This weekend, an important school in Charlotte’s history will have a grand reopening. PREVIOUS STORIES: Historic Siloam School soon to open its doors to public Charlotte’s Black Siloam School moved to help preserve its history Charlotte Museum of History given $50,000 to restore, preserve, move old school building The Siloam School is one of the […]
A North Carolina bill creating a process to remove squatters from homes is advancing through the General Assembly. As state lawmakers consider the bill, one of Charlotte’s most infamous squatters is out of jail. In 2015, Ninti El Bey, a self-described Moorish sovereign citizen, got inside a Piper Glen home and refused to leave. The […]
In our Kaleidoscope newsletter, we cover race, culture and equity in Charlotte and showcase a multitude of people and experiences that make the Queen City special. Subscribe for free. Story idea? Lvernonsparks@charlotteobserver.com Mariyah Curb giggled and nimbly navigated her mouse last Friday while demonstrating a new 3D computer game she created. The Phillip O. Berry […]
Whether on a highway or cruising across SouthPark, if you’ve driven around the Queen City then you’ve likely encountered a traffic gridlock. North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore called out Charlotte’s traffic issues in February, saying, “We don’t want to be Atlanta.” After an event with the Charlotte Regional Business Alliance, he went on to […]
Three developers announced plans last year to jointly redevelop more than 115 acres in south Charlotte with new homes, a grocery store and retail, but residents are waiting to see what’s next. Still, city officials are ready to discuss those projects at a meeting this month. Here’s the latest on the work at that high-profile […]
Behind the Scenes: First look at UNC Charlotte’s hi-tech security tools UNC Charlotte showed Channel 9 how the university protects its students using high-tech strategies and tools. On any given day, there are more than 30,000 people on the campus of UNC Charlotte, and keeping them safe can be challenging. 3rd person in 2-week span […]
We’re now just a little bit closer to getting a Whataburger restaurant in Charlotte. On Friday, March 22, city zoning officials approved the Texas-based burger chain’s Land Development Construction Plan to open a drive-thru restaurant at the Clear Creek Crossings development at 12809 Albemarle Road. The development is slated to be anchored with a Publix […]
A man was arrested after he allegedly recorded boys inside of a bathroom at Bojangles Coliseum in February using a “GoPro-like” device, according to court documents obtained by the Observer. John Hastings Cutter IV, 61, was charged with multiple counts of felony and misdemeanor peeping for his alleged use of recording devices to take photos […]
An “inconsistency” with Princess Charlotte’s hand was the detail which suggested to one picture agency that Kensington Palace’s image of the Princess of Wales and her children had been manipulated. Social media users claimed that part of her wrist was missing. Others commented that the Princess of Wales was not wearing her wedding ring, while […]
A family of seven say they will miss their beloved Myers Park mansion after putting their estate on the market for $6.8 million this week. The price represents the highest current home listing in Charlotte, according to Compass North Carolina, part of the national real estate company Compass. Compass Realtors Cat Long and Meghan Hampton […]
There are now just three designs on the table for the future McColl Park, each combining different parts of Charlotte’s iconography with new ideas. The park, built in 1991, was formerly known as Polk Park and sits on less than an acre of land at the historic intersection of Trade and Tryon streets. The Charlotte […]