Weddington High boys’ basketball coach Gary Ellington, a two-time state champion, steps down
Just 48 years old, Weddington High boys’ basketball coach Gary Ellington tells The Observer he’s going to stop coaching, at ...
Charlotte drag queen mural has been painted over. Landlord says it was an accident
Jack Dunn, managing partner at Chartwell Property Group, which bought the building last year, said in an email to The ...
Local barbershop to host watch party for Duke’s ‘inspirational’ Isaiah Evans in Final Four
Charlotte barber Brian Mack bought his shop with NIL money from his son, who played at South Carolina. On Saturday, he’ll ...
Under the Dome: What NC elected officials are saying about Trump’s sweeping tariffs
President Donald Trump’s long-promised announcement this week of baseline tariffs on all U.S. imports and even higher levies ...
Meet the All-Observer boys’ basketball team, the top prep athletes in the Charlotte area
The All-Observer teams include NCHSAA and NCISAA players from Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln and Union ...
Take a look inside NC’s ‘most wishlisted’ Airbnb: A luxury mountain dome
From train cabooses to treehouses and even helicopters, Airbnb’s inventory is full of innovative vacation homes — and a new ...
Top Gamecocks recruiting target Sarah Strong explains why she chose UConn instead
I don’t know how we get Sarah Strong, right?” South Carolina coach Dawn Staley joked earlier this year. “I don’t.” ...
Winning $123,000 lottery ticket is sold at a Florida gas station. Here’s where
The player got richer in the Ocala area, a roughly 80-mile drive northwest from Orlando. The lucky ticket was sold at the ...
SWAT raid destroys wrong home, man scams HOAs: Read latest legal stories in US
A lawsuit in California accuses HealthRight 360 of neglect after Justin Cartwright, a patient in their rehab program, died ...
UNC-Chapel Hill’s top academic official stepping down after three years in the role
The change marks one of the most notable changes in the university’s administration since Chancellor Lee Roberts took office ...
Charlotte officially named Military World Games host. It could juice the economy
Charlotte will be the first U.S. city to host the games that one estimate had as generating $3 billion for the state.
Violent home invasion was cover for execution of mom shot 10 times, FL cops say
“The father of those children, Saun Rainge Jr., told responding deputies that there was a home invasion and that he was also shot — a flesh wound in the arm. Rainge’s story didn’t ring true for our ...