INDIAN TRAIL – One of the nation’s top bond rating agencies, Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings recently raised its rating on the Town of Indian Trail’s general obligation debt to ‘AAA’ from ‘AA+’.
MONROE – Union County voters will go to the polls Nov. 8, 2022, to vote for several federal, state and local offices.
MARSHVILLE – The Union County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a case involving a 16-year-old student getting caught with a loaded gun Oct. 4 at Forest Hills High School.
MINERAL SPRINGS – Charlotte Media Group’s Kate Kutzleb has taken the reins of the Charlotte Steeplechase Foundation, which organizes the popular Queen’s Cup Steeplechase.
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Watermelons had a good run this summer, but it’s time to shift focus to pumpkins.
RALEIGH – Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey reminds Medicare beneficiaries to compare and evaluate their current plans and make necessary changes during the upcoming Open Enrollment Period.
I recently returned from a trip that started in South Dakota and ended in Arizona.
RALEIGH – The N.C. Department of Transportation is distributing more than $143.1 million in state street aid, also known as Powell Bill funds, to 509 municipalities statewide.
WEDDINGTON – The Optimist Club of Weddington has launched a photography contest to encourage students to display their creativity through a camera lens.
WAXHAW – The Waxhaw Police Foundation will hold its inaugural golf tournament Oct. 14 at Stonebridge Golf Course.
MONROE – Voter registration applications received by the Union County Board of Elections office or postmarked by the Oct. 8 deadline are accepted as valid applications for the Nov. 2 Municipal Elections.
MONROE – Union County has hired Jon Amelio to serve as information technology director and lead efficiency improvements to digital networks and technology infrastructure.
RALEIGH – The N.C. Department of Transportation’s crews, contractors and volunteers have collected more than 10 million pounds of litter from roadsides, nearly breaking the state’s record for litter collection set in 2019.
MONROE – The Union County Board of Education will hold a public hearing Oct. 12 to receive public comments on the proposed voting maps as a result of population changes following the 2020 U.S. Census.
INDIAN TRAIL – Fourth-graders Amisha and Ronak Ghelani know what it means to put love in action.
WAXHAW – The Artisan Market at Historic Collins Barn is launching a series of free events that will spotlight its resident artists.
MONROE – Union County Water is accepting applications for the Short Water Line Extension Program.
INDIAN TRAIL – Money Magazine named Indian Trail one of the Best Places to Live in the U.S. for 2021-22.
MONROE – After working in the corporate world and helping to develop apprenticeship programs across North America, Karla Shields wondered if she would feel more fulfilled pursuing her efforts back home in the Union County area.
CHARLOTTE – Charlotte Parent offers families the opportunity to meet one-on-one with representatives from Charlotte-area private and public charter schools in one afternoon.
RALEIGH – The N.C. Department of Transportation is urging the public to pay more attention around railroad tracks and crossings as part of Rail Safety Week (Sept. 20 to 26).
MONROE – The National Association of Counties awarded Union County awards for innovative, effective county government programs that strengthen services for residents.
CHARLOTTE – ArtPop Street Gallery is accepting submissions from artists interested in having their artwork displayed on donated advertising space throughout the region.
A high school student has collected more than 2,600 signatures for an online petition urging Union County Public Schools to resume contact tracing and institute a mask mandate to limit exposure to COVID-19.
MONROE– After years of struggling to keep up with medical bills following major heart and kidney issues, Marie “Rosie” Kreutzer was in trouble.
MONROE – Union County native Carmen Hill said life is easier when you can avoid events that have had a horrific impact on your life. It’s why she doesn’t like talking about the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
WAXHAW – The Town of Waxhaw’s downtown district has experienced growth even through the COVID-19 pandemic.
MINT HILL – Square A Land Holdings has approached the town about expanding its operations at 11118 Business Lane.
MINT HILL – Harris Development Group has asked town leaders for an exemption to zoning rules to allow a Planet Fitness to be developed within an outparcel of the Mint Hill Festival Shopping Center.
CHARLOTTE – With fall approaching and the height of summer in the rear view, motorists in the Carolinas are starting to see slight relief at the pump as gas price averages dropped lower by a penny on the week.
MONROE – Union County Public Schools will no longer conduct contact tracing or quarantine students who aren't infected with COVID-19 following an 8-1 vote Sept. 13 by the school board.
CHARLOTTE – Employment scams are on the rise in the turbulent job market created by the COVID-19 pandemic, a new Better Business Bureau study finds. BBB warns job-seekers to verify employment offers to avoid illegal jobs, identity theft and fake checks to which millions are exposed annually.
ARLINGTON, Va. – Lidl US is partnering with Weddington teen Jack Werdann to provide 100,000 notebooks to students who lack school supplies across the country.
Here are some photos we've published over the years showing how the community has remembered the tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001.
MONROE – Burlington Stores is opening a new store in Monroe on Sept. 10 and using the occasion to give back to the community.
As fall approaches, we think of football, cool mornings, everything pumpkin spice and for many students and parents across Union County ... marching band season.
MONROE – Union County Public Schools will hold a job fair Sept. 16 to fill a variety of positions across the district.
RALEIGH – Law enforcement officers will be stepping up enforcement through patrols and checkpoints to keep impaired drivers off North Carolina roads.
WAXHAW – Mayor Ron Pappas said Waxhaw was “growing forward” after hearing the news that the town has surpassed Stallings as the third largest municipality in Union County based on the 2020 Census data.
INDIAN TRAIL – The Indian Trail Town Council approved a rezoning Aug. 24 for Sheffield, a subdivision with up to 71 homes on 88 acres off Indian Trail-Fairview Road.
INDIAN TRAIL – The Town of Indian Trail is researching ways to regulate vape shops after receiving complaints from residents that there are too many of them.
WAXHAW – Neighbors in the Barrington community are looking forward to getting outdoors Sept. 18 for their Blue Balloon Community Yard Sale.
MONROE – Kim Harcelrode applied for the 53 Ideas Pitch Competition last year and did not make it past the first round.
After Nicole Hawthorn’s daughter, Jayla, was born, she tried to find dolls that looked like her.
MONROE – The Monroe Police Department has made arrests in two murder cases this week.
MONROE – The Monroe Police Department arrested a man for firing a gun in city limits.
MOORESVILLE – NASCAR Technical Institute is celebrating another successful year of the Ignite program, a free, three-week introduction to automotive technician training for rising high school seniors in the greater Charlotte area.
CHARLOTTE -- Atrium Health is now offering a third dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine to those with compromised immune systems to provide greater protection against the COVID-19 Delta variant,
WAXHAW – Town commissioners rezoned two parcels off South Providence Road from residential to neighborhood center Aug. 10 despite the planning board recommending they oppose the petition.
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