Weekly News Roundup
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Sheriff’s Office Responds to Complaints Involving Conditions in Uptown Jail
Sheriff’s Office Responds to Complaints Involving Conditions in Uptown Jail The Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) responded this week to a letter from the National Association for Upward Mobility demanding solutions to troubling conditions some inmates have reported at the Mecklenburg County Detention Center Central (MCDCC) in Uptown. Sent early…
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Developers Unveil New Vision for 301 South Tryon in Uptown
Developers Unveil New Vision for 301 South Tryon in Uptown The new owners of 301 South Tryon, the Uptown block that is home to the former 2 Wells Fargo campus and still houses popular local businesses like Amelie’s and Johnny Burrito, have announced their intentions to redevelop the parcel and…
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Jeff Jackson, Fellow AGs Win Live Nation Monopoly Case
Jeff Jackson, Fellow AGs Win Live Nation Case After a seven-week trial, a jury found in favor of NC Attorney General Jackson and 33 other attorneys general in their case against Live Nation and Ticketmaster on Wednesday, holding the companies liable on all counts for illegally monopolizing the ticketing and…
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Brothers Arrested as Video of Horse Colliding with Car Goes Viral
Brothers Arrested as Video of Horse Colliding with Car Goes Viral Twin brothers were arrested after a horse got loose in Uptown and was hit by a car, as has been seen on a video that’s been shared across the internet. The incident occurred on Friday, April 3. The condition…
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Workers Rally at Airport Amidst American Airlines Lease Negotiations
Workers Rally at Airport Amidst American Airlines Lease Negotiations Charlotte City Council member JD Mazuera Arias and NC Rep-elect Rev. Rodney Sadler joined airport workers and union organizers on Thursday to protest work conditions and low wages at Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) as the city negotiates a new lease…
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NC AG Jeff Jackson Takes Live Nation to Trial Over Ticket Inflation
NC AG Jeff Jackson Takes Live Nation to Trial Over Ticket Inflation The trial for a bipartisan antitrust case against Live Nation launched by 30 attorneys general including NC AG Jeff Jackson and the US Department of Justice started this week. Jackson joined 29 Republican and Democratic attorneys general and…
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Residents Voice Outrage After I-77 Toll Lane Design Selection
Residents Voice Outrage After I-77 Toll Lane Design Selection Dozens of residents showed up to a town hall in the Historic West End on Thursday evening to speak out against plans for toll lanes along the southern stretch of I-77 in Charlotte. The meeting occurred one day after the NC…
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5 Things to Know: Hundreds March Against ICE in Uptown
Hundreds March Against ICE in Uptown A few hundred people gathered in front of the Charles R. Jonas Federal Building in Uptown’s Third Ward on Friday to stand in solidarity with the people of Minneapolis in protesting recent actions there by federal immigration agents, including the killings of Keith Porter…
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The Avett Theater Planned for Mount Pleasant, Nod to Famed Musical Family
The Avett Theater Planned for Mount Pleasant, Nod to Famed Musical Family Downtown Mount Pleasant’s historic Paula Theater building, which opened in 1948 as a movie theater, will be renovated into The Avett Theater, a live music venue and performing arts center for the small Cabarrus County town, a press…
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5 Things to Know: Judge Denies Petition to Remove McFadden
Judge Denies Petition to Remove McFadden A judge on Thursday threw away a petition to remove Sheriff Garry McFadden from office that was recently filed by NC Rep. Carla Cunningham and four former staff members who worked under McFadden. The judge informed those in the courtroom that the petition needed…
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5 Things to Know: Charlotteans Respond to ICE Killing of Renee Good
Charlotteans Respond to ICE Killing of Renee Good Around 300 people gathered at First Ward Park on Thursday evening to protest the murder of wife and mother Renee Good by federal immigration enforcement agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Wednesday. An ICE officer was filmed from multiple angles shooting Good through…
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FBI Arrests Teen for Planning Knife Attack at Local Store
FBI Arrests Teen for Planning Knife Attack at Local Store The US Department of Justice and US Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina announced Friday that authorities had arrested an 18-year-old man who they say planned a New Year’s Eve attack using hammers and knives at a…
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Third Family Member Arrested in Disturbing Case of Child Abuse
Third Family Member Arrested in Disturbing Case of Child Abuse Police on Monday arrested the grandmother and legal guardian of Dominique McKnight, a 6-year-old girl who was found dead as a result of child abuse in her east Charlotte home last week. Tonya McKnight has been charged with four counts…
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5 Things to Know: Lumbee Tribe Achieves Federal Recognition After Decades-Long Fight
Lumbee Tribe Achieves Federal Recognition After Decades-Long Fight After fighting for federal recognition for more than 100 years, the Lumbee Tribe of eastern North Carolina finally achieved that goal with the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on Wednesday, garnering screams of joy from hundreds of Lumbee citizens…
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New Details Emerge in Sycamore Brewing Owner Child Rape Case
New Details Emerge in Sycamore Brewing Owner Child Rape Case Law enforcement is releasing more details about a crime that has rocked Charlotte’s craft beer scene and left at least one young girl and her family victimized. News broke Thursday that Justin Brigham, co-owner of Charlotte-based Sycamore Brewing, had been…
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CMPD Releases Footage of Interaction with Decarlos Brown
CMPD Releases Footage of Interaction Decarlos Brown CMPD this week released footage of an interaction between police and Decarlos Brown months before Brown was arrested for the murder of Iryna Zarutska on a Blue Line train car in South End. Brown’s arrest for misuse of 911 in January has been…
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