Feature Stories
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New CMS Budget Approved Before Presentation to County
CMS Superintendent Dr. Crystal Hill and other CMS leaders held a news conference Wednesday to share updates on the 2024-25 budget, which was approved by the CMS Board of Education (BOE) at its meeting on Tuesday, as well as the district’s Strategic Plan and other initiatives. The approved budget, originally…
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Jere Uronen Traces His International Journey to Charlotte FC
Jere Uronen was in a rush to get back to Charlotte. On Thursday, March 21, the defender was in Cardiff, Wales, as part of Finland’s national football team. Two days later, his current professional club — Charlotte FC — was set to face the Columbus Crew at Bank of America…
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Local Business Owners Left in Limbo as AG Calls for Change in Hemp Law
On March 20, when attorney Rod Kight learned that 22 state attorneys general, including North Carolina Attorney General and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Josh Stein, had just submitted a letter to Congress asking that lawmakers roll back many of the freedoms granted hemp producers and distributors in the 2018 Farm Bill,…
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Town Brewing Redefines Sustainability in the Craft Beer Scene
Any time a locally owned business prepares to release a new product, the branding is important. Any business owner will tell you that the public’s first impression of their product — be it a craft beer, a piece of jewelry, or a T-shirt — should be a positive one. Certain…
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Cat Williams Advocates for Organ Donation After Double Lung Transplant
Two things are immediately apparent upon viewing the video, a close-up shot of Cat Williams speaking into the camera from her hospital room on Jan. 5, 2021: she is struggling greatly, but she is going to keep fighting. In the video, shot shortly after Williams’ double lung transplant, she fights…
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Patrick Agyemang Traces His Journey from CT to Charlotte FC
Charlotte Football Club’s Patrick Agyemang is comfortable and relaxed. He’s just come out of a post-practice massage, and in a couple minutes head coach Dean Smith will tell the members of the media assembled for the coach’s Thursday press conference that Agyemang is available for Charlotte’s match in two days…
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Grassroots Groups Steer Resurgence of Charlotte’s Sapphic Scene
In Queen City Nerve’s February 2023 deep dive into the historical and economic reasons for the decline in lesbian-centered spaces in Charlotte, we found that owners and investors had become reluctant to dedicate business models to such a niche community. With rising rent, gentrification and queer assimilation into cisgender, heterosexual…
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Care Ring’s Mobile Unit Connects Communities and Health Care
When Care Ring, the longest operating low-cost health care clinic in Mecklenburg County, launched its mobile unit in December 2022, the organization called the trailer The Bridge because it served as a bridge between health care providers and the community. Having chosen the Grier Heights neighborhood in southeast Charlotte…
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Mecklenburg County Program Addresses Mental Health Needs of Infants and Toddlers
Mental health issues span gender, race, religion and age. Over the years, mental health professionals have worked to include children in their consideration of mental health struggles, with the American Academy of Pediatrics declaring a national emergency in child and adolescent mental health in 2021. So why are infants and…
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How Lawmakers Could Make Cycling Safer for North Carolinians
The parked bicycles outside the front entrance of the main train station in Denmark’s capital are no surprise. Many cities have them — a few rows of slim, tubular frames before commuters go in the door. But in this city, they keep going … around the corner and onto a…
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One of Mecklenburg’s Oldest Black Communities Makes Itself Seen
Standing beside a veiled mural in front of the historic Torrence-Lytle School in Huntersville on Oct. 11, Tonya Rivers, chair of the Pottstown Heritage Group, addressed her neighbors about the importance of the occasion. “It’s important that we as residents and family here of this community, continue to keep this…
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Local Democrats Raise Questions About CMS Unity Slate
School board elections during non-presidential election years aren’t always at the front of mind for the average voter — for those without children, even less so. With three seats up for grabs in this year’s Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education race, there may be some candidates who hope to take…
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CMS Struggles to Confront Youth Mental Health Crisis
In 2021, the American Academy of Pediatrics declared a national emergency in child and adolescent mental health, and research and reporting has shown the trend to only be worsening since then. In the 2021 Adolescent Behaviors and Experiences Survey conducted by the CDC, data showed 44% of U.S. high school…
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Public School Strong Pushes Back on Movement to Undermine Public Education
Leaving the public forum at a Union County Public Schools (UCPS) Board of Education meeting in mid-July, it was easy to see how the mood had shifted among speakers with Public School Strong, an organization formed to fight in defense of public schooling and progressive values. The half-dozen speakers were…
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Friendly Like Me App Advocates for Accessibility at Charlotte Pride
For much of her adult life as a plus-size woman, Friendly Like Me founder Elysia Everett has been tasked with extra homework whenever she makes plans — homework that boils down to accessibility. “As a plus-size person, if somebody asks me out on a date or somebody asks me to…
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What to Do at Charlotte Pride in 2023: A Comprehensive Guide
Our 2023 guide to Charlotte Pride is sponsored by the Charlotte Pride Parade & Festival. Enjoy week-long festivities throughout Charlotte as the organization celebrates 40 years of Pride legacy in the Queen City. A Guide to Charlotte Pride 2023 When the Charlotte Pride Festival and Parade returns to Uptown Aug.…
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