If you love Disney’s theme parks from Disneyland to Disney World, then you’re are in for a treat! The man who help create those same theme parks is planning to do the same here in North Carolina. Former Disney Imagineer Bob Baranick who spent his career imagining mountains with water slides, railroads that go through caves […]
Last night, the University of North Carolina made up for its excruciating loss in last year’s NCAA men’s basketball championship game, beating Gonzaga. Point guard Joel Berry dropped 22 points and forced 14 turnovers, to help Carolina to edge out Gonzaga and win its sixth NCAA title. The Tar Heels had to make up a deficit […]
A seventh grader from Charlotte correctly predicted the teams that made it to the Final Four in the NCAA tournament.
Republican lawmakers in North Carolina announced late yesterday that an agreement has been reached to repeal HB2. HB2, the state law prohibits transgender people from using bathrooms that correspond to their gender identities, has caused much controversy and revenue loss for the state. This new deal reached with Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, would repeal HB2, leave […]
The NAACP calls for an economic boycott of North Carolina over several pieces of discriminatory legislation and practices.
Perhaps encouraged by a failed effort in our state to get rid of the “bathroom bill”, conservative lawmakers in eight other states shoring up efforts that continue present restrooms and locker rooms a political and cultural battleground. Texas, Alabama, Kentucky, Missouri, South Carolina, Virginia, Washington and Minnesota have all introduced bills restricting access to facilities for their 2017 […]
"Every time I look at it, it's embarrassing," Jasmine Darwin told WISTV. "I didn't even realize it happened. Like, I was in shock."
Yesterday, federal court judges announced that they find North Carolina’s legislative districts to be so racially biased that they will require the state to redo its elections next year, rather than in two years. The Tar Heel State will have to redraw 28 of its legislative districts. Earlier this summer, the court found that state […]
A North Carolina chapter of the Ku Klux Klan is planning a march next month in honor Donald Trump’s presidential victory. The Loyal White Knights of the KKK in Pelham, North Carolina are advertising the event on their website, with an image of a towering Trump and the saying “Trump = Trump’s Race United My People”. The […]
The gubernatorial race in North Carolina has technically not been decided. With 4.6 million votes cast, Democratic challenger Roy Cooper reportedly leads incumbent Pat McCrory by less than 5,000 votes. Last night, Roy Cooper declared victory in the race, but McCrory has announced that the results won’t be final until at least Nov. 18 when […]
A Pizza Hut employee shot an armed robber Sunday morning here in the Queen City. On this past Sunday, October 30th after closing hours, three men walked into a Pizza Hut in west Charlotte and attempted to rob the business. One man pulled a gun out on employees and in turn one of the employees pulled […]
Jacobia Lane, a 37-year-old mom, was killed in random gunfire Saturday in a North Carolina home, just hours before her sister-in-law's funeral.
