Jan 24, 2025 · MONROE – South Piedmont Community College welcomes the community to a special performance of the award-winning play, “The Movement: 50 Years of Love and Struggle,” as part of its annual Black History Month celebration.

3 days ago · CHARLOTTE – Adult and pediatric cancer patients will have access to enhanced survivorship and wellness programs at Atrium Health, thanks to a $2 million gift from 24 Foundation.

Dec 26, 2024 · CHARLOTTE – The City of Charlotte is alerting residents about a scam involving fraudulent text messages claiming to be from the city.

Dec 21, 2024 · MATTHEWS – Matthews Playhouse of the Performing Arts invites audiences to experience “Bright Star,” a tale of love and redemption set in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains during the 1920s and 1940s. The musical runs Jan. 17 to Feb. 1 at the Fullwood Theatre. It features a Tony-nominated score by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, blending bluegrass, folk and Americana. “Bright Star ...

Dec 29, 2024 · MONROE – The Monroe Police Department has identified suspects connected to vandalism at Hillcrest Cemetery on Adams Street. MPD received information Dec. 28 about a group of people recording themselves destroying graves. Officers immediately went to the cemetery and found the damaged graves. They secured an arrest warrant for Jaykob Marquez Bracey, 18, of Monroe, for felony desecrating a ...

Dec 23, 2024 · CHARLOTTE – The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra will debut at Blume Studios presenting John Luther Adams’s Pulitzer Prize-winning “Become Ocean” on Feb. 28 and March 1.

Dec 21, 2024 · The federal legislative agenda consists of topics such as Mobility, Aviation, Talent and Workforce Development, Public Safety, Environment and Housing, Fenton said. City leaders will try to encourage area delegates to the 119th U.S. Congress that convenes on Jan. 3 to help the City of Charlotte obtain federal funding in each of these areas, Fenton told the council. Funding in each of these ...

Dec 20, 2024 · CHARLOTTE – ArtPop Street Gallery, a nonprofit dedicated to increasing access to art for artists and communities across the Charlotte region, has announced its Cities Program Class of 2025.

Dec 25, 2024 · Each and every fall, as the leaves begin to drop from the trees, I make a mental note of the size of the piles of leaves that were gathered by my neighbors. I laugh at some because they are so very small. Others are huge and take up tremendous space in front of their house. Not to be deterred, I smugly say to myself, “They haven’t seen a leaf pile until they’ve seen MY leaf pile.” I ...

Jan 13, 2025 · North Carolina has seen a significant increase in families utilizing school choice, following recent expansions to school choice initiatives.