town in Union County, North Carolina, USA
On August 22, 2025, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee was murdered on the Charlotte light rail. The victim, Iryna Zarutska, was repeatedly stabbed and left to bleed out. The exceptional brutality of it captured national attention.…
RALEIGH — After a one-year dip, Charlotte regains the top spot on the John Locke Foundation’s annual list of larger N.C. cities with the highest local government costs per person.…
Click here to view and here to listen to Michael Lowrey discussing this report. RALEIGH — Mooresville has toppled Charlotte from the top spot on the John Locke Foundation’s annual…
Good thing those new Wells Fargo ATMs include that language, huh? This is the clearest sign yet that WFC is just transferring its West Coast template to points East without…
Will Waxhaw town voters say yeah! to liquor-by-the-drink next fall? The town board voted last night to put the measure on the fall ballot, but it is a strict standard.…
In the latest “Young Voices” feature in the Charlotte Observer, middle and high school students weigh in on Obama’s proposal to extend the school day and year. I think the…
It is the old annexation thing, this time from once tiny Waxhaw. The Union County burb is looking to snag some 240 homes. As always, it is a straight-up revenue…
This is now officially getting scary. If BofA really does take on Countrywide — and that is what the WSJ has reported — then BofA will have a couple quarters…
In today’s Southern Meck neighbors section Vanessa Willis has a column on foul-mouthed teens that makes a valid point, but also includes way too many examples of adults being wimpy.…
Waxhaw’s own FCC chief, Charlotte Catholic alum, UNC alum, and all-around great guy — just ask him — Kevin Martin has declared himself censor-in-chief for America. How else to explain…
Big mistake to go with President George Bush live Wednesday night rather than the UNC-UVa basketball game. The two events clash at 9 pm, and BT is going to go…
The first hint something is wrong — a nine hour public hearing on a retail store. Nine hours. That’s a politboro meeting. A mini-series. A NASCAR race. A trip to…