North Carolina Daily news North Carolina Daily news Rss feed

  • Police Man shot in back in east Charlotte shooting

    One man was in the hospital with life-threatening injuries Saturday night after a shooting on Jenkins Drive in east Charlotte. Police said the man was shot in the back at about 9:30 p.m. Medic responded to the scene, which is located off Albemarle Road, and took the victim to Carolinas Medical Center in Dilworth for treatment. Police had few details about what happened and no suspects in ...

  • Lots on the line in UNC-NC State rubber game

    Durham, N.C. - North Carolina and North Carolina State are each top-10 national baseball programs that happen to be in-state rivals, have a national seed to play for and a conference tournament title chance on the line. When the ACC scheduled them to play the pool-play finale at Durham Bulls Athletic Park Saturday night, they had their fingers crossed that the game would still be ...

  • New N.C. exams test teachers – in more ways than one

    These subjects have N.C. exams this year. Those in bold are considered end-of-grade or end-of-course tests, which will be used to grade schools. The rest are used only to calculate teacher ...

  • Charlotte nurse gets national attention for helping others

    Carolinas Medical Center nurse Nancy James saw her first NASCAR race on Saturday, May 25, 2013 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, NC, thanks to History Channel's Trace Arnold. Arnold is traveling with the Cross Country Cookout Tour. Jeff Siner - ...

  • Conservancy nature hikes return

    Want to go? The Catawba Lands Conservancy will host three more hikes in the coming months: June 29, 9-11 a.m., Pinhook Preserve/Redlair, near Gastonia. The focus will be on the big-leaf magnolia. July 27, 9-11 a.m., Buffalo Creek Preserve, Mt. Pleasant, Cabarrus County. Aug. 25, 9-11 a.m., Redlair preserve, near Gastonia. The focus will be on the federally endangered Schweintz’s sunflower. ...


partlycloudy
Charlotte Weather
71.3°F Scattered Clouds
Winds: Calm
Sun
clear
79° 50°
Mon
partlycloudy
77° 54°
Tue
partlycloudy
81° 57°
Last Updated on May 25, 8:41 PM EDT
Weather sourced from Weather Underground

Movie Review

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Extended Edition) [DVD]

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Extended Edition) [DVD]

Unlike The Fellowship of the Ring, which opened with an information-packed prologue and then slowly eased itself into an extensive and leisurely introduction to all the major characters in the film, The Two Towers, the second installment of Peter Jacksons gloriously ambitious adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkiens sprawling fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings, dives right into the acti ... ...

On Facebook

  • 1 dead 1 missing in Davidson County boat wreck

    Wildlife officials say a speedboat collided and went over the top of a pontoon boat around 12:30 p.m. Saturday on the northern part of the lake near ...

  • Big cut to NC wildlife agency would hit close to home for hunters anglers

    N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission Created in 1947, the commission’s mission is to conserve and sustain fish and wildlife. It also enforces the state’s hunting, fishing, trapping and boating laws. It employs biologists, wildlife officers, educators and others. The commission manages 2 million acres of public game land; 49 lakes and ponds, including 31 dams; 73 waterfowl impoundments; ...

  • Police search for suspects in restaurant robbery

    Observer staff reports Charlotte-Mecklenburg police Saturday were searching for suspects who robbed a Jack in the Box restaurant in South Charlotte. The robbery occurred at the fast-food location off Arrowood Road early Saturday morning. No one was injured in the incident. Few details about the suspects were immediately ...

  • Police Lincolnton man shot wife in head

    A Lincolnton man is in jail on a murder charge for allegedly shooting his wife in the head. Police were alerted to the homicide Saturday at 12:30 p.m. when the man called 911 and threatened to commit suicide. He told dispatchers that he had just killed his wife, according to a news release from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded to the man’s home at 1243 ...

  • Marijuana found in bathroom at York County jail

    YORK Detention officers found marijuana in a bathroom of the booking area of the York County jail early Thursday morning, according to a sheriff’s office report. The pot was in the bathroom where inmates go through intake, the report states. The drugs were turned into evidence then destroyed. The incident is the second time in a month that marijuana was found inside the ...

More North Carolina Daily news