WCNC Charlotte To Go

Another stop will be added on the CATS light rail in South End. On Wednesday, the  Charlotte Metropolitan Transit Commission  voted to approve a stop on the rail to be constructed near the Publix on South Blvd.  A pedestrian crossway will also be built at the stop. The stop will not only give riders more options for transit but will serve as an easy and safe way to cross the light rail tracks.  Th...

Mecklenburg County health officials expressed confidence that they can work through the  monkeypox vaccine waiting list  in the coming days after administering hundreds of doses  during Charlotte Pride weekend .  Dr. Raynard Washington  said Mecklenburg County is down to about 660 people on the list. The health department anticipates getting those folks set with appointments by the end of the week...

Some schools in the  Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools  district are going into the new school year with the same problem facing thousands of other schools in the United States — not having enough teachers.  A week before classes are set to start CMS still has 360 open teacher positions.  Despite the teacher vacancies the district — which employs around 9,000 teachers — said 96% of classroom positions...

U.S. adults who haven’t gotten any COVID-19 shots yet should consider a new option from Novavax -- a more traditional kind of vaccine, health officials said Tuesday. Regulators authorized the nation’s first so-called protein vaccine  against COVID-19 last week, but the final hurdle was a recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “If you have been waiting for a COVID-19 va...

The Mecklenburg County Health Department made changes to the way the  monkeypox vaccine  is given on Thursday. Following the  Food and Drug Administration’s  emergency use authorization last week, the shots can now be given intradermally, or under the skin. Doctors say the shots are just as effective when given this way, but  this change allows providers to get five times as many doses out of each...

The head of the nation's top public health agency on Wednesday announced a shake-up of the organization, saying it fell short responding to COVID-19 and needs to become more nimble. The planned changes at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — CDC leaders call it a “reset”— come amid ongoing criticism of the agency's response to  COVID-19 ,  monkeypox  and other public health threats. Th...

A  bill that would ban nearly all abortions without exceptions  for rape or incest in South Carolina is heading to the full House floor after a 13-7 vote from the House Judiciary Committee. It's the latest move as some lawmakers move to outlaw the procedure following the decision to  overturn Roe V. Wade earlier this summer . The vote fell along party lines, with all yes votes coming from Republic...

After receiving a tip, administrators at South Middle School in Lancaster, South Carolina, found a gun in a student's book bag on Monday, the  Lancaster County School District  confirmed Monday afternoon.  This comes as students in Lancaster County head back to school Monday. According to a news release from the district, after receiving the tip from another person who saw the pistol, the student...

Happy first day of school, South Carolina! Thousands of students in our area will wake up Monday morning and head back to the classroom for the new school year. Indira Eskieva joins Wake Up Charlotte To Go from Rock Hill, where pay raises and better incentives led to the hiring of nearly 200 new teachers. We hear from some of those teachers, who discuss why Rock Hill offers a lot to educators who...

GT Real Estate, one of multiple companies owned by Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper, submitted a plan to pay back creditors in the failed Rock Hill  Panthers  HQ project.  Under a reorganization plan submitted in court on Thursday morning, Tepper's other company, DT Sports Holding, will make $82 million available in cash under a Plan Sponsor Agreement with GT Real Estate.  The plan includes pa...

NASCAR  announced it is moving its  NASCAR Productions operations  to a new state-of-the-art facility in Concord.  The new 58,000-square foot studio will be built on the land adjacent to the NASCAR R&D Center, which is across Derita Road from the airport in Concord. The move comes months after Cabarrus County officials  approved an incentives package  designed to bring NASCAR Productions to Concor...

 There's a new development in the battle over abortion in our state. The procedure is legal in North Carolina but a lawsuit seeks to reinstate a 1973 ban after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The State Attorney General's Office asked a federal judge Monday not to reinstate the ban.  Last month, Judge William Osteen with the Middle District of North Carolina said his previous injunction on the 20-week ban "...

Months after they were sentenced to life in prison for murder, the three white men who chased and killed  Ahmaud Arbery  in a Georgia neighborhood faced a second round of criminal penalties Monday for federal hate crimes committed in the deadly pursuit of the 25-year-old Black man. U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood scheduled back-to-back hearings to individually sentence each of the defen...

Police are searching for at least two suspects after nine people were injured in a shooting in Cincinnati’s Over-The-Rhine neighborhood early Sunday morning.  Officers were called to the  1300 block of Main Street  near downtown shortly before 1:40 a.m. following reports of a disorderly crowd.  Police said two groups started fighting while officers were clearing the crowd from the street. At least...

The Federal Bureau of Investigations has arrested four current and former Louisville Metro Police officers in relation to  Breonna Taylor's death.  U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland  announced Thursday  charges include violating Taylor's civil rights, unlawful conspiracies, unconstitutional use of force, and obstruction offenses. The officers charged include former LMPD detectives Joshua Jayne...

Since the  overturn of Roe v. Wade,  North Carolina is  one of few states in the South where abortions are legal for up to 20 weeks,  but in a press conference with fellow Democrats,  Attorney General Josh Stein  says that could change depending on which party leads the state after the November elections. Stein said more than 30% of people making appointments at abortion facilities in North Caroli...

The city of Rock Hill is asking a judge to dismiss it as a defendant  in a lawsuit filed by York County  earlier this summer  over the Panthers' failed training camp  and headquarters.  In the lawsuit,  York County says it lost millions of dollars when the project collapsed  after Rock Hill failed to issue bonds for the construction. The county is seeking damages from David Tepper's companies and...

Health officials announced there are now  33 confirmed cases of monkeypox  in Mecklenburg County, nearly doubling last week's case count of 18.  During a news conference Monday, county health leaders said the Mecklenburg County Health Department will receive an extra 2,000 doses of the monkeypox vaccine.  There are approximately 1,800 people on the waiting list  to be vaccinated.  Monday's update...

Days after  ending his COVID-19 isolation , President Joe Biden has tested positive for the virus again, his physician said Saturday.  Biden's treatment included a five-day course of Paxlovid, an antiviral drug used to treat COVID-19 that has helped prevent more severe illness. His physician said Biden is one of a small percentage of Paxlovid patients who "rebound" and test positive again.  "After...

Republican lawmakers in the North Carolina General Assembly are calling on a federal judge to reinstate North Carolina's 20-week abortion ban . It's the latest decision from conservatives to restrict abortion access in North Carolina, which is one of the only states in the South to allow abortion. Meanwhile, Democrats have pledged to fight for women's right to choose. Tradesha Woodard will have th...

A hearing Wednesday ended with a key decision to release the body camera video of Joshua Rohrer's October 2021 arrest by  Gastonia Police. In North Carolina, a judge has the power to tell the police to share the video with the public. Months after the arrest went viral, the video will now be released to the public. Joshua Rohrer  was arrested on charges of panhandling and resisting arrest in Octob...

A construction worker at Charlotte Douglas International Airport died when they were electrocuted over the weekend, officials said.  The  North Carolina Department of Labor  confirmed the incident happened around midnight Sunday. A spokesperson for the NCDOL said the worker was an employee of Rosendin Electric.  An investigation surrounding the incident is underway by the Occupational Safety and H...

Planned Parenthood South Atlantic ,  Greenville Women’s Clinic , and two physicians have filed suit against the state of South Carolina,  Attorney General Alan Wilson  and others who would impose the six-week abortion ban that comes in the wake of the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Rove vs. Wade. The new six-week abortion ban prohibits abortion after the detection of a fetal heartbeat and...

The company behind a natural gas odor that was  reported all across Charlotte on July 14  said it violated Mecklenburg County's 'objectionable odor rule.' In a statement, Legacy Environmental Services said it was "informed of a Notice of Objectionable Odor from  Mecklenburg County Air Quality ." The company said it is cooperating with the county to complete its investigation. The natural gas odor...

Many are in search of their dream home -- a place to plant roots with a street to raise their children on. But that dream could become a nightmare for some.  In just a few months, the  Mecklenburg County Assessor's Office   will lay out the new property taxes after revaluation. In short, you will find out how much you'll pay just to live there.  For the latest breaking news, weather and traffic al...