(Observer Staff Reports) Music from the "Wizard of Oz" and selections from George Gershwin and Leonard Bernstein will be on the program tonight for the Matthews Concert Band performance.The concert is at 7:30 p.m. in the Matthews Community Center, 100 West McDowell Street. There is no admission charge, and the event is open to the public...Read More
(By Steve Lyttle, slyttle@charlotteobserver.com) A man who is either the most brazen or the dumbest crook in Charlotte was arrested late Wednesday night after robbing a victim -- near the front door of the Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office.Police say it happened about 11 p.m. in the 400 block of East Trade Street...Read More
(By Steve Lyttle, slyttle@charlotteobserver.com) Blame a bad weather forecast for that blanket of smoke that covered much of Mecklenburg and York counties Tuesday evening, triggering a flurry of 911 phone calls and complaints from people with breathing problems.Smoke from a 2,000-acre controlled burn on federal forest property in Chester County...Read More
&squo;m so cheap that recently I made up my own concoction: I mix a few leftover coffee grounds in with some cheap lotion or cream and use it as a facial scrub/exfoliator. It works well plus I feel like my face wakes up from the caffeine! I guess you could use it on other body parts, but I have&squo;t tried it.Read More
(By Steve Lyttle, slyttle@charlotteobserver.com) The fog is gone, but the rain is coming.A large area of light to moderate rain is moving toward the Charlotte region Thursday morning, and periods of rain can be expected for the rest of the day, forecasters say...Read More
(By Cleve R. Wootson Jr., cwootson@charlotteobserver.com) A woman who helped her estranged husband translate a ransom note into English pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiracy to commit kidnapping. Linda Gonzalez, 21, of Texas, faces a maximum of five years in federal prison for her part in the scheme to kidnap two girls from a bus stop in Corneli...Read More
(By Kimberly Dick, (Rock Hill) The Herald) After a month-long investigation keyed by a bag of counterfeit bills found at an area dump, eight Rock Hill residents have been charged in connection with a ring where $5,000 in fake money was spent in the city.Rock Hill Police are looking to arrest others in connection with the counterfeit ring, but D...Read More
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