(By Lisa Hammersly, lhammersly@charlotteobserver.com) A Mint Hill man has pleaded guilty in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme that involved kickbacks to a homebuilder, according to documents filed Wednesday in federal court in Charlotte.Mike Foley, a former real estate agent, pleaded guilty to one count of mortgage fraud conspiracy and on...Read More
(By Gary L. Wright, gwright@charlotteobserver.com) A jury of seven women and five men has been selected to decide if Demeatrius Montgomery is guilty of killing two Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers 31/2 years ago.Prosecutors and defense lawyers will make their opening statements to the jury on Tuesday. Prosecutors will then begin presenting...Read More
(By Tony Pugh, McClatchy Newspapers) An annual survey released Thursday finds that workers are paying, on average, about $482 more for job-based family health insurance this year as companies force employees to shoulder more of the burden of health care costs.The premium hike, up 14 percent from last year, means that workers are paying nearly a...Read More
(By Lynn Bonner, lynn.bonner@newsobserver.com) North Carolina is poised to make sweeping changes in the way it evaluates students and high schools by requiring students to take the ACT, a national college entrance exam.Under the plan that the State Board of Education has been refining for months, most 11th-graders will be required to take the e...Read More
(The Associated Press) There are only two months left until South Carolina voters go to the polls, and the state's election officials want to make sure everyone who is eligible gets registered.In September, the South Carolina Election Commission is kicking off a monthlong effort to register new voters and make sure they have up-to-date informat...Read More
(The Associated Press) The Cherokee Indian casino in western North Carolina is marking a milestone in its three-year expansion plans.Harrah's Cherokee Casino holds a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday for a new 3,000-seat event center that will host concerts over Labor Day weekend featuring country acts Hank Williams Jr. and Lady Antebellum...Read More
"The Trial," a film based on Charlotte author Robert Whitlow's book of the same name, will debut exclusively at Our Town Cinemas in Davidson Sept. 10-16."The Trial" is a PG-13 rated courtroom drama produced and directed by Charlotte filmmaker Gary Wheeler. The movie was filmed in the Ch...Read More
(By Joe Marusak, jmarusak@charlotteobserver.com) Charlotte Motor Speedway is teaming up with the Charlotte Area Transit System to promote the speedway's October NASCAR events.Two CATS buses will get a custom wrap that looks like a NASCAR stock car, speedway officials announced Thursday. The buses will carry ticket information and logos for thre...Read More
(By James Dao, New York Times) Dawn breaks at Fort Jackson, the Army's largest training post, with the reliable sound of fresh recruits marching to their morning exercise. But these days, something looks different.That familiar standby, the sit-up, is gone, or almost gone. Exercises that look like Pilates or yoga routines are in. And the tradit...Read More
(By Wayne Washington, wwashington@thestate.com) Former University of South Carolina president Andrew Sorensen has been paid a combined $446,000 per year from the university and from the Greenville Hospital System as he touts a deal between the university and the hospital system that would expand USC's medical education program in Greenville, S.C.Read More
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