Charlotte-Mecklenburg police on Tuesday said a Pineville police sergeant’s fatal shooting of a man in May was “justified” and that they would not bring any charges. Mecklenburg District Attorney Spencer Merriweather concurred with the decision, but issued a letter raising concerns about the incident. Dennis Bodden’s mother has said she believes her son was in […]
A 69-year-old Pineville man died in a two-vehicle crash Saturday on Louisiana Highway 3170, according to Louisiana State Police. A 69-year-old Pineville man died in a two-vehicle crash Saturday on Louisiana Highway 3170, according to Louisiana State Police. An LSP release states that Donald R. Jones, 68 of Alexandria, was driving a 2015 Chevrolet pickup […]
The mother of a man who was fatally shot by police last month in Pineville is calling for the public release of law-enforcement videos and says she believes police were aware that Dennis Bodden suffered from mental health problems. Cleopatra Bodden also said Monday that she wants the Pineville Police Department to change the way […]
Weeks after a tight vote prompted some Pineville residents to shout at their elected officials, the Town Council has reversed course and chosen a different site for a controversial new electric substation. The Town Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to put the new substation at a site on Nations Ford Road, not the land on […]
PINEVILLE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — The owner of a Pineville flea market said he has begun to explore what legal action is available to him after town leaders voted to seize part of his land to make an electrical substation the town reportedly desperately needs. The substation will be placed on a one-acre portion […]
In a special meeting that lasted less than five minutes, the Pineville Town Council narrowly approved a controversial plan for a new electric substation near a large subdivision Monday night. The council voted 3-2 to back a city plan to buy about an acre at the intersection of Miller Road and Greenway Drive for the […]
A Walmart employee was shot in the leg Sunday night at a shopping center in Pineville when confronting an alleged shoplifter, Charlotte Observer news partner WSOC TV reported. Jonathan Alan Smith, 32, was arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury and misdemeanor larceny for allegedly attempting to steal chicken by […]
PINEVILLE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — One person was taken to Atrium CMC Main after a shooting on the outskirts of Pineville, according to the Mecklenburg EMS Agency (MEDIC). The incident happened sometime before 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, January 28, in the 8300 block of Pineville-Matthews Road south of Charlotte. Police could be seen taping […]
PINEVILLE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — The city of Pineville has put up a tight timeframe to decide where a new electric substation will go before the city outgrows and overloads its current electric grid, but families have continued to push back on the proposed location. The city owns its own power, but contracts with ElectriCities […]
Residents of a Charlotte-area neighborhood continued to raise questions and concerns about a potential electric substation in their backyards at a community meeting Thursday night. Officials in Pineville say it’s a necessary project to keep the lights on as the community grows. But residents of the McCollough neighborhood — which stretches from the town across […]