and who shouldn’t read the airport investigation report continue to swirl today after local news media challenged previous assertions by Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Chief Rodney Monroe. At issue is the results of a police investigation of the death of Delvonte Tisdale. The City has said TSA sealed the report so the […]

VIA Elev8 BeBe Winans says the upcoming Still Something Big tour will be his last with sister CeCe Winans. “I feel on the inside that this is our last go-round,” Winans, who’s been recording with his sister since 1984, tells Billboard.com. “I don’t see me doing this outside of this year.” Winans sees the gospel […]

Blair Underwood and Salli Richardson star in an independent film, “I Will Follow,” that hits Charlotte’s AMC Theatre on Pineville-Matthews Road this Friday, March 18. Check out the trailer for the film.

The young black man was walking to the store when he supposedly insulted a white woman. The store owner and his son, allegedly chased the black man, beat him and shot and him dead. No, this wasn’t Emmett Till. And this tragedy didn’t happen in the 1950s. The victim was Henry Marrow, and the year […]