Queen City News

Via: CharlotteObserver.com Sleet and snow have left roadways across the Charlotte metro region treacherous Saturday morning, and little improvement in highway conditions is expected for the rest of the day. Heavy sleet moved across the Charlotte area before daybreak, falling on top of several inches of snow that fell hours earlier north and west of […]

Via: QCityMetro.com Eric Greene grew up in a Baltimore neighborhood that was so rough it was the subject of an HBO mini-series. Noah Stewart grew up in Harlem. They weren’t exposed to opera music as youths, yet there they were, onstage performing as Schaunard and Rodolfo in “La Bohème.” Greene and Stewart are main characters […]

Via: CharlotteObserver.com Gerald Wallace didn’t want to hear rumors Thursday, no matter how reliable the information, no matter who was sharing it. So when his agent passed along word he’d be named an All-Star hours later, Wallace cut him off. “If you’re not 100 percent sure,’’ Wallace said, “then I don’t want to be crushed […]

Via: CharlotteObserver.com Road crews and utility companies are hurrying preparations Friday afternoon in advance of an approaching winter storm that threatens to bring heavy snow, dangerous sleet and possibly an ice storm to the Charlotte metro region. Winter storm warnings are posted for most of the area, from this evening until Saturday evening. Precipitation is […]

Via: CharlotteObserver.com Heavy rain late Sunday and early Monday caused flooding that forced evacuations and rescues across the Charlotte metro region. No serious injuries were reported, but a number of roads and intersections remain closed this morning. The Rowan-Salisbury Schools are closed today, and the Cabarrus County Schools are opening on a two-hour delay, due […]

Via: CharlotteObserver.com Wallace’s bid to be All-Star gets help from 2nd-graders. How’s this for a living, breathing civics lesson? There are Charlotte second-graders learning about the political process by writing Eastern Conference coaches to support Bobcats star Gerald Wallace’s All-Star candidacy. At least that’s the reasonable conclusion, from Atlanta Hawks coach Mike Woodson’s mail this […]

Via: CharlotteObserver.com Dr. Will Conner walks into a small office at the back of the Haitian hospital where several of his patients and their families lie on mattresses spread across the floor. They greet the Matthews doctor, who’s at the end of his spur-of-the-moment, four-day shift in earthquake relief, calling out “Dr. William, Dr. William.” […]

Via: CharlotteObserver.com Trying to get fit? Stop worrying about being up or down a few pounds. That’s the consensus of local doctors we asked to help us wade through the bewildering and sometimes conflicting number of ways to measure your fitness level. Instead, these doctors say, you need to pay attention to your Body Mass […]

Via: CharlotteObserver.com From the Westside’s Thomasboro neighborhood to the streets of uptown, Charlotteans kicked off the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend Saturday with service, marching bands and a promise to keep King’s dream alive. More than 120 volunteers handed out fire-prevention fliers door-to-door in the low-income area around Thomasboro Elementary School. Hundreds more cheered […]

Via: CharlotteObserver.com Linda Majchrzak of Charlotte is the financial management officer at the U.S. Embassy in earthquake-leveled Port au Prince, Haiti. Here’s a Q&A with her. What are you doing? “We all pitch in and take care of whatever is necessary. No one is beneath emptying garbage cans, mopping floors, or even cleaning toilets. We […]

Via: CharlotteObserver.com Aid organizations warn that well-intentioned efforts like collecting bottled water and clothing on your own may not be the most helpful thing for a disaster-ravaged country that doesn’t have the infrastructure to distribute them. Here are some of the organizations accepting donations for earthquake relief. To donate $10 to the American Red Cross, […]

Why Volunteer on King Day? With Dr. King’s leadership, our nation made great strides against racial discrimination and toward increased civil rights. Dr. King’s teachings can continue to guide us in addressing our nation’s most pressing social needs today. Each of us can contribute to strengthening our own communities by serving in Dr. King’s honor […]