A non-fatal shooting in southwest Charlotte last night wrapped up a violent Labor Day weekend in Charlotte, during which 12 people were shot and five killed, including a 7-year-old boy being shot and killed on Friday night. The most recent shooting, along Huntsmoor Drive, resulted in one victim being brought to the hospital with a life-threatening leg injury.
The Apple Corporation has partnered with the Virginia-based Conservation Fund to protect a 3,600-acre forest in Brunswick County. The partnership was formed to protect the land, which is seen as a prime piece of land for developers along the southern border of North Carolina. It sits along the Highway 17 corridor between Wilmington and Myrtle Beach.
Officials are investigating after more than 1,000 gallons of sewage spilled into a Four Mile Creek tributary this morning. The spill, which happened near TPC Piper Glen golf course, is believed to have been caused by a grease buildup in a sewer or manhole.
The YMCA of Greater Charlotte has announced intentions to remove a monument depicting a Confederate flag that sits in front of the Dowd YMCA to make room for renovations. The Y has reached out to local organizations The Sons of Confederate Veterans, who raised about $3,500 to have the monument installed in 1994, and United Daughters of Confederact to give them a chance to collect the marker, as the Y has stated the marker is not owned by them nor does it reference or represent its organization.
The city of Baltimore has reached a $6.4 million settlement with the family of Freddie Gray, who died of a neck injury he suffered while in police custody in April, causing unrest throughout the city. The wrongful death lawsuit settlement will still need to be approved by the city’s Board of Estimates.
This article appears in Sep 3-9, 2015.
Boy, those ever loosening gun laws are sure paying off.
I sure don’t see any reason why gun shows and private sales should require the same background checks that sporting good stores require. Apparently background checks will result in taking guns from law abiding citizens. At least that is what I keep hearing from people who let the NRA do their thinking for them.
You may now reply by posting your “only outlaws will have guns” bumper stickers.
We’re so privileged to have DLP posting here, since he’s obviously a psychic who knows where the Labor Day weekend shooters obtained their weapons.
Garth:
That is EXACTLY my point. Because people fight tooth and nail against any effort to control or track the flow of guns and ammunition, NO ONE knows where the guns are or when they are being sold to felons and mentally unstable people.