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In an interview with “CBS This Morning,” Rakeyia Scott told co-host Gayle King that she doesn’t believe officer Brentley Vinson fatally shot her husband last month. In the interview, Scott doesn’t say who she believes killed Scott. “Officer Vinson, I don’t believe shot my husband,” Rakeyia Scott said. “Because of the positioning when the shooting […]

The Thereasea Clark Elder Community Appreciation Ceremony will celebrate the life and work of Ms. Elders and launch the T.C. Elder Community Health Leadership Academy on Thursday. Elder was a pioneering public health nurse with the Mecklenburg County Health Department from 1962 to 1989. The T.C. Elder Community Health Leadership Academy will focus on chronic […]

Governor Pat McCrory and Democratic candidate Roy Cooper State squared off tonight about everything from Republican nominee Donald Trump’s comments about women to the Black Lives Matter Movement. On HB972 (Releasing Police Camera Footage) McCrory: We need to balance the public interests, we also need to balance the constitutional rights of those being investigating. I […]

Pat McCrory doesn’t get it. During his debate with Democratic candidate Roy Cooper,  McCrory quoted Martin Luther King Jr and then went on to say “All lives should matter. We should value every single human life.” The comment underscores the disconnect between people who vilify Black Lives Matter and those who seek to understand the […]

Interested in learning more about how faith organizations are coming together to fight heart disease, diabetes and obesity? Join the Village HeartBEAT, sponsored by the Mecklenburg County’s Health Department, for an information session about how your church can get involved. It’s fun, family, faith and fitness. They are saving the community, one church at a […]

The portrait of slavery for far too long has been that of the docile and acquiescing slave always buckling under the weight of a cruel and unjust system. But with the release of ‘The Birth of a Nation,’ a different picture of the slave experience emerges. It’s a picture of insurrection and rebellion. It’s a […]

Vance High graduate Devyne Johnson is bringing her indie film, “Mosaic,” to Ayrsley Grand Cinemas 14 on Saturday and Sunday. “Mosiac” is the first screenplay written by Johnson, and produced by her company Artefaekts, is close to her heart. “I couldn’t move on with anything else without honoring this one,” said Johnson who has written […]

Congrats to the Levine Museum of the New South’s ¡NUEVOlution! exhibit. The Southeastern Museum Conference named it as the winner of three awards in their annual exhibit and technology competitions for the current exhibit, ¡NUEVOlution!: Latinos and the New South. ¡NUEVOlution! received the top “Excellence in Exhibitions” Gold Award for exhibits with budgets over $100,000. […]

Photographer Mark Pendergrass of Creative Exposure Through The Arts is hosting a The Dress to Express – Black Lives Matter photo session on Saturday. Pendergraph works with local high school students to teach them the art photography. ICMYI: Charlotte Police Chief Kerr Putney Calls For Independent Review and More Changes Saturday’s event is event will give […]

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr Putney is going to be more transparent regarding police video and ask for independent review of department. Putney has been under intense pressure following the officer-involved fatal shooting of Keith Lamont Scott a couple of weeks ago. After finally succumbing to pressure, Putney released more footage from the Sept. 20 shooting […]

Calling him ‘bruh’ and ‘big man,’ Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police worked to save Keith Lamont Scott after Officer Brentley Vinson fatally shot Scott on Sept. 20 at his apartment complex in North Charlotte. Sign Up For Our Newsletter! On the 16-minute body camera, the opening scenes were previously released. In the remaining footage, officers work to cover […]

If you missed Michelle Obama’s speech in Charlotte, we’ve compiled a list of our favorite quotes. “We need to do everything we can to help Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine to win this election.” – Michelle Obama “Elections aren’t just about who votes. It’s about who doesn’t.” “Experience matter, preparation matters, temperament matters. Hillary Clinton […]