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5 Things to Know: Charlotteans Respond to ICE Killing of Renee Good
Charlotteans Respond to ICE Killing of Renee Good Around 300 people gathered at First Ward Park on Thursday evening to protest the murder of wife and mother Renee Good by federal immigration enforcement agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Wednesday. An ICE officer was filmed from multiple angles shooting Good through…
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Organizers Hold Vigil, Place Markers to Memorialize Victims of CBP Incursion
Boxed in by 8-foot-tall wooden canvases adorned with murals on all sides, a crowd of people gathered in TAOH Outdoor Gallery on Tuesday night, some warmed by cups of hot chocolate in their hands while others tried to keep candles lit in the breezy night. Packed closely together, the crowd…
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Rep. Cunningham, Former MCSO Staff Seek Removal of Sheriff McFadden
State Rep. Carla Cunningham, the Charlotte Democrat who sparked controversy in July 2025 with a House floor speech castigating immigrants, filed a petition on the first Monday of the new year asking a Mecklenburg County judge to remove Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden from office. Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO)…
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FBI Arrests Teen for Planning Knife Attack at Local Store
FBI Arrests Teen for Planning Knife Attack at Local Store The US Department of Justice and US Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina announced Friday that authorities had arrested an 18-year-old man who they say planned a New Year’s Eve attack using hammers and knives at a…
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Editor’s Note: Why We’re Taking Down Our Paywall
Dear Readers, Back in June, I wrote about our decision to implement a $1-per-month paywall to access all of our online content. As I described in an Editor’s Note at the time, we came to that decision reluctantly following a rough six months that saw our advertising revenues drop dramatically. …
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Alma Adams on Defending Charlotte Against ‘Wannabe Dictator’ Trump and What Democrats Need to Do in 2026
On Dec. 18, US Rep. Alma Adams, whose 12th Congressional district covers most of Charlotte and some smaller splinters of Mecklenburg County, stood alongside dozens of her Democratic colleagues on the steps of the US Capitol to demand a vote on the Affordable Care Act premium tax credits extension.…
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Queen City Nerve’s Most-Read Stories of 2025
We at Queen City Nerve like to spend the last week of the year reflecting on which stories from around Charlotte our readers engaged with most over the last year. This year’s slate of Queen City Nerve’s most-read stories includes plenty of hard news mixed in with the human-interest pieces,…
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OPINION: North Carolinians Want Cleaner Energy, Not Dirty, Dangerous Pipelines
The cost of solar and wind power has dropped so much that it is now cheaper than electricity from gas and coal, and solar and wind power is far more reliable. In fact, during recent winter storms, when many gas and coal plants failed, solar and wind kept working. With…
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Third Family Member Arrested in Disturbing Case of Child Abuse
Third Family Member Arrested in Disturbing Case of Child Abuse Police on Monday arrested the grandmother and legal guardian of Dominique McKnight, a 6-year-old girl who was found dead as a result of child abuse in her east Charlotte home last week. Tonya McKnight has been charged with four counts…
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UNC Charlotte Employee Fired for DEI Comments Files Federal Suit
A woman who was fired from her position at UNC Charlotte in May after being filmed making comments involving DEI has filed a federal lawsuit against the university and two staff members, claiming discrimination and the violation of her First Amendment rights. Attorneys representing Janique Sanders, former assistant director of…
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5 Things to Know: Lumbee Tribe Achieves Federal Recognition After Decades-Long Fight
Lumbee Tribe Achieves Federal Recognition After Decades-Long Fight After fighting for federal recognition for more than 100 years, the Lumbee Tribe of eastern North Carolina finally achieved that goal with the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on Wednesday, garnering screams of joy from hundreds of Lumbee citizens…
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Cat Williams, Local Artist and Disability Rights Advocate, Passes Away at 55
Catharine “Cat” Williams, a beloved artist, designer and disability rights advocate in Charlotte, passed away on Nov. 22 due to complications from a double-lung transplant she received in 2020. A lifelong cystic fibrosis patient who found her health worsening amidst a pandemic that made her even more vulnerable, the long-awaited…
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New Report Shows Promise for Violence Interruption on Beatties Ford
A new report published by UNC Charlotte’s Urban Institute Thursday shows promising results from the city’s first Alternatives to Violence program (ATV), which is believed to have played a role in the reduction of crime rates in the Beatties Ford Road corridor since its launch in 2021. The report provides some…
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Council Quickies: Forest Park, Brookhill and Shuffletown in the Spotlight
Charlotte City Council held its monthly zoning meeting on Monday night, voting on a petition that involves the displacement of dozens of families in northeast Charlotte and getting a first look at a petition in northwest Charlotte that is drawing strong opposition from neighbors. Zoning meetings are split into two…
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New Details Emerge in Sycamore Brewing Owner Child Rape Case
New Details Emerge in Sycamore Brewing Owner Child Rape Case Law enforcement is releasing more details about a crime that has rocked Charlotte’s craft beer scene and left at least one young girl and her family victimized. News broke Thursday that Justin Brigham, co-owner of Charlotte-based Sycamore Brewing, had been…
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Abortion Providers Stand on Unstable Ground Three Years After ‘Dobbs’
Shannon Bauerle was at A Preferred Women’s Health Center (APWHC) in southeast Charlotte on June 24, 2022 when the landmark decision to overturn the constitutional right abortion established in the 1973 Roe v. Wade case was announced. APWHC operates as an abortion clinic six days a week, providing services to…
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