Author: Jeff Monheit

Supreme Court

Supreme Court allows Trump to lay off nearly 1,400 Education Department employees

Kevin Toslon

Former York Co. Sheriff arrested following crash

Watch On Crime

Cornelius police corporal charged with DWI

Trump Education Grant Freeze

NC and 23 other states sue Trump administration over frozen after-school and summer program funding

Ukraine Crisis

Trump threatens Russia with tariffs and boosts US weapons for Ukraine

Two people were hurt during a shooting at the QuickTrip on Eastway Drive on Monday.

2 hurt in shooting at east Charlotte gas station

Logan Calaway

UPDATE: Man charged for kidnapping a woman is facing multiple new felony charges after second kidnapping attempt

Aptopix Congress Tax Cuts

UPDATE: Republican-led House gives final passage to Trump’s tax bill

Obit Michael Madsen

Michael Madsen, ‘Reservoir Dogs’ and ‘Kill Bill’ star, dies at 66

North Carolina

NC governor vetoes anti-DEI and transgender rights bills, calling them ‘mean-spirited’

Nissan Engine Recall

Nissan recalls more than 480,000 vehicles due to engine failure risk

Tracey Teague

Woman on Burke County’s ‘Most Wanted’ list arrested

Supreme Court

Supreme Court will take up a new case about which school sports teams transgender students can join

Microsoft Layoffs

Microsoft announces another mass layoff

Sean Combs

UPDATE: Sean “Diddy” Combs acquitted of most serious charges, convicted of a prostitution-related offense

Sean Combs

Jury reaches verdict on 4 of 5 counts in Diddy trial, judge indicates they’ll keep deliberating

Deputy Killed South Carolina

SC deputy shot and killed in what sheriff calls an ambush

5 cars were seized during a street takeover operation in Charlotte on 6/27/25.

$1.5m worth of cars seized during illegal street racing operation

Obit Jimmy Swaggart

Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart dies at 90

Goldman Sachs: Artificial Intelligence Could Impact 300 Million Jobs

Senate strikes AI provision from GOP bill after uproar from the states

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Elon Musk in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, May 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Musk proposes a new political party, Trump suggests DOGE ‘might have to go back and eat Elon’

Supreme Court Affirmative Action

Trump administration finds Harvard failed to protect Jewish students, threatens to cut all funding

Supreme Court Transgender Health

Supreme Court throws out appellate rulings in favor of transgender people in NC and 3 other states

Fredrick Bivens is charged with death by distribution following an overdose death in Monroe.

Suspected drug dealer charged following overdose death in Monroe

Sean Combs

Jury due to begin deliberating in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ sex trafficking trial

Generic Congress

Senate Republicans are in a sprint on Trump’s big bill after a weekend of setbacks

Sean Combs

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ lawyer mocks sex trafficking case in closing

Kings Mtn Ice

Local police working with ICE for operation at a business in Kings Mountain

Nascar Pocono Auto Racing

Judge orders NASCAR teams to turn over financial data to stock car series

Shooting

One person dead after shooting in east Charlotte

Tropical Storm

Tropical Storm Andrea forms, first of Atlantic hurricane season

UPDATE: Second person dies after crash involving a Charlotte Water truck

Heat And Drought

Mecklenburg Co. designates cooling centers to help people beat the heat

TSA officers found a knife and saw blade inside a cane at Charlotte Douglas Airport.

TSA makes unusual discovery inside passenger’s cane at Charlotte airport

R&B singer Chris Brown arrives at Southwark Crown Court to attend a plea hearing in London, Friday, June 20, 2025.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Singer Chris Brown pleads not guilty in London nightclub assault case

Tiktok Lawsuit

Trump delays TikTok ban deadline again

Heat And Drought

Heat dome will blanket much of the US

This image from rocketfuture.org shows a SpaceX rocket explodes at Starbase, SpaceX’s launch site at the southern tip of Texas late Wednesday, June 18, 2025.

SpaceX rocket being tested in Texas explodes, but no injuries reported

Death investigation underway Friday after a person was found dead in west Charlotte.

UPDATE: Woman found dead under water in west Charlotte identified

Karen Read Trial

Karen Read found not guilty of second-degree murder, guilty of drunken driving in boyfriend’s death

Generic Money

Federal Reserve leaves its key rate unchanged but sees two cuts this year

The first Zoox robotaxis will soon be available for public riders in Las Vegas, Nevada and San Francisco. Photo from Amazon.

Amazon hopes to deliver 10,000 robotaxis annually with new factory

Watch On Health

Deadly listeria outbreak linked to chicken alfredo fettuccine sold at Walmart and Kroger

Pete Hegseth

Hegseth says the Pentagon has given Trump possible options for Israel-Iran conflict

Mideast Wars

Iran’s leader rejects call to surrender, saying US intervention would cause ‘irreparable damage’

Supreme Court Trump

Supreme Court upholds TN ban on gender-affirming care for transgender kids

Supreme Court

Toy company challenges Trump’s tariffs before the Supreme Court

Italy Spanish Steps

80-year-old drives luxury car down Rome’s Spanish Steps and gets stuck

Lincolnton Lockdown

Shooting threat leads to lockdown of Lincolnton businesses and city offices

Tiktok Lawsuit

Trump suggests he’ll extend deadline for TikTok’s Chinese owner to sell app

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