(By Rad Berky, wcnc.com) CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Federal Aviation Administration says exhaust fumes seeped into the cabin of a US Airways flight Tuesday, and that is what sent two passengers and seven crew members to Carolinas Medical Center for treatment.FAA inspectors checked over the plane that is still parked outside a US Airways hanger at t...Read More
(By Steve Lyttle and Cleve R. Wootson Jr., slyttle@charlotteobserver.com) Police arrested a 25-year-old man in connection with a Monday stabbing death in northwest Charlotte.Charlotte-Mecklenburg police arrested Adrian Alcala without incident just after 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. He was found at a house off Hudson Graham Lane near the Brookshire Bou...Read More
(By Cleve R. Wootson Jr., cwootson@charlotteobserver.com) A 35-year-old man from Mount Pleasant was killed when his bike was struck by a car. Adam Wesley Little, of 4135 Barrier Store Road was pronounced dead at Carolinas Medical Center Northeast after he was struck on U.S. Highway 49 near U.S. 601 around 7:30 a.m. Wednesday. ...Read More
(By KEVIN MAURER, Associated Press Writer) An Army prosecutor on Wednesday methodically laid out the case against a 51-year-old soldier recalled to active duty so he could be tried a third time in the death of a woman and her two daughters about 25 years ago.Capt. Nate Huff waited until the close of his half-hour presentation before explaining ...Read More
Medical professional and conservative activist Paul Vadnais will speak about health care to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Republican Wome&squo;s Club Wednesday.Read More
(By Cleve R. Wootson Jr., cwootson@charlotteobserver.com) A 76-year-old Alabama man was arrested in Lenoir Wednesday afternoon after U.S. Marshals said he fled to North Carolina to avoid charges of sexually abusing a child under 12. Luther Paul Townsend, who lives in Florala, Alabama, was in Caldwell County jail under $500,000 after officers ar...Read More
(By Cleve R. Wootson Jr., cwootson@charlotteobserver.com) A 57-year-old McDowell County man was sentenced Wednesday to 14 years in prison after pleading guilty to trying to entice a minor to Buncombe County for sex. Jeffrey Barton Smith, who lives in the Nebo community in McDowell County, will also have to register as a sex offender upon his r...Read More
(By Joe Marusak, jmarusak@charlotteobserver.com) Carolinas Medical Center is scheduled to open a health and wellness center inside Lowe's YMCA on April 5, YMCA officials announced today.Read More
(By Steve Lyttle, slyttle@charlotteobserver.com) A staff member at Butler High School was assaulted Tuesday while trying to break up an altercation between two students, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools officials.CMS officials say the staff member, who was not identified, was trying to stop a student from assaulting another student. T...Read More
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