NASCAR is taking over the Queen City. Food Lion Speed Street kicks off in uptown Charlotte Thursday ahead of the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday. Speed Street kicks off at 12 p.m. Thursday with opening ceremonies and runs through Saturday night.
5/24/2012 - By: Adrianne Flores
The jury in the John Edwards campaign finance trial is continuing to deliberate for a fifth day. They're deciding whether or not he's guilty of accepting illegal campaign donation during his 2008 run for president.
5/24/2012 - By: Ed Scannell
More than 27 suspected members of the United Blood Nation gang are behind bars Thursday morning. The suspects were arrested Friday in Gastonia, Shelby and Lincolnton and charged with racketeering, murder conspiracy, narcotics trafficking and armed robbery.
5/24/2012 - By: News 14 Carolina Web Staff
The UNC Board of Trustees meets Thursday to discuss the university's African American studies program. The program has come under scrutiny recently after findings of academic fraud.
5/24/2012 - By: Andy Mattison
Vice President Joe Biden will be in Charlotte Thursday. He's scheduled to attend a fundraiser luncheon at a private residence to be followed by an event with grassroots supporters.
5/24/2012 - By: News 14 Carolina Web Staff
Police across the North Carolina-South Carolina border are looking into whether two armed robberies at Harris Teeters within hours of each other are connected. The first happened before 10 p.m. Monday at a 24-hour store in Fort Mill; the second, shortly after midnight at another 24-hour supermarket in Cornelius.
5/23/2012 - By: Brad Broders
According to the Division on Nonpublic Education, there were more than 45,000 home schools operating in North Carolina during the 2010-2011 school year. A business owner in Fayetteville says his book store is booming as home school education grows in the area.
5/23/2012 - By: Amanda Weber
Tim Newman, the former head of the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority, is in trouble with the law after being arrested Tuesday night on drunken driving and hit-and-run charges on Interstate 77 near LaSalle Street. Newman resigned from the CRVA earlier this year.
5/23/2012 - By: Shawn Flynn
NASCAR fans in town for this weekend's Coca-Cola 600 will spend millions of dollars on food, gas and souvenirs. While the race pumps money into the local economy the crowds -- and the bottom lines -- aren't as big as they used to be.
5/23/2012 - By: Adam Rhew
North Carolina's constitutional amendment slamming the door on same-sex marriages is now in effect. But the debates on its full meaning continue. The amendment has left municipal managers wondering if cities and towns can offer benefits to the same-sex partners of their employees.
5/23/2012 - By: Associated Press
Wednesday marks the fourth day of deliberations for the jury in the John Edwards campaign finance trial. It began the day at 9:30 a.m. with two exhibits requested late Tuesday afternoon and is still working toward reaching a verdict for the six charges brought against the former presidential candidate.
5/23/2012 - By: Amanda McKenzie
Sprint Cup champion Rusty Wallace heads the group of five picked for the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Wednesday. Owner Leonard Wood and drivers Cotton Owens, Herb Thomas and Buck Baker joined Wallace in the hall's fourth class.
5/23/2012 - By: Mike Solarte and Associated Press
News 14 Carolina's Mike Solarte is joined by one guy that will find himself quite busy this weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway for the Coca-Cola 600 – SPEED Network's John Roberts.
5/23/2012 - By: Mike Solarte
Ryan Mathews walked with the bases loaded in the ninth inning to force in the winning run and lift North Carolina State past Miami 3-2 on Wednesday in the first round of the Atlantic Coast Conference baseball championship.
5/23/2012 - By: Associated Press
The ACC baseball tournament gets underway Wednesday at Greensboro's NewBridge Bank Park. Second-seeded North Carolina battles 7th-seeded Wake Forest in the 7 p.m. game, while 3rd-seeded N.C. State takes on 6th-seeded Miami at 3 p.m.
5/23/2012 - By: News 14 Carolina Web Staff
The Charlotte Bobcats coaching search continues with former N.C. State player and Portland Trail Blazers head coach Nate McMillan next on the interview list. Also believed to be in the hopper is former Utah Jazz bench boss Jerry Sloan. Several published reports say Sloan looks at the Bobcats job as “intriguing.”
5/23/2012 - By: News 14 Carolina Web Staff
Chef Dan Eaton uses the oven to make a roasted potato salad with crispy bacon, Vidalia onions and asparagus. It's the perfect addition to your Memorial Day cook out.
5/24/2012 - By: Chef Dan Eaton
Chef Dan Eaton oven roasts asparagus and then serves that over the top of a Spanish style roasted red pepper sauce called "Romesco" and then finishes everything with an optional sprinkling of goat cheese croutons.
5/23/2012 - By: Chef Dan Eaton
Chef Dan Eaton makes a spinach salad with crispy bacon, sauteed vidalia onions and hard cooked eggs and then serves that with broiled honey-mustard glazed salmon. It's a fantastic combination of flavors.
5/22/2012 - By: Chef Dan Eaton
Chef Dan Eaton uses a nonstick 12-cup muffin pan to make mini lemon cheesecakes with a ginger snap cookie crust. He serves them with an optional topping of fresh blueberries tossed with a little sugar.
5/21/2012 - By: Chef Dan Eaton
There are many different kinds of insurance — life insurance, health insurance, pet insurance — but not every kind of policy is necessary.
5/24/2012 - By: Tara Lynn Wagner
One thing is different about the fabric Stephanie Teague uses to make her Pretty Birdie clothing -- it’s all eco-friendly.
5/23/2012 - By: News 14 Carolina Web Staff
Diabetes affects millions of people across the country and right here in North Carolina. An initiative to raise awareness is called Step Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes and News 14 Carolina's Marti Skold talks to Keena Bartley, the chair of the event, to find out more.
5/23/2012 - By: Marti Skold