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United Way releases data to increase graduation rates
Thu, Jan 24, 2013
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Helping at-risk children graduate from high school is the goal of the United Way's Collective Impact Program. It's a new push to curb the dropout rate for local students. The United Way has released some new information showing a number of non-profit agencies and how they can best go about helping these kids graduate. A group of Vance High School students didn't go home after the final bell. They're getting some extra help from Communities in Schools, an agency for at-risk kids. "We wr
Beaches on the cheap: Lots to do in Folly for less than $150!
Thu, May 16, 2013
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FOLLY BEACH, N.C. -- NBC Charlotte continues our Beaches on the Cheap series with a vacation plan for Folly Beach. The goal is to spend no more than $150 on accommodations, three meals and a unique activity for two people. With Charleston, voted by Conde Nast as the best travel destination in the country two years in a row, and Folly Beach, recently making the finals for the All-American City award, it can be tough finding accommodations for less than $100 a night. On Folly, there's one hotel -- The Tides
Local man writes, publishes book for fairy tale proposal
Wed, May 15, 2013
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Fairy tales do come true, at least for one Charlotte elementary school teacher. Her boyfriend used her love of children's books as a novel way to propose marriage. Torrieann Dooley is used to reading children's books, she teaches second grade at David Cox Elementary School. But this book is her own love story, which started about a year and half ago when she met now fiancee Richard Kennedy. He was bartending, she came in and he bought her a piece of cake. "It didn't take that long to kn
Amid tight budget talks, city looks to paid interns
Wed, May 15, 2013
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CHARLOTTE, NC -- During a city council budget adjustments meeting Wednesday, Councilman James Mitchell suggested adding paid interns to the FY2014 and FY2015 operating budget. Mitchell said the cost to the city would range from $82,000 to $182,000, depending on whether the interns would be paid minimum wage or $10 per hour. Mitchell and several other members suggested that interns would be helpful in dealing with constituent services, and would also relieve the workload on current city staffers. A majorit
Residents fuming over construction paraphernalia
Wed, May 15, 2013
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FORT MILL, S.C. -- Construction materials blocking roads and causing safety concerns has Fort Mill residents upset and demanding action. A homeowner took a picture of wood roofing trusses blocking a cul-de-sac on Bannerman Lane in the Springfield neighborhood. He says construction materials in the cul-de-sac twice this month forced a school bus to back up into the woods so it could get out. Neighbors also say construction vehicles on both sides of the road plus materials in the road could cause problems if
Law enforcement gears up for drunk drivers, boaters
Wed, May 15, 2013
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LAKE NORMAN, N.C. -- For the third-straight year, the State Highway Patrol and the Wildlife Resources Commission are coming together with the Alcohol Law Enforcement Division to help keep drunk and impaired drivers from getting behind the wheel. The campaign is called "On the Road, On the Water, Don't Drink and Drive". Agencies are combining forces to saturate the highways and Interstates with troopers and area lakes and other waterways with Wildlife Commission officers. "Alcohol or drugs-- they definitely
Proposed bill would track repeat domestic violent offenders
Wed, May 15, 2013
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Some domestic violence victims live in a constant state of fear, not knowing when their tormentor will show up and abuse them again. "There is no reason to put your hands on a woman, bottom line, step away from it," said George Stevens of Charlotte. He was at Freedom Park Wednesday afternoon with his Wife and newborn son. The North Carolina Legislature may give victims a high tech way of keeping track of their abusers. House Bill 477, better known as Allison's Law, would give judges or ma
Bike Week rolls into Plaza Midwood
Wed, May 15, 2013
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Bike Fest is a Plaza Midwood, Charlotte, celebration of community biking. NBC Charlotte Photojournalist Jacob Curtis brings us the sights and sounds from this year's festival. Link: http://www.facebook.com/bikefestcharlotte