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Gaston County Teen Faces Attempted Murder Charge for 2021 Tangle with Police
The family of Gastonia teenager La’Dainian Fuller and advocates with Emancipate NC are calling on Gaston County District Attorney Travis…
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Family of Danquirs Franklin Reaches Settlement with City
Four family members of Danquirs Franklin, who was shot and killed by CMPD officer Wende Kerl in the parking lot…
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NC Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green Teaches Curating Your Own Past
People revere museums and exhibits because of the history and knowledge surrounding them and the way those institutions captivate them,…
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Lorenzo Steele Jr. Takes Kids Behind Prison Walls with a Camera
When Lorenzo Steele Jr. was 5 years old, his mother put a camera in his hands for the first time.…
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Charlotte Hosts Three Maud 2.23 Events Honoring Ahmaud Arbery
Feb. 23 marks the third anniversary of the racially motivated murder of Ahmaud Arbery, the 25-year-old Black man who was…
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Family of Mount Holly’s Ransom Hunter Fights to Preserve Legacy
As a boy growing up in Mount Holly in the 1960s, Eric Wilson knew firsthand that each thundercloud had a…
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PHOTOS: Charlotte Responds to Police Killing of Tyre Nichols
Protesters took to the streets of Charlotte over the weekend after the Memphis Police Department released footage on Friday of…
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Potions & Pixels Workforce Development Program Wraps in Grier Heights
Standing in front of a table display featuring light fixtures and wiring in the Billingsville Elementary School gym in southeast…
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A Guide to Celebrating Juneteenth in Charlotte
Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865,…
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Author’s Note: ‘Legacy: Three Centuries of Black History in Charlotte’
The three men gaze out over the vehicles speeding past on South Brevard Street. Their dark suits and stiff white…
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Opioid Addiction Treatment in N.C. Not Separate but Still Unequal
John Woodyear is a primary care physician who specializes in addiction treatment. On most days, his waiting room at the…
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Charlotte Man Retains Lawyer After Viral, Violent Cabarrus County Arrest
A man whose arrest by the Cabarrus County Sheriff’s Office and Concord Police Department went viral has retained legal representation…
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Belton Platt to Head Charlotte’s Newest Violence-Interruption Program
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No Charges Against U.S. Marshal in Shooting Death of Frankie Jennings
On Tuesday, District Attorney Spencer Merriweather announced his office’s decision in the shooting death of Frankie Jennings by a U.S.…
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GALLERY: Memorial Walk for Victims of Beatties Ford Road Shooting
Nearly 200 community members gathered on Beatties Ford Road on Tuesday to memorialize four people killed during Juneteenth celebrations there…
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