Twelve schools are targeted to be mothballed and dozens more would be see massive upheaval under the latest set of proposals being considered by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, part of an ongoing, comprehensive review of the district – the so-called “Case For Continued Improvement.” The proposed changes, which at times can read like a SimCity guidebook written […]
After weeks of testimony and evidence, prosecutors today rested their case against accused cop-killer Demetrius Montgomery; and moments later the defense did the same. Without even putting on a case. Closing arguments from both sides are expected to start tomorrow. This from WBTV: Judge Bridges decided Tuesday afternoon that the jury will be able to […]
If a tree fell on the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center, would it hit a majority of city councilmembers that have at least half of a brain? The answer wasn’t easy to come by Monday night, as the council with an 8-3 vote approved changes to the city’s tree ordinance without knowing for certain what adverse impacts […]
Photos by: Glen Simmons with Event Images Carolina Ardrey Kell topped South Meck last week with a 41-21 win. [nggallery id=80]
Photos by: Glen Simmons with Event Images Carolina Revelers enjoyed a Bluegrass & BBQ Festival fundraiser last weekend at Latta Plantation. [nggallery id=79]
Photos by: Glen Simmons with Event Images Carolina The Davidson Wildcats got dunked by the Jacksonville Dolphins, 42-15, in gridiron action last weekend. [nggallery id=81]
William Ayers, co-founder of the Weather Underground and mentor to Barack Hussein Obama, recently retired from the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). In a surprise to just about everyone, his request for emeritus status was denied. Ayers book, Prairie Fire: The Politics of Revolutionary Anti-Imperialism (1974), was dedicated to “all political prisoners in the U.S,” […]
I just showed at the Speak Out Charlotte studios and walked in the door with… Harold Cogdell? Looks like the democrats have had a change of heart. More to come… Indeed, for a debate scheduled to begin at 7:00pm, at 6:10pm Speak Out Charlotte was made aware that the Democrat incumbents had had a change […]
Democrat commissioners have pulled out of participating in a debate that was scheduled for tonight at the Access 21 studio of Speak Out Charlotte. We’ll have more as details become available. Here’s the presser issued by the three debate-dodging Democrats: Democratic Mecklenburg County Commissioners Dan Murrey, Jennifer Roberts and Harold Cogdell, Jr. have declined to participate […]
The United Nations can’t even get it right half of the time on Planet Earth, so naturally we’d want them in charge of greeting any extraterrestrials that happen our way. From the New York Post: Mazlan Othman, an obscure Malaysian scientist, will be named as the Earth’s official alien-spacecraft greeter. She’s expected to announce her […]
