Mission City Church, Freedom Communities, and the True Homes Foundation walked Charlotte City Council through their 49-townhome affordable-housing petition Monday night. The 5.38-acre Faith in Housing rezoning is petition 2025-027 in District 2 — all units sold (not rented),…
Jack Beckett·May 21, 2026
The Charlotte City Council on Monday rezoned a 0.16-acre Verbena Street parcel from ML-2 (manufacturing and logistics) to TOD-NC, 7-2. Council Member LaWana Slack-Mayfield and Council Member Renée Johnson voted no — not…
Jack Beckett·May 21, 2026
Hyak Motorsports has signed Clemco, an 85-year-old maker of abrasive blasting equipment, as a multi-race sponsor on Ricky Stenhouse Jr.'s No. 47 — primary on the car for two Cup races and an associate for the rest of…
John Speedway·May 21, 2026
At Mecklenburg County's May 20 budget overview, Budget Director Adrian Cox put a number on what the county spends covering the state's share of CMS: more than…
Jack Beckett·May 21, 2026
NASCAR's Hall of Fame chose its Class of 2027 on Tuesday in uptown Charlotte: Kevin Harvick (first ballot, 92 percent of the Modern Era vote), Jeff Burton, and…
John Speedway·May 20, 2026
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government·May 19, 2026
Council Member Renée Johnson pulled petition 2025-136 — a conventional rezoning at 1800 West Sugar Creek Road by Larry…
government·May 19, 2026
Mayor Vi Lyles had not chaired a 2026 zoning meeting through her current term — Council Member Ed Driggs (District 7)…
sports·May 19, 2026
The Cup field rolls into Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday for the Coca-Cola 600 the weekend the country marks its…
sports·May 18, 2026
Denny Hamlin won the NASCAR All-Star Race from the pole at Dover Motor Speedway on Sunday, beat his Joe Gibbs Racing…
Kyle Larson heads to the Coca-Cola 600 on a 36-race winless streak — his longest since joining Hendrick Motorsports in 2021 — but Charlotte is a 1.5-mile track,…
John Speedway·May 20, 2026
Katherine Legge will attempt the Indianapolis 500/Coca-Cola 600 "double" on May 24 — the first woman, the oldest driver, and the first foreign-born driver to…
John Speedway·May 20, 2026
NASCAR and Bussin' With The Boys are launching "Racin' With The Boys," a 14-episode weekly summer show produced by Peyton Manning's Omaha Productions. The first…
John Speedway·May 20, 2026
Council Member Renée Johnson (District 4) brought a manually-compiled CMS school-utilization report to Monday's council meeting to argue that the conventional…
Jack Beckett·May 20, 2026
Mecklenburg commissioners got a deliberately neutral briefing on data centers at their May 19 meeting and signaled they want a position on the fast-growing…
Jack Beckett·May 20, 2026
Charlotte City Council unanimously approved a 41.26-acre rezoning of the Atrium Health University City hospital campus Monday, switching the property from…
Jack Beckett·May 20, 2026
sports·May 18, 2026
Carolina Ascent FC beat Sporting Club Jacksonville 3-1 at American Legion Memorial Stadium Saturday night, denying the…
sports·May 18, 2026
Charlotte and Norfolk played six times at Truist Field between Tuesday and Sunday and split the series 3-3. The Tides…