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The  Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools interim superintendent  revealed a $2.2 billion  budget recommendation  Tuesday night. This money is for the district's operating budget and is funded by both the state and county. This year, the district plans to ask the Mecklenburg County Commission for $38.9 million more than it did last year to fund its portion. "We took a look and asked a general question an...

A substitute bus for  Hanford Dole Elementary  had to stop at the Miller's Ferry Fire Department Monday afternoon after a student got sick on the bus, according to Rowan-Salisbury Schools. The school district said the bus had been on the route for about 10 minutes when it happened.  As the bus made it to the fire department, two other students on board said they were feeling sick. The two students...

 Facing a potential indictment, Donald Trump took a defiant stance at a rally Saturday in Waco, disparaging the prosecutors investigating him and predicting his vindication as he rallied supporters in a city made famous by deadly resistance against law enforcement. With a hand over his heart, Trump stood at attention when his rally opened with a song called “Justice for All” performed by a choir o...

After a panel about equal justice wrapped up on the campus of  Livingstone College  Thursday afternoon, Shanquella Robinson's family and their attorney have promised to continue to maintain pressure on federal authorities to either prosecute the people responsible for her death or extradite them to Mexico. Ben Crump  joined Robinson's family for a news briefing at the Music Room inside the Varick...

The CEO of TikTok will make a high-profile appearance Thursday before a U.S. Congressional committee, where he'll face a grilling on data security and user safety while he makes his own case for why the hugely popular video-sharing app shouldn't be banned. Shou Zi Chew's testimony comes at a crucial time for the company, which has acquired 150 million American users but is under increasing pressur...

Fort Mill Schools is pushing for new cameras on school buses to ensure the safety of all students. "We ran into several challenges this year," Matt Purvis, the transportation specialist, said. "Our current cameras do not allow you to see what's going on." Purvis said the new bus camera systems would replace the older systems currently in use which are no longer supported by the manufacturer and la...

The  Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department  released bodycam footage of an incident where officers fired their weapons at a man while he was evading arrest. On Monday, CMPD  posted the videos to the department's YouTube page . The videos show officers' actions during the incident. According to CMPD, officers located a stolen vehicle on LaSalle Street on Sept. 15, 2022 and conducted a traffic sto...

  Donald Trump  claimed on Saturday that his  arrest  is imminent and issued an extraordinary call for his supporters to protest as a New York grand jury  investigates hush money payments  to women who alleged sexual encounters with the former president. Even as Trump's lawyer and spokesperson said there had been no communication from prosecutors, Trump declared in a post on his  social media plat...

The White House Thursday publically addressed the death of Shanquella Robinson for the first time Thursday. "Let me just first say our hearts go out to Miss Robinson's family and friends,"  White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre  said. "It is devastating what occurred." Earlier this week, attorneys Ben Crump and Sue-Ann Robinson  shared a letter they sent to President Joe Biden and Secreta...

Gov. Roy Cooper proposed 18% raises Wednesday for public school teachers and principals, saying he wants to take North Carolina to No. 1 in the southeast in teacher pay over the next two years. You can stream WCNC Charlotte on Roku and Amazon Fire TV, just download the free app. State employees would get across-the-board raises of 8% over those same two years as part of the budget proposal Cooper...

Gov. Roy Cooper  on Tuesday signed an executive order meant to reduce violence and firearm misuse. The State Office of Violence Prevention  will coordinate efforts across various state agencies and local leaders. "It requires an all-hands-on-deck approach," Cooper said. "That's what this is about today." The office will offer training, technical assistance and conduct public awareness campaigns. R...

Cabarrus County school leaders  are working to ramp up mental health resources for students, with data showing the ratio of students to counselors is drastically lagging behind. "We're sitting at one social worker to every 1,144 students, and we're supposed to be one to 250," the school district said. "There is a capacity issue." They say the goal is to ensure no students are being left out, and t...

The U.S. government took extraordinary steps Sunday to stop a potential banking crisis after the historic failure of Silicon Valley Bank, assuring all depositors at the failed institution that they could access all their money quickly, even as another major bank was shut down. The announcement came amid fears that the factors that caused the  Santa Clara, California-based bank  to fail could sprea...

The attorneys for convicted double murderer  Alex Murdaugh  have filed a notice of appeal of his  conviction  in the high-profile case. The paperwork was submitted with the South Carolina Court of Appeals late Thursday afternoon, nearly a week after  he was found guilty  on two counts of murder and two weapons charges. Under state law, people have 30 days to file their full appeal of a conviction...

The Union County Board of Education voted unanimously Tuesday on a rule that would require all high school athletes to compete only on teams that are  "consistent with the gender on the student's birth certificate."   The new rule, which is the latest attempt to legislate transgender athletes, would allow transgender athletes to compete on teams consistent with their gender identity if permitted b...

South Carolina's top accountant Richard Eckstrom testified a second time in front of a special Senate Panel Tuesday over a multi-billion dollar accounting error that spanned over a decade.  Eckstrom responded to accusations that his office was warned by auditors of the error. He said it's the treasurer's responsibility, not his, to reconcile the state's cash balances.  "That makes sense that that...

Four Americans who traveled to Mexico last week to seek plastic surgery were caught in a deadly shootout before being kidnapped by an armed gang , the FBI said. The group was traveling Friday in a white van with North Carolina plates when they came under fire while entering the city of Matamoros from Brownsville, Texas. One of the people is from Myrtle Beach, according to the FBI. Richard DeVayne...

It's been over eight months since the  Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade , giving the power to regulate abortions back to the states. As a result of this decision, state abortion laws since the ruling are all over the spectrum.  With many states  enacting abortion restrictions or bans  since the ruling, the states that still provide access to legal abortion have seen a predictable i...

A Charlotte teenager last seen leaving  Olympic High School  has been reported missing, the  Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department  announced Thursday.  Leana Lang is described by police as a Black 16-year-old who is about five feet and six inches tall weighing about 120 pounds, according to police. She has braids and dark hair color with brown eyes.  Family members have reasons to be concerned...

Apple announced that as of Wednesday,  the Apple store at the Northlake Mall has permanently closed . Employees from the location will be shifted to work at the Apple Store in the SouthPark area.  Apple states the move is "in preparation for a new store we plan to open in the Charlotte area early next year," though, it comes just one day after the third shooting happened at the Northlake Mall in t...

 For the second day in a row, China on Wednesday dismissed U.S. suggestions that the COVID-19 pandemic may have been triggered by a virus that leaked from a Chinese laboratory. Responding to comments by FBI Director Christopher Wray, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said the involvement of the U.S. intelligence community was evidence enough of the “politicization of origin tracing.” “By rehas...

The Supreme Court is about to hear arguments over President Joe Biden’s  student debt relief plan , which impacts millions of borrowers who could see their loans wiped away or reduced. So far, Republican-appointed judges have kept the Democratic president's plan from going into effect, and it remains to be seen how the court, dominated 6-3 by conservatives, will respond. The justices have schedule...

On Christmas weekend, dozens of Charlotte seniors were displaced from their homes following a devastating flood at the Magnolia Senior Apartments on Beatties Ford Road in North Charlotte. For the last two months  about 60 of them have been staying at local hotels . The city has been covering the hotel costs, but that will end on Tuesday. Nilka McDonald is trying to come to terms with losing the pl...

Anyone who has traveled through the  Charlotte Douglas International Airport  recently has no doubt noticed all the construction. Destination CLT, the $3.1 billion capital investment into the airport, is made up of many different projects to improve capacity. The one passengers will notice first is the expansion of the terminal lobby. That project started in 2019 and is now halfway done, still on...

The   Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department   has received a slew of reports detailing break-ins in high-end homes in south Charlotte. The department said the break-ins are possibly connected to South American groups with cases in New York and New Jersey, potentially first documented nearly a decade ago.  People described the south Charlotte area as their own bubble. It's outside the hustle and...