Cornelius News

He and girlfriend Melanie McIntosh, plus his sister and brother-in-law, will be owners – "It's really a family-oriented business," he says – and he plans to "get back to my roots." Those involve lots of use of local produce and products, a casual feel but upscale quality, and midrange prices.

A conditional-use request made last October to expand an existing Sam's Mart and turn it into a 7-Eleven store is finally headed toward a decision in this north Mecklenburg town.

Charlotte city officials came to Raleigh Wednesday trying to delay or even stop a push for an independent airport authority, even before getting an expected assist from the Charlotte Chamber.

The town's 24-cent tax rate would remain the same under Town Manager Anthony Roberts' proposed $17.6 million fiscal year 2014 town budget.

That not only sounds vulgar - what you might call a hod carrier who accidentally dropped a cinder block on your foot, or an old-home renovation project gone way wrong - it also can be a pain in the pocketbook for a developer.

State Rep. Robert Brawley, R-Iredell, said Sunday he opposes toll lanes on Interstate 77 – the first state politician to openly oppose the N.C. Department of Transportation's $550 million plan.

From time to time, I try to answer questions posed by readers. The following are a few of the most frequently asked in recent weeks.

The Asheville poetry scene is currently enjoying a boom, but poet Laura Hope-Gill remembers a time when listening to live poetry was a road less-traveled in Asheville.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools officials and police will meet Wednesday evening with parents at Hough High School, where false bomb threats and other incidents have caused the school to be put on lockdown four times in the past week.

There are nearly 600 boats moored at the Bluestone Harbor community in Cornelius.

A school board member told Channel 9 there will be a parent meeting at Hough High School Wednesday evening.

Legislators rush in and out. Lobbyists hover outside the tall windows, waiting a turn with one of North Carolina's most visible lawmakers.

Students wait in the football stadium after a threat about a suspicious package has led to the evacuation of Hough High School in Cornelius -- for the third time in a week.

One World Dragon Boat founder Denise Bauer after receiving a medal as member of the U.S. team at the 2012 international dragon boat championships in Milan.

Special to the Times BLYTHE - A North Carolina man was arrested by Blythe Police and charged with driving while intoxicated after leading police on a high-speed chase through town.

RALEIGH A proposal to make hospital bills more transparent and easy to understand sprinted through a Senate committee Wednesday with bipartisan support.

Cornelius police and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools arrested a student Wednesday in connection with a Tuesday bomb threat made at a local high school.

Voter ID might dominate the agenda when it finally makes it to the House floor Wednesday after having passed its last committee Tuesday.

Hough High School in Cornelius was evacuated Tuesday morning after someone reported seeing a suspicious package inside the Cornelius school, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools officials.

Elevation Church will seek zoning approval Monday to open a multimillion-dollar worship and performing arts center in the old Palace Theater off West Catawba Avenue in Cornelius.