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Driver Sentenced For Charges Related To A Deadly 2016 Accident

A 30-year-old man will spend the next five to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to charges related to a deadly accident on June 1, 2016.

Principal Of Lake Norman Charter Discusses Student Walk Out

The principal of Lake Norman Charter, Craig Smith, talks about the decision to allow students to walk out on March 14th as part of the nationwide demonstration to stand up for school safety.

Registered Sex Offender Arrested For Having Multiple Facebook Accounts

Deputies say they charged a registered sex offender for having multiple Facebook accounts.

Students Walkout at Several Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Wednesday

Students at several Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools joined others across the country for a walkout Wednesday. They want to call attention to school safety concerns in the wake of the Florida school shooting.

Panthers Re-Sign Julius Peppers To One-Year Contract

The Carolina Panthers have re-signed defensive end Julius Peppers to a one-year contract, the team announced Wednesday.

CIAA Votes To Accept Claflin University As Newest Member

The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Board of Directors voted Wednesday to formally accept Claflin University as a member institution, according to the conference office.

Students To Walk Out Nationwide Protesting Gun Violence

From Maine to Hawaii, students planned to walk out of school Wednesday to protest gun violence in the biggest demonstration yet of the student activism that has emerged in response to last month’s massacre of 17 people at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Davis Leads Pelicans Past Hornets, 119-115

Dwight Howard had 22 points, 11 rebounds and three blocked shots for Charlotte, while Kemba Walker added 22 points.

Charlotte Happenings with Moira Quinn

Moira Quinn with Charlotte Center City Partners stopped by to tell the couch crew what events are happening this weekend!

#Trending: The 1st Look at 'Fantastic Beasts 2' & a Reporter's Viral Eye Roll

The first trailer is out for 'Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald' & a reporter's eye roll from China has gone viral!

School Closings, March 14th

The following schools will be closed today or on a delay due to winter weather.

Stephen Hawking, Tourist of the Universe, Dead at 76

In his final years, the only thing connecting the brilliant physicist to the outside world was a couple of inches of frayed nerve in his cheek.

Is Charlotte The Next Silicon Valley?

Forbes says the Queen City is now the number three metro area with the most science, technology, engineering and math job growth in the country.

A Kings Mountain Company Is Outfitting Students With Bulletproof Backpacks.

A Kings Mountain company is taking tech originally created for police officers and helping keep kids safe at school.

Ropes, Phone Lights Used In Rescue After Deadly Bus Plunge

Lulled asleep by the humming of their Texas-bound charter bus following a trip to Disney World, members of a high school band were jarred awake before dawn Tuesday when the rig ran off a highway and plunged into a deep ravine.

Student Walkouts Planned Across US To Protest Gun Violence

From Maine to Hawaii, thousands of students planned to stage walkouts Wednesday to protest gun violence, one month after the deadly shooting inside a high school in Parkland, Florida.

Trump Replaces Tillerson With Pompeo In Dramatic Shakeup

President Donald Trump unceremoniously dumped Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday — by tweet — and picked CIA Director Mike Pompeo to take his place, abruptly ending Tillerson’s turbulent tenure as America’s top diplomat and escalating the administration’s chaotic second-year shake-up.