Last year was the nationβs worst year for measles spread since 1991, according to the CDC. The U.S. confirmed 2,255 cases and nearly 50 different outbreaks. Three people died, all of them unvaccinated, including two children in Texas.
Robert Graham, chief of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Emergency Management, says officials are closely monitoring conditions across the city and coordinating with local agencies to ensure public safety.Β
Several school districts across the WCCB viewing area are either cancelling class on Monday or moving to remote learning as a result of the winter storm.
Two shelters are open in York County to assist the Countyβs vulnerable and at-need populations. The Northside Recreation Center in Rock Hill and the York Recreation Center in York have opened shelter operations and will remain open until further notice.
Two cases of measles have been confirmed in Mecklenburg County.
Before the potential big storm, fill you sports calendar with basketball from the Charlotte 49ers, Wingate, Winthrop and the Charlotte Hornets. Click through the gallery to see all the sporting events happening in and around Charlotte each week.
If you have outdoor pets bring them inside. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Animal Care & Control says if your animal normal lives outside, now is the time to make an exception. Their safety depends on it.
Adam Wurtzel went to Music Go Round in Rock Hill, where he used one of their guitars to get some lessons.
An arrest in a deadly shooting that happened at a house party in Rock Hill. 20-year-old Ryan Price is accused of shooting a person at a home on Old Friendship Road Saturday night.
The storm arriving late this week and into the weekend is shaping up to be a βwidespread potentially catastrophic event from Texas to the Carolinas,β said Ryan Maue, a former chief scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Check out the York County mugshots from January 12th β January 18th.
Lancaster Police have identified a bicyclist hit and killed by a vehicle.
While most locations see mainly rain on Sunday, the Piedmont could see a few wet bursts of snow as the moisture exits to the northeast.
A proposal to allow casino gambling in South Carolina is advancing in the State House.
A man has been charged with murder in connection to a deadly shooting in Lancaster on Thursday night.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services confirmed two positive cases of measles in Cabarrus County.
The end of the Panthers season shouldn't stop you from having a full sports schedule including the Charlotte 49ers, Wingate and the Charlotte Hornets. Click through the gallery to see all the sporting events happening in and around Charlotte each week.
The monks Walk for Peace passed through the Carolinas on their 2300 mile journey to promote peace, compassion and mindfulness across 10 states. Thousands of people waited to greet them at Marion Diehl Rec Center in South Charlotte.
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