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SportsCharlotte, N.C. — Carolina Panthers players learned midstream on Thursday that Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts will miss Sunday’s road kickoff after doctors found a clot in his calf, forcing a late defensive reset before the Week 6 trip. Some heard the news on phones…
From the HERE City National DeskBETHANY, Okla. — Southern Nazarene University announced Thursday the death of Crimson Storm safety Tyler Ulrich, a week after he left an away game on a stretcher, and scrubbed this weekend trip to Southwestern Oklahoma State. Ulrich was 21. He went down Saturday in Arkadelphia,…
From the HERE City National DeskLOS ANGELES — Milwaukee finished off Los Angeles, the two-time reigning World Series champs, on Thursday night, taking National League Championship Series Game 4 by a 6-4 score at Dodger Stadium and completing a four-game sweep that sends the franchise back to the Fall Classic…
From the HERE City National DeskDENVER — Wil Lutz drilled a 53-yard kick in overtime Thursday night, and the Denver Broncos escaped with a 17-14 result against Seattle at Mile High Stadium after JaQuan McMillian picked off Sam Darnold on the first sudden-death drive. Seattle opened overtime and faced third-and-7…
From the HERE City National DeskMINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota coach Niko Medved spent more than seven minutes after the Thursday exhibition ripping the NCAA for how it rolled out a five-seasons-in-five-years eligibility model, saying the timing and legal fallout have left hundreds of players and coaches in limbo. Medved said he…
Education
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Parents used the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education's first regular business session since Superintendent Crystal Hill was ousted to demand that a majority of the board step aside. Tuesday night's session was the board's first since its 5-4 vote on Sept. 22 to remove Hill. Before she was…
Business
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte got its first Wegmans on Wednesday, and some shoppers were so eager that they spent the night outside the Ballantyne store to be among the first through the doors. Doors swung open Oct. 14 at 9 a.m. at 11550 N. Community House Road. The line started…
Business
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Bank of America, the Charlotte-based banking giant, said Wednesday that a $1.2 billion regulatory penalty for anti-money-laundering failures cut into third-quarter profit even as core lending income kept growing. The company reported net income of about $6.93 billion, or 91 cents a share, for the quarter ended…
Business
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Hoppin Charlotte, the self-serve brewery on Winnifred Street near South Church Street in Charlotte’s South End, said Wednesday it is preparing to shut down. An Oct. 14 social post from the taproom said management is closing the doors without giving a final calendar date or a detailed…
Politics
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In-person early voting for the Nov. 3 general election begins Thursday, giving Charlotte and Mecklenburg County voters more than two weeks to cast a ballot before Election Day. Across North Carolina, 370 early sites are opening. Voters may use any early location inside the county where they…
From the HERE City State Desk
RALEIGH, N.C. — A pen mark from an election worker will not cancel your vote, North Carolina election officials say, as an old social media claim about marked ballots circulates again during early voting. The posts tell voters that any writing by an election worker spoils a ballot and that…
From the HERE City State Desk
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina couples must live apart for a full year before a judge can grant a divorce, a requirement that dates to 1931, and a proposal in the state Senate would cut that wait in half. Senate Bill 836, titled the Domestic Violence Divorce Reform Act, would…
Health
Charlotte, N.C. — Atrium Health detailed a $340 million, five-year push on Wednesday to grow behavioral healthcare across the Charlotte region, with a renovated University City hospital site near Mallard Creek at the center of the plan. Eugene A. Woods, chief executive of Advocate Health, which includes Atrium, cast the…
Health
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Two North Carolina health systems said Wednesday they want to put 200 new hospital beds on Charlotte’s Mecklenburg County north and west edges, filing state paperwork for campuses meant to pull advanced care out of the crowded Uptown core. Duke Health and CaroMont Health are asking regulators…
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