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Saturday, January 9, 2016
Arts / Today's Top Five Today's Top 5: Saturday
Posted By Anita Overcash on Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 7:00 AM
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, Jan. 9, 2015 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
• Ultima Nota at Snug Harbor
• Cookies and Crafts at The Fillmore
• Fourth Annual Flip Your Gift Party at The Gallery
• Final Latin Night at Cosmos
• Night of Gratitude at McGlohon Theater
• Ultima Nota at Snug Harbor
• Cookies and Crafts at The Fillmore
• Fourth Annual Flip Your Gift Party at The Gallery
• Final Latin Night at Cosmos
• Night of Gratitude at McGlohon Theater
Friday, January 8, 2016
News Lunch Break (1/8/16): One reported dead in University shooting
Posted By Ryan Pitkin on Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 11:30 AM
Multiple news sources on Twitter have reported a deadly shooting on Research Drive in the University area this morning. There has been a spike in violent crime including multiple shootings in the University area in recent months. Details of this incident are still unclear, but as soon as CMPD updates us on the situation, we will update this page. T
An early morning apartment fire in Huntersville has displaced 20 people from their homes, according to officials. The fire started on a first floor balcony in the Fairways at Birkdale apartment complex at around 1:45 a.m. the morning and spread to another unit. Nine units in all were affected. No one was injured in the fire. (WBTV Web Staff)
Free doughnut alert! Krispy Kreme Doughnuts will be serving free doughnuts and collecting donations for Carolina Panthers Charities on Monday from a mobile store at the intersection of Trade and Tryon streets. The truck will be there from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and free doughnuts will be given out as long as supplies last (so probably until about 8:30 a.m.). CPC provides grants to nonprofit agencies that serve local youth. (WSOC Staff)
Two months after a tragic case in which a toddler in Rock Hill accidentally shot himself with his mother's gun, the mother has been arrested on charges of neglect. Patricia Carter reportedly turned herself in yesterday and was later released on $15,000 bond. Her 3-year-old son Sa'Vion Barrow shot himself in the head on November 15 after Carter left a nine-millimeter handgun on the bed he was lying on. (Teddy Kulmala, Rock Hill Herald via Charlotte Observer)
The owner of two South End businesses found shot to death in his home in Clover, South Carolina on Wednesday afternoon was murdered, according to police. The death of Jesse Campbell, owner of Campbell's Nursery and Dilworth's Little Secret, is being investigated as a homicide. Police have not released any details other than that the 64-year-old man was found in his home dead of an apparent gunshot. They are still awaiting autopsy results. (Fox46 Staff)
Arts / Today's Top Five Today's Top 5: Friday
Posted By Anita Overcash on Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 10:22 AM
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, Jan. 8, 2015 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
• Open Studio at Preston Drum at C3 Lab
• My Life as a Dog exhibit at Ciel Gallery
• John Nemeth at Double Door Inn
• Jazz at the Bechtler - Post Holiday Blues: Many Shades of Blue at Bechtler Museum of Modern Art
• Monster Jam at Time Warner Cable Arena
• Open Studio at Preston Drum at C3 Lab
• My Life as a Dog exhibit at Ciel Gallery
• John Nemeth at Double Door Inn
• Jazz at the Bechtler - Post Holiday Blues: Many Shades of Blue at Bechtler Museum of Modern Art
• Monster Jam at Time Warner Cable Arena
Thursday, January 7, 2016
Film / Film News Opening Friday
Posted By Matt Brunson on Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 7:31 PM
- Fox
- The Revenant
The Forest - Natalie Dormer, Taylor Kinney
The Masked Saint - Brett Granstaff, Roddy Piper
The Revenant - Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy
Arts / Today's Top Five Today's Top 5: Thursday
Posted By Anita Overcash on Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 5:10 PM
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, Jan. 7, 2015 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
• Chris Porter at The Comedy Zone
• Own Your Vision at Venue 1801
• Trivia at VBGB
• Touch One Spoken Word at UpStage
• Shiprocked at Snug Harbor
• Chris Porter at The Comedy Zone
• Own Your Vision at Venue 1801
• Trivia at VBGB
• Touch One Spoken Word at UpStage
• Shiprocked at Snug Harbor
News Lunch Break (1/7/15): Morning school bus wreck sends 11 people to area hospitals
Posted By Ryan Pitkin on Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 11:30 AM
Eleven people, including eight CMS students, were taken to area hospitals after a school bus wreck in east Charlotte this morning. The bus, heading to John Morehead Stem Academy, crashed at about 8 a.m. on The Plaza near Barrington Drive. The students were reportedly brought to the hospital as a precaution, and none of the injuries are believed to be serious. (WBTV Web Staff) An SUV involved in the accident caught fire, according to tweets from reporters on the scene.
LIVE look at scene of school bus and SUV crash. NB Plaza blocked at Barrington. #WatchWBTV pic.twitter.com/BtDWzT4dwf
— ChristineSperow WBTV (@ChristineOnTV) January 7, 2016Duke Energy crews have closed a part of South Boulevard this morning after a suspected drunk driver ran through three utility poles with his pickup truck overnight. The accident happened near Greystone Drive. It's unclear how long it will take crews to repair the poles. The name of the driver hasn't been released, but he was reportedly taken to the hospital for a blood test and is suspected to have been driving drunk. (WSOC Staff)
Charlotte Area Transit Systems officials announced this morning that Blue Line service will be interrupted this weekend due to construction on its expansion. On Saturday and Sunday, the Blue Line will only run between the I-485/South Boulevard and Scaleybark stations. Trains won't run between the New Bern and Time Warner Cable Arena stations. (Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer)
Last night's much-discussed Powerball lottery drawing once again came and went without a single person choosing the right numbers, extending the time for people to buy tickets until the next drawing on Saturday. Wednesday's night's jackpot was around $500 million, and Saturday's is estimated to hit around $675 million, which would make it the highest jackpot in history. The current record stands at $656 million, doled out to a Mega Millions winner in March 2012. Good luck! (Associated Press via Fox46)
A 60-year-old male nurse was arrested yesterday at a nursing facility in Union County after an employee witnessed him sexually assaulting a patient in the early morning hours. Douglas Steven Little has been charged with second-degree forcible sex offense, sexual act by a private institution employee/custodian and a crime against nature. The incident took place at Lake Park Nursing and Rehabilitation Services and was the second such incident in the greater Charlotte area in a matter of days. On Tuesday, an employee at a Mooresville nursing facility was arrested for a raping a woman living there. (WCNC Staff)
Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Lunch Break (1/6/15): Unlike city council, county commission votes against toll lanes
Posted By Ryan Pitkin on Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 11:30 AM
Just one night after the Charlotte City Council voted to move ahead with the roads plan that includes the controversial I-77 toll lanes, the Mecklenburg Board of County of Commissioners voted last night in a landslide to take a stance against the $650 million plan. The board voted 8-1 to direct its representative on the Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization to either vote to cancel the state's contract with Cintra, the developer in charge of building the toll lanes, or to vote more broadly against using optional toll lanes in the Charlotte area. The CRTPO will vote Jan. 20 on whether to reaffirm its roads plan, which includes optional toll lanes, or move in a different correction. (Jonathan McFadden, Charlotte Observer)
A large truck repair shop in north Charlotte burnt nearly to the ground this morning, as around 60 firefighters worked for over an hour to get the flames under control. Officials said Ryder Truck Repair Shop on West Craighead Road went up in flames at around 3 a.m. The fire was under control just after 4 a.m. but the building is a total loss, and investigators and clean-up crews have been on the scene all morning sifting through the wreckage to try to find a cause of the fire. No one was inside the building at the time of the fire and no one was injured. (Fox46 Staff)
Ernest McDonald Beatty, Jr., an employee at a Mooresville assisted living facility, was arrested yesterday and charged with multiple counts of sexual assault against a resident there, including rape. Beatty has been charged with three counts of second-degree rape and one count of second-degree sexual offense after fellow staff members at Crown Colony Assisted Living reported the assaults to police. As of now, it is believed the assaults involved one woman in her early 60s who lived at the facility. He is currently being held in the Iredell County Jail. (WBTV Web Staff)
Carolina Panthers linebacker Thomas Davis has been awarded the Bart Starr Award, an award voted on by players around the league and given to a player who exemplifies leadership and character on and off the field. Davis is a past winner of the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award, which recognizes a player for his work with charity. He founded both the Thomas Davis Defending Dreams Foundation and the Thomas Davis Youth Leadership Academy. On the field, Thomas Davis has played with the Panthers since 2005 and is the first player in NFL history to recover and return after three ACL tears, all of which came in consecutive years. This year, he has made the first Pro Bowl of his career. (WSOC Staff)
A woman who federal authorities to be involved in a string of armed jewelry store robberies across the southeast has apparently arrived in North Carolina. The FBI released photos of a woman who tied up two employees at gunpoint at a Jared store in Mebane, North Carolina before making off with jewelry. She's also believed to be involved in robberies in Tennessee, South Carolina, Florida and Georgia. (Associated Press via WCNC)
ICYMI: #MeckBOCC directs CRTPO rep to vote against I-77 toll & asks governor to come up w/ alternative. Rewatch: https://t.co/e7PUnbf7Ie
— Mecklenburg County (@MeckCounty) January 6, 2016A large truck repair shop in north Charlotte burnt nearly to the ground this morning, as around 60 firefighters worked for over an hour to get the flames under control. Officials said Ryder Truck Repair Shop on West Craighead Road went up in flames at around 3 a.m. The fire was under control just after 4 a.m. but the building is a total loss, and investigators and clean-up crews have been on the scene all morning sifting through the wreckage to try to find a cause of the fire. No one was inside the building at the time of the fire and no one was injured. (Fox46 Staff)
Ernest McDonald Beatty, Jr., an employee at a Mooresville assisted living facility, was arrested yesterday and charged with multiple counts of sexual assault against a resident there, including rape. Beatty has been charged with three counts of second-degree rape and one count of second-degree sexual offense after fellow staff members at Crown Colony Assisted Living reported the assaults to police. As of now, it is believed the assaults involved one woman in her early 60s who lived at the facility. He is currently being held in the Iredell County Jail. (WBTV Web Staff)
Carolina Panthers linebacker Thomas Davis has been awarded the Bart Starr Award, an award voted on by players around the league and given to a player who exemplifies leadership and character on and off the field. Davis is a past winner of the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award, which recognizes a player for his work with charity. He founded both the Thomas Davis Defending Dreams Foundation and the Thomas Davis Youth Leadership Academy. On the field, Thomas Davis has played with the Panthers since 2005 and is the first player in NFL history to recover and return after three ACL tears, all of which came in consecutive years. This year, he has made the first Pro Bowl of his career. (WSOC Staff)
A woman who federal authorities to be involved in a string of armed jewelry store robberies across the southeast has apparently arrived in North Carolina. The FBI released photos of a woman who tied up two employees at gunpoint at a Jared store in Mebane, North Carolina before making off with jewelry. She's also believed to be involved in robberies in Tennessee, South Carolina, Florida and Georgia. (Associated Press via WCNC)
Arts / Today's Top Five Today's Top 5: Wednesday
Posted By Anita Overcash on Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 7:00 AM
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, Jan. 6, 2015 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
• Wicked at Ovens Auditorium
• Modern Heritage Weekly Mix Tape at Snug Harbor
• Mick Foley at The Comedy Zone
• NoDa Brewing Run Club
• Tosco House Party at Evening Muse
• Wicked at Ovens Auditorium
• Modern Heritage Weekly Mix Tape at Snug Harbor
• Mick Foley at The Comedy Zone
• NoDa Brewing Run Club
• Tosco House Party at Evening Muse
Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Arts / Today's Top Five Today's Top 5: Tuesday
Posted By Anita Overcash on Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 3:59 PM
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, Jan. 5, 2015 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
• Beer Ed at Growlers Pourhouse
• Music & Museum: Schumanniana at Bechtler Museum of Modern Art
• Fight Night Comedy Competition at The Comedy Zone
• Trivia at Big Ben British Pub & Restaurant
• Paint "The Girls" Night Out at Cajun Canvas
• Beer Ed at Growlers Pourhouse
• Music & Museum: Schumanniana at Bechtler Museum of Modern Art
• Fight Night Comedy Competition at The Comedy Zone
• Trivia at Big Ben British Pub & Restaurant
• Paint "The Girls" Night Out at Cajun Canvas
News Lunch Break (1/5/15): Man found dead after shootout with police
Posted By Ryan Pitkin on Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 12:00 AM
A man was found dead after shooting it out with police at the Sunset Village Apartments in west Charlotte this morning. According to police, officers responding to a shots fired call at the complex at around 5 a.m. were shot at by a man on a second-floor balcony. One officer returned fire and the police on scene called in SWAT to form a perimeter around the apartments. Soon thereafter, members of SWAT found the suspect dead inside an apartment. It's unclear at this time whether the suspect died of self-inflicted wounds or was hit by the officer. (Ryan Pitkin)
If anyone is out of work and looking for a payday this morning, Michael Jordan's daughter is offering $1,000 to the person who can find her dog, Mila. Jasmine Jordan has been tweeting since yesterday that the dog is missing and she won't stop until she finds him. See below for pictures. She asks that anyone with information call 704-975-9078. (Charlotte Observer Staff)
I won't stop until I find her. #PleaseFindMila pic.twitter.com/xlDBxrTSfy
— Jasmine M. Jordan (@MickiJae) January 5, 2016The owners of a trucking plant in Rowan County have notified nearly 1,000 workers that this week will be their last on the job, leaving many in the small town of Cleveland looking for new jobs thats may not exist. The owner of the Freightliner plant told reporters that truck sales have done fine but the company is preparing for a slow 2016, which is apparently tied in with the fact that it is an election year. Employees who are laid off will be paid through workforce adjustment through March 5. (Ken Lemon, WSOC)
One person was transported to the hospital after being stabbed during a domestic incident in south Charlotte last night. Medic responded to an assault call on the 400 block of Queens Road at about 9:30 p.m. and found the stabbing victim to be suffering life-threatening injuries. (WCNC Staff)
Two people were reportedly injured in a wreck involving a school bus in west Charlotte yesterday, and the one student on the bus at the time was apparently not one of them. The wreck happened at around 3:45 p.m. on Ashley Road and sent one person to Carolinas Medical Center with serious injuries. Another person suffered minor injuries. The bus involved was reportedly from Allenbrook Elementary School. (WBTV Web Staff)
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Photos: Plaza Midwood Tuesday Night Ride 1
According to one Facebook poster, last night there were approximately 80 cyclists out last night.
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#FergusonEverywhere: Leaders and young folks debate how to move forward 16
We are mad as hell, we are sick of this happening and we need leadership.
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LOL: Comedy in the Q.C.
A roundup of CL's top picks for comedy shows in Charlotte this week.
