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RALEIGH – Someone who bought a Cash 5 ticket at a Charlotte grocery store won a $1.1 million jackpot last night. The winner bought the $1 ticket at a Food Lion on Idlewild Road in Charlotte. The ticket matched all five numbers in the drawing. The odds of matching numbers on all five balls playing Cash […] The post REGIONAL: Charlotte ticket wins $1.1 million Cash 5 jackpot Tuesday night appeared first on The Stanly News & Press.

Derrick Hayes and over 500 guests enjoyed the festivities as the newest location of the renowed cheesesteak establishment was unveiled! Click inside to check out footage from the event!

Warm weather set the perfect stage for Charlotte’s annual Asian Festival on Saturday.

This month, you likely won’t be able to miss the cacophony of cicada song in the Charlotte area. The emergence of TWO cicada broods this year in the U.S. means that trillions of cicadas will emerge in a 16-state area. This kind of event hasn't occurred since Thomas Jefferson was president!

After decades of calling in to the radio station and a months-long outpouring of support from N.C. sports teams and sports legends, Baker died Sunday.

Bojangles is going to be celebrating National Buttermilk Biscuit Day tomorrow by giving away free signature bo-berry biscuits (biscuits stuffed with mystery “bo-berries” and topped icing). Charlotte residents can get two of the sweet treats by downloading the Bojangles app on Tuesday. The offer is available at participating...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The city says CMPD Animal Care and Control is the largest animal welfare organization in North Carolina. Yet, volunteers say it doesn’t have adequate space or staffing to handle the thousands of animals it cares for each year. On Monday night, several shelter volunteers brought...

A night full of ghosts, all pleasant even if haunting, accompanied Stabbing Westward’s powerful return to Charlotte, NC. “How you doing Charlotte? Man, it’s been a while since we’ve been here. Like two decades!” exclaimed Christopher Hall, lead vocalist and co-songwriter of Stabbing Westward, during a break in the music during their set at The Neighborhood Theatre in Charlotte, NC. It has been a few decades. It’s just short of 3 decades since I last saw Stabbing Westward live. On March 1st, 1999 Stabbing Westward played Tremont Music Hall with Placebo, and while that was a great show, the show that solidified Stabbing Westward as one of my favorite live acts was when they played Tremont with Ash as openers on October 29th, 1996. That show is forever burned into my mind. I didn’t know too much about them at the time. I had heard their singles on the radio and liked them, but hadn’t really gotten too deeply into their music. My late brother was a huge fan and orchestrated a get together that included several of our friends and significant others. The last time I saw Stabbing Westward live was in his company. Stabbing Westward was one of his favorite bands, and he helped make them one of mine as well. It is apropos that Stabbing Westward’s latest release is titled Chasing Ghosts. I felt like I was chasing plenty of ghosts the night Stabbing Westward made their return to Charlotte. While there were plenty of ghosts in the building, none of them were scary. Instead, I was haunted by past loves, losses, and a younger brother who was ahead of his time in life and unfortunately in death. The musical, emotional, and visual haunting was a pleasant one. Witnessing Stabbing Westward rising from their self-imposed early grave was as uplifting as it was reliving being at a show, at least in spirit, with my late brother.