After a jam-packed surprise presentation in the high school stadium, Anita and her family were whisked off in a limousine to meet the superstar driver of car #48.
High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a big problem in the U.S. among men. It’s also the single most important risk factor of stroke. And, for men - the risk of stroke is higher and more dangerous.
Cassidy Hooper is one of only a few people in the world born with no eyes and no nose. We first met her in 2008, at 11 years old. She’s now 22 and just graduated from Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte.
Crystal Mosteller Hopson, the director of Hartman’s Haven Dog Rescue in Hickory, was headed to a longtime-volunteer’s wedding rehearsal Friday when she noticed a brown box with big bold letters that read, “FREE PUPPIES.”
Just a few days before Mother’s Day, we’re introducing three generations of women, keeping a local business alive in Indian Trail, going up against big box stores, and some preconceived notions about their industry.
This week they got word his nasty DIPG brain tumor – diagnosed last year – has grown. Doctors took him off his chemo pills. It was also decided if he did more radiation, it’d do more harm than good.
Ellie Brynn Basset, Loren and Mike Bassett's long-awaited bundle of joy, was born in late March after a long and winding journey to parenthood. They say having her, holding her -- still hasn't quite sunk in
Rami Alramadhan was one of six students shot when a gunman opened fire in their UNCC classroom on May 30. Alramadhan and three other students survived, but two students were killed in the shooting.
21-year-old Riley Howell was shot and killed, but his actions delayed the shooter, giving police more time to respond and fellow students a chance to escape.
The Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) JROTC Program is celebrating another successful school year. More than 3,000 students are enrolled and participated in the Cadet Achievement Awards program recently at Bojangles Coliseum.
CMPD Animal Care & Control is asking for volunteers to help feed the furbabies after 6:30 p.m. every day - but that other shifts also need to be filled.
Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Opal Tometi spoke at Wingate University on April 23. She came to the university to talk about the mission of Black Lives Matter and to hear the concerns of students.
Six years. Five miscarriages. Multiple rounds of IVF and IUI cycles. Charlottean Nichelle Sublett and her husband, Harold’s journey to parenthood hasn’t been easy. But she continues to share her story in hopes that it will help others.
According to the South Carolina Legislature, the corner of South Carolina Highway 160 and U.S. Highway 21 in York County will be named “Karson Bailey Whitesell Memorial Intersection.”
The unconventional treatment proved to be somewhat of a miracle for this former deputy. He's now overdue for a second treatment, which he'll need to keep this progress moving forward.
Granting wishes for sick children is what “Make-A-Wish” Foundation has made possible across the country for years, but one North Carolina woman decided there was a need to do the same for adults.
According to the Charlotte Curling Association, the athletes will compete against the eight returning 2019 National Team members for a spot on the 2020 National Wheelchair Curling Team.
A Gaston County pediatric cancer survivor looking for scholarships wasn’t looking for outright money. She’d been accepted and was instead wanting links for scholarships aimed at aiding cancer-surviving kids who have overcome obstacles.
A new 10K race is coming to Charlotte and it promises an exciting route unlike any other. The race will take participants along I-77...on foot! Plus, the Around the Crown 10K will become one of the country's most eco-friendly, sustainable race.
Success stories where black mothers got the care they needed - and deserved, without implicit or explicit racial bias playing a role. Aneka Jackson of Charlotte is one of them.
Chief Putney invited the community to join him for important conversations about the role officers play and their relationship with the people they serve.
While the history of racial bias in medicine dates back more than a century in the U.S., it’s only recently begun to be seen as a contributing factor to why the black maternal mortality rate is three to four times higher than that of white women.
At least seven protests were planned for Monday night in response to the video’s release, according to CMPD Chief Kerr Putney. Council members and religious leaders from the community said they plan on being at the various demonstrations to call for peace and calm.
Charlotte community leaders are responding to the video released Monday of the latest Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police (CMPD) fatal officer-involved shooting.
27-year-old Danquirs Franklin was shot by veteran CMPD officer Wende Kerl, who has been a part of the department since 1995, around 9 a.m. on March 25 in the parking lot of the Burger King on Beatties Ford Road.
Of the hundreds of doulas in Charlotte, only five to ten percent of them are Black. But as experts see a rise in the number of Black doulas across the country – could it help save more black mothers?
As we continue our special look at black maternal health during the national Black Maternal Health week, we recognized through poring over pages of research and talking to black mothers, birth advocates and doctors that there are areas of concern.
An 18-year-old Cabarrus County girl who lives with Down Syndrome has always had a dream to dance for an NBA team. Recently, her classmates at Mount Pleasant High School helped make her dream came true.
The Levine Cancer Institute is asking the community to step in and help knit neurons. In the summer, they’ll all fit together, to make one giant art piece – it’ll look like a brain.
By comparison, black women are 22 percent more likely to die from heart disease, 71 percent more likely to perish from cervical cancer and a whopping 243 percent more likely to die from pregnancy or childbirth related causes than white women.
A year into On Your Side Tonight with Jamie Boll, the show has set itself apart from other local news programs in the market by educating viewers with in-depth, daily features.
Ally is waiting for a scan of everything, from her head to sinuses, heart, lungs, all the way down to her kidneys. Later this month she’ll be back at Levine Children’s for 8 straight days of high-dose chemotherapy. She has also been getting her stem cells harvested, for a stem cell transplant that w
The Charlotte-based bank said its minimum wage will rise from slightly higher than $15 an hour to $17 an hour on May 1. The minimum will continue to rise until hitting $20 an hour in 2021, the bank said.
Two Saturdays ago I wrote about a little girl just two days old. Livi Sigmon. Her older brother, Luke, had been one of our #MollysKids. Way down in the post I mentioned that Luke/Livi's mom had started a Foundation in Luke's memory.
Nicki Washington is using her professional experience and love for STEM to help grow the number of women in the industry, and help them succeed in a professional environment.
We've heard the calls before: More girls and women are needed in the STEM industry. STEM is the acronym for fields in science, technology, engineering and math...all industries which significantly lack females. We found one local woman, a self-proclaimed "STEMinist", bucking the trend.
Gage Boyles was premature in part because he lacked oxygen, which ultimately ended up causing a mild form of cerebral palsy. He recently received what his mom calls a "life-changing" surgery.
Just feet away from a newly-laid memorial, feet away from where a young mom was killed, dozens of community members met to talk gun violence, and how to move forward, together.
There’s a number of people who say they are sick and tired of violence in Charlotte. Almost 24 hours after Kendal Crank lost her life Thursday night, there was a movement at the very intersection where she was shot to death, but the timing of it has some people asking questions.
Dozens of people packed the Friendship Missionary Baptist Church Thursday night for a meeting with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Chief Kerr Putney.
More than 100 families will find new child care, as Steele Creek Presbyterian and the daycare attached become another piece of land to be bought by Charlotte International Airport.
