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Charlotte basketball star returns home from Paris with bronze medal
PARIS, France — "It's heavy! That was my first observation. Just trying to process everything. An incredible honor to play at the Olympics to represent my country," Cierra Burdick told WCNC Charlotte's Nick Carboni in an interview following her team's Olympic victory. Burdick and her teammates felt the weight...
ACC Football: Predicting the 2024 ACC standings
The 2024 college football season is here with Week 0 kicking things off with three ACC teams playing. Florida State and Georgia Tech get things started in Ireland and later at night, SMU plays at Nevada. This season, California and Stanford join SMU in the new-look ACC. There are a...
Gaston County launches new campaign to recruit foster parents
There are currently more than 300 Gaston County children in foster care, and according to the county’s Children and Family Services Special Program Coordinator Misty McDaniel, only 92 of them were able to be placed with families in Gaston County. In light of the number of children who are placed with foster families...
People News & Notes: Emerge leader appointed to Arts North Carolina Board of Directors
Emerge Gallery & Art Center Executive Director Holly Garriott has been named to the 2027 Arts North Carolina Board of Directors, Emerge announced. Arts North Carolina is the statewide advocacy organization for the arts that calls for equity and access to the arts for all North Carolinians, unifies and connects North Carolina’s arts communities and fosters arts leadership, the announcement said. Led by a statewide board of directors that will...
Fayetteville: The most stressed city in North Carolina?
A recent study from WalletHub shows that Fayetteville has the most stressed residents in all of North Carolina. The study used data sets such as average weekly work hours and unemployment, divorce and suicide rates to compare more than 180 American cities, including the 150 most populated cities and at least two of the most populated cities in each state. ...
Black-owned bridal shop closes Charlotte store and pivots to new format
Kaela Moore, owner of Treasured Brides, has closed her Charlotte bridal shop in exchange for reaching customers in a new format: a traveling shopping experience. Moore’s new semi-private dress event brings her shop to life “without the overhead,” she told QCity Metro. The experience, she said, will “feel really similar” to wedding dress shopping at a store, complete with seating for guests, mirrors, dressing suites and more.
Mourning, white-winged dove season opens on Sept. 2
The 2024-25 hunting season for mourning and white-winged doves opens Monday, Sept. 2. The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) reminds seasoned and novice hunters about the importance of being properly licensed, observing state and federal regulations and following safe hunting practices. Dove hunting season will be separated into three segments: Sept. 2-Oct. 5, Nov. 9 -Nov. 30 and Dec. 16-Jan. 31, 2025. The daily bag limit is 15 mourning or...
Ballantyne Ridge falls to Fort Mill 56-0 in program’s first-ever game
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - The start of a new era in Charlotte-area football got off to a less than stellar start in week one. Ballantyne Ridge took to the field for the first time as a program boasting one of the youngest and smallest rosters in the state, and possibly the nation.
'We don't understand why' | Loved ones mourn, honor life of woman killed in brutal attack at Charlotte gas station
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Saturday evening was a time to remember a life cut short in what police said was a brutal attack in a Charlotte gas station. Family and friends of 47-year-old Glandina Dixon said their goodbyes at a heartwarming vigil at Camp Greene Park. “It hurts but we’ll...
Summer heat returns next week
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - The sunny and dry conditions will continue throughout the rest of the weekend into early next week. By the middle and the end of the week, higher heat and humidity can be expected along with small chances for rain. Sunday: Sunny, warmer. Monday: Mostly sunny, warm,...
Northmarq Announces $55M Sale of Braxton at Lake Norman in the Charlotte North Carolina MSA
Northmarq’s Carolinas Multifamily Investment Sales team led by Andrea Howard, Caylor Mark, John Currin, Allan Lynch, Jeff Glenn and Austin Jackson successfully brokered the $55 million sale of Braxton at Lake Norman, a 232-unit multifamily luxury townhome style community in the Charlotte MSA. Northmarq represented the seller, Passive Investing,...
Public Hearing – Application for Conditional District (Development Solutions Group)
Notice is hereby given that the Bessemer City Council will meet on Monday, September 9th, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of Bessemer City Hall 132 W. Virginia Ave. to hold a Public Hearing to consider the following:. Application CD 02-2024 from Development Solutions Group 11121 Carmel Commons...
Labor Day 2024 Closure & Trash Delay
City Hall and Administrative Facilities will be CLOSED Monday, September 2, 2024 in observance of Labor Day. We will resume regular business hours Tuesday, September 3, 2024. Just a reminder trash service will be delayed one day and will run as follows:. Monday, September 2 will be picked up on...
West Lincoln Sports Update – August 18-24, Volleyball & Tennis
Contributed Article | Comments: 0 | Leave a comment. Thank You Coaches and Staff for reporting your scores. If any school would like to send in their scores please email them to [email protected]. August 21, 2024 - Tennis. The Ladies Tennis team defeated Shelby yesterday, 5-4. Winners were: Hallie...
North Carolina high school football Week 1 final scores in Gastonia, Shelby area
After much anticipation, the 2024 high school football season is underway in Cleveland, Gaston and Lincoln counties. Eleven area teams started their season with victories, with one team defeating its opponent by 39 points. Here’s a look at how each tri-county team fared in Week 1, with a brief breakdown of their performance. ...
Here's how Shelby football overcame a slow start to take down rival Kings Mountain
SHELBY — Following a lackluster first half Friday night against rival Kings Mountain, Shelby football coach Mike Wilbanks figured there wasn’t a way for his team to play any worse. “Our defense kept us in the game, it was 3-0 in the first quarter, even though things should’ve been much, much worse,” Wilbanks said. “But we kept believing someone was going to make a play.” ...
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