It was the annual pink game in Halton Arena on Valentines day as the Lady 49ers took on the squad from UTSA. It was agreat night of basketball as well as a night to support the Kay Yow Foundation and Breast Cancer Awareness. The Lady 49ers won the game 74-54. Photos by Glen Simmons with […]
On Valentines Day hundreds of local runners and people who look good in their underwear, took part in a mile ish run to raise money for the Childrens Tumor Foundation. Thirty-five cities in the US took part along with three cities in Australia. Charlottes first undie run raised over $94000. Photos by Gle Simmons with […]
The Pineville Parks and Recreation Department sponsored the 39th annual Seniors’ Valentine dinner on Friday February 13th. Entertainment was provided by Charlotte area Magician Bryan Saint. A King and Queen were elected by the dinner guests: Queen for 2015 was Martha Donahue and the King for 2015 was Larry Warren. Photos by Glen Simmons with […]
The Charlotte Convention Center was witness to the early arrival of Spring thinking with the annual boat show. Boat and watercraft dealers and vendors of related water items gave us a preview of wha its in store for watersports in 2015. The star of the show for quite a few years was again Twiggy the […]
The Charlotte Convention Center was set up with twenty-eight full size volleyball courts to hold the Queen City Classic this past weekend. Volleyball clubs from all around the area showed off their teams of girls from age twelve to nineteen. A high quality of female atheletes put on a great show. Photos by Glen Simmons […]
The Grady Cole Center was the site of the 2015 Charlotte Mini-Con comic convention. Presented by Heroes Aren’t Hard to Find this is the longest-running event of its kind. Comic book authors, artists, and many costumed fans came together in the afternoon to compare notes and raise food for Second Harvest Food Bank. Photos by […]
Lt. Col. Bill Cowan is a FOX News Channel contributor and internationally acknowledged expert in the areas of terrorism, homeland security, intelligence and military special operations. Last night, he was also the guest of Lake Norman Conservatives, a non-partisan organization founded last year by conservative advocates in the Lake Norman area who saw a need for a […]
This morning, WidenI77 filed suit in Mecklenburg Superior Court to stop the I-77 toll lane project. Following the filing, the group conducted a press conference on the steps of the attorney’s office. That video is above. The complaint contains twelve separate counts. I’ll talk about the two that I can most easily grasp and articulate. […]
On December 22, CAUTION and the Charlotte Bastiat Society held a joint meeting at the Dilworth Neighborhood Grille. The guest speaker for the evening was Dr. Todd Nesbit. Dr. Nesbit is a Senior Lecturer in Economics and Competitive Markets at The Ohio State University, an Affiliated Senior Scholar with the Mercatus Center, and an Adjunct […]
As the nation prepares for the incoming 114th Congress, it is no secret that Speaker John Boehner is already less than popular among the conservative grassroots. The recent “Cromnibus” budget certainly didn’t help his standing. Strategically, it is possible that 30 conservative House members could unite and deny him the slot by refusing to vote […]
