Matthews News

Students Stephnie Quinteros, 15, Elyse Manhollan, 15, Maria Patino, 15, and Estefany Carcamo, 15, at work Monday Dec. 9, 2013, during their first-block math class online in a classroom designed as a digital lounge at the "iMeck Academy" magnet at Cochrane Collegiate Academy.

Wet weather coupled with a cold snap put a damper on Christmasville festivities in Rock Hill this past weekend as event organizers scrambled to relocate and cancel some events.

Here's what CMS staff recommends for nine community requests for boundary changes.

Wanted, high energy sales person for Sears Home Appliance Showrooms in Huntersville, Northlake and Matthews NC.

Deputies shot and injured a 23-year-old Mecklenburg County man in eastern Lincoln County Thursday afternoon after the suspect, who tried to rob a local pharmacy earlier in the day, first fired two shots at officers, the Sheriff's Office said.

DSW has 4 Charlotte area locations. They're at Morrocroft Village on Colony Road, Carolina Pavilion on South Boulevard, Windsor Square in Matthews, and The Pavilion at King Grant in Concord.

In this Friday, Nov. 29, 2013, file photo, Shoppers rest on chairs in the Fashion Show mall in Las Vegas.

The North Carolina Department of Transportation has scheduled open houses and public hearings Dec. 9-11 regarding the proposed Monroe Connector/Bypass, a new location roadway from Interstate 485 in Mecklenburg County to U.S. 74 near Marshville in Union County.

To understand how to buy the most ecologically beneficial landscaping for your home in Charlotte, you must first understand the geography and climate of your yard and the Charlotte region.

A North Carolina doctor named Ty L. Bullard recently published an alarming op-ed in the Charlotte Observer about his recent experience in a state-mandated concealed carry handgun class.

ASHEVILLE - The Winter Habitat for Humanity Concert, sponsored by West Asheville Presbyterian Church and the Community on Haywood, will be at 7 p.m. Sunday at the church, 690 Haywood Road.

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This sweepstakes parlor at the Woodlawn Business Center on the corner of Old Pineville Road and Woodlawn Road is closed.

"He loves to stand up, of course with a little help," read one of her blog posts about her oldest son, Luke.

Charlotte's consumers are becoming more aware of what they eat and want more organic and local nutritious options.

The track team at Crestdale Middle School in Matthews, NC, works hard, but according to new research, put them toe-to-toe in a one-mile race around the track with their parents when they were this age, and mom and dad would have left them in their dust.

A major road in Mecklenburg County near a hospital is closed in both directions.

About 400 volunteers will pack 600 Thanksgiving meals in Indian Trail on Saturday morning and deliver them to Union and Mecklenburg county families in need.

Texas Roadhouse, located at 10450 E. Independence Blvd., Matthews, NC will donate a percentage of its food sales on Sunday, November 24, to the Historic Bain Academy Restoration, as well as any donations received that day.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police arrested a man in front of Butler High School after a chase on I-485 Tuesday night.