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Tom Spivey will retire as principal of Myers Park High School with more than 730 vacation days he never took.

Christine T. NguyenStratton Barth of Greensobo and Haleigh Baxter of Greenville joke before North Carolina School of Science and Math's commencement exercises on Saturday, May 25, 2013.

Johnson C. Smith University students began protests in front of Tryon Street businesses Feb.

In one black-and-white image, a teenager in a hoodie stands on a field, hand outstretched, gripping a football.

The collapse of an interstate bridge outside Seattle raises questions about the safety of bridges in North Carolina.

Nudists for Jesus: Police responded to Providence Road last week after receiving multiple 911 calls regarding a family taking a stroll through the city.

In the past five years, the accident rate involving pedestrians and vehicles in Charlotte has remained stable, according to a city study released Friday.

Police respond to a drive-by shooting on Kennon and Pegram Streets in Charlotte.

Curtis Alfred Johnson Jr. 49, of 2426 Sun Valley Trl. in Lincolnton was charged May 20 with one count each of second-degree trespassing and cyberstalking.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police were dispatched to the corner of Kennon and Pegram Street shortly after 4:30 p.m. this afternoon.

Emergency workers apply foam to a small Cessna that landed short of runway 36R at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, Friday, May 24, 23013.

Mooresville police are seeking the public's help in identifying this suspect in an attempted robbery at Fifth Third Bank on North Main Street Friday morning.

Partners are seeking to fill more than 300,000 square feet of uptown office space that isn't yet close to joining the city's skyline Imagine signing a lease for offices in a building at the same time you have to imagine both the offices and the building.

Editor's note: In this series, local author David Aaron Moore answers reader-submitted questions about unusual, noteworthy or historic people, places and things in Charlotte.

Realtor Randy Cernohorsky and his partner John Causby, who owns a sound studio in Charlotte, say Uptown is right where they want to be.

Teresa Davis, president of the Charlotte Business Guild, will celebrate her 50th birthday, along with board member Jai Taylor, at a fundraiser for the LGBT Community Center of Charlotte will be held on May 25, 7 p.m., at the center, 2508 N. Davidson St.

The Mecklenburg LGBT Political Action Committee , is searching for new members to join its steering committee and invites interested parties to attend its June 4 meeting, 6:30-8 p.m., at the LGBT Community Center of Charlotte, 2508 N. Davidson St.

This week's Food Lion Speed Street has been deemed an extraordinary event, which means police have more power to keep the peace.

Kaveh Darafsheh, a south Charlotte resident who lives off Providence Road, will work as an intern this summer for NASA through the Langley Aerospace Research Student Scholars program.

A Charlotte woman who apparently had her fill of her son's behavior issues has decided to let local police deal with him.