You may get a chance to shoot coyotes more often soon.
Right now, you can hunt coyotes during the day in North Carolina. But the state's thinking of letting you shoot them at night too, with firearms Monday through Saturday and bows and arrows on Sunday. Local laws may limit the state's rules.
Tom Holder, a hunter, said, "(Coyotes) will move into a populated area without thinking twice. I mean, they're aggressive when they move into an area, you need to take control of them and, like I said, as long as it's done in a safe manner, I'm definitely for it."
But others worry about hunters coming too close to neighborhoods and children. A mother of two teenage daughters, Gwen Hughes, said, "I don't think they should be able to do that, you know, because, safety reasons, I feel it would be a whole lot of people getting shot accidentally."
Still, speaking of "a whole lot," people are coming across a whole lot of coyotes. Many went to the charmeck.org website and reported about 125 coyote sightings over the last two weeks alone.
The U.S. Humane Society rescued more than 150 dogs from Dan River Bullies in Danbury. The owner, Lucile Mabe, has not been charged with anything yet.
The U.S. Humane Society said animals on the property were living in deplorable conditions -- the majority of them suffering from some type of ear, nose or dental infection. One official described the scene as "heartbreaking" and said it may be the worst he's seen in North Carolina.
"I'm very ashamed that this happened in my county, and I'm appalled at where the dogs were being kept," Animal Control Officer Phil Handy said. fighting tears.
Officials said the dogs lived on top of each other and ate food off the floor next to their feces.
Dan River Bullies' website lists several breeds for sale, including bulldogs, English bull pups, French bull pups, and Shih Tzu pups.
The N.C. and U.S. Humane Societies are helping to care for the animals, which are being transported to animal shelters in Guilford County, Wake County and Charlotte. The Humane Society of Charlotte said the puppies will receive
Republican U.S. Rep Sue Myrick made the announcement quietly on YouTube.
"I've decided not run for another term in congress," she said.
Myrick has been a powerful member of Congress, representing North Carolina's 9th district since 1995.
The district now makes up parts of South Charlotte, Union and Iredell counties.
Her decision is something of a political curve ball with just nine months to go before the election.
Republican city councilman Andy Dulin found out Tuesday afternoon, just like everyone else.
Now he's considering a run for the seat.
"Those folks in South Charlotte, that Sue has been serving," Dulin said, "I've been serving now for six years."
The seat is also drawing interest from Mecklenburg County commissioners.
Republican Bill James said he's thinking about it.
"My health, my ability to handle the job," James said, "I think that's definitely something I'll have to consider."
All signs pointed to Democrat Jennifer Roberts announcing a run for Lieutenant Governor.
Now, plans could change.
"I had thought I was going to announce something tomorrow, but I may have to take a little more time," she said.
Republican Jim Pendergraph issued a news release to say he's running for Myrick's seat.
But he offered no comments on Tuesday.
"You got my press release, and that's what I mean," he told reporters. "I'll give you more details in the morning."
Pendergraph does have a news conference scheduled Wednesday.
The filing period for this seat begins Monday, and runs through the end of the month.
Major changes in security could be coming to Charlotte Douglas Airport.
The Senate just passed a bill allowing private companies to take over for the TSA.
The bill allows airports to switch to private companies for screeners. The TSA must allow U.S. airports to switch unless it can show the move would not be cost-effective and would be detrimental to security.
Last year, TSA Administrator John Pistole froze the number of airports using non-government screeners at 16.
TSA critics, including Charlotte Douglas Airport Director Jerry Orr, believe private security would be friendlier, more efficient and save taxpayer money.
The airport issued this statement:
“The airport is interested in reviewing the legislation approved by the U.S. Senate today which addresses security screening at airports. Aviation Director Jerry Orr addressed Congress this past summer and requested options to current screening processes.”
The existing market for private screeners is about $144 million per year, compared with $2.9 billion per year spent on TSA screeners.
The bill is headed to President Barack Obama for his signature.
A controversial new practice has some safety advocates questioning both the airlines and the FAA.
Documents show numerous flights out of Charlotte Douglas Airport are taking off without a safety device most passengers assume are on board -- life rafts.
Life rafts are one of the reasons some Charlotte passengers are still alive.
Mary Ann Bruce of Cornelius said there were actually two miracles on the Hudson River when the pilot had to set the plane down in 2009.
After the plane made the water landing, many people were standing on the wings as the plane slowly dipped into the water. Others, including Bruce, were on sitting on one of the six FAA required life rafts on board.
“We were grabbing people, pulling them in, pulling off their clothes and giving them our clothes to keep them warm,” she said.
The FAA has a rule that requires life rafts aboard planes flying from U.S. airports that are expected to go over water for an extended period of time.
But the agency often waives its own rules and lets major airlines fly many planes each day without rafts.
There were stories of missing rafts on travel message boards, so Eyewitness News filed a request with the FAA to disclose the list of plane models that the FAA allows to fly over water without rafts.
Many of the models are used on several flights locally each day out of Charlotte Douglas, according to a U.S. Airways schedule.
An airline spokeswoman said “at times” rafts are not included on domestic flights and travelers will not know for sure until they board the plane.
The rafts are about 20 feet long and are provided with life preservers, first aid kits, drinkable water and a canopy to protect passengers from the elements.
A spokesperson for American Airlines said the rafts “aren’t needed and they are heavy and increase the amount of fuel burned in flight (as well as) the price of your ticket.”
Gabe Brune, a former FAA manager, said the airlines go without rafts because they want to save money on fuel.
But the FAA said it is allowing planes to go without rafts because there are protections in place. Instead, those planes must have a life vest for every passenger and must not fly above 25,000 feet to ensure it is easier to get back to land.
Incidents are rare, too.
The last time passengers drowned because of a lack of life rafts on a U.S. flight was in 1978 in Florida.
But the famous captain of U.S. Airways flight 1549, Chelsey Sullenberger, is urging the FAA to do away with those waivers, saying water landings cannot always be predicted or avoided.
The FAA said it has offered life raft waivers for more than 40 years and it does so because certain air carriers can demonstrate they can meet other safety requirements.
The agency said it does require planes to carry life preservers for all passengers.
A Union County Department of Social Services worker has been arrested on charges she embezzled nearly $3,000 from the food stamp program.
Deputies arrested Beth Chamberlain Allen and her boyfriend, Randall Baucom, on Saturday at their Marshville home. Together, the couple faces 42 criminal counts including identity theft, accessing a government computer, and embezzlement.
Authorities said an internal investigation in January tipped off county officials to missing funds in the Electronic Benefit Transfer food stamp funds at the Department of Social Services.
"Beth Allen had total control of entering people in to the EBT benefits, so that's where the initial suspicions were raised," said Union County Detective Brian Keziah.
Allen had been head of the EBT program at DSS for several years.
County officials would not comment Tuesday on her employment record.
Detectives said their investigation revealed Allen had misused an EBT account formerly assigned to a Union County resident who is now in prison.
Although his account should have been closed when he went to prison last March, investigators said Allen kept it open and began funneling food stamp funds into it.
Allen then sent the monthly EBT card to the home of her boyfriend, Baucom, according to deputies.
Detectives said they have surveillance video from Food Lion grocery stores in Marshville and Wingate that showed Baucom using the EBT card to purchase hundreds of dollars in groceries.
At one point, investigators said, Allen was even adding fake dependents to the inmate's EBT, in order to increase her monthly payout by hundreds of dollars.
"I think it was $680 a month, at one point in time," Keziah said.
Allen's son said Tuesday that his mother and her boyfriend were innocent.
"It's not true, and they have an attorney, and any further comment will come from their attorney," Josh Allen said.
County officials fired Allen on Jan. 30, saying in part, "The inappropriate personal conduct displayed throughout the transaction history of this case is disturbing and undermines the public trust."
A Union County spokesman said the county is hiring an additional fraud officer at the DSS building to ensure oversight of taxpayers' money.
Some Charlotte leaders are asking whether taxpayers should help pay for upgrades to bank of America Stadium.
The 16-year-old stadium is one of the last in the league of the renovated or rebuilt. In November, the team began studying what improvements it needed to make to the facility.
Improvements never really stop at Bank of America Stadium, but a study commissioned by the Panthers hopes to zero in on whether major renovations will be needed in the years ahead.
Already there are questions about whether Charlotte taxpayers will be asked to share the cost. Fan Jacqueline Kendrick believes it would be a good investment.
“It’ll bring revenue into the city, upgrades, something better to see, a nice landmark, so yeah,” she said.
Kendrick’s argument is echoed by City Councilman James Mitchell, who, as head of the council’s Economic Development Committee, said he is open to some city involvement in any stadium renovations.
Mitchell said he has scheduled a meeting between himself, the mayor and the Panthers later this month.
After Mitchell agreed to an interview, he canceled without reason. Sources in the Government Center said staffers urged him to keep quiet because of the controversy the issue is likely to generate with Charlotte taxpayers.
In fact, there is already opposition to city dollars being used to help with stadium renovations from Councilman Michael Barnes.
“We all love the Panthers; we love professional sports in Charlotte, but I’m inclined to say that private enterprise should take care of those sorts of things as opposed to the government doing it,” Barnes said.
The city spent roughly $60 million on land and infrastructure before the stadium opened 16 years ago.
Hal Kimmer does not believe taxpayers should be asked again.
“Those who want to pay, can pay,” Kimmer said.
Late Tuesday, Charlotte mayor Anthony Foxx said he has offered to meet with the Panthers to hear about their plans for the stadium, but he said they have not yet indicated whether they will ask for money.
The city has certainly spent millions on other sports. It built the arena for the Bobcats and the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
Both decisions were controversial.
Charlotte’s stadium was so advanced when it opened in 1996 that other teams around the league started building new stadiums.
Of the 32 teams in the NFL, only 13 of them have facilities older than the Panthers. The oldest is Soldier Field in Chicago, built in 1924.
However, all of the stadiums have had major renovations, except Candlestick Park in San Francisco and the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.
After 13 years of using propane gas to heat his house, Dennis Fowler switched to natural gas in December to save money.
That’s when his dealer, Heritage Propane, told him he would have to pay a $105 fee before it would pick up the tank.
“They said, ‘That’s the way it is. You’re going to have to pay it’ before they come pick up their tank,” he said.
Fowler balked at paying the fee, telling Heritage Propane it was not fair.
It turns out Fowler was not the only person complaining about paying the tank retrieval fee. Several of his neighbors were having the same problem.
Fowler’s entire neighborhood of 30 homes made the switch to natural gas.
Action 9 contacted Heritage Propane to ask about the fees. Their district manager said all of the homeowners signed a lease, agreeing to pay any charges associated with removing the propane tanks.
However, the company waived the $105 fee for all 30 homeowners. Fowler and his neighbors are happy.
“That’s good news. Since y’all stepped in and looked at it, put some heat under them, it’s gone,” he said.
It’s a valuable lesson for homeowners -- know the terms and conditions of lease agreements before signing them.
Sheriff's deputies have charged two men with first-degree murder in a Cleveland County woman's death almost 17 years ago.
Gator Walter Martin, 42, from 1721 Roy Woods Road in Comer, Ga., and William Earl Huffstetler, 37, from 110 Brull Street in Blacksburg, S.C., were arrested Monday and charged with killing Charlene Simmons on June 21, 1995, according to arrest warrants.
Simmons was found dead at the Log Cabin, a nightclub she owned, which was located on South Battleground Avenue in Kings Mountain.
The cause of Simmons' death was never released.
Martin and Huffstetler took an unknown amount of money from Simmons and threatened her with a knife, the arrest warrants state.
Deputies also charged Huffstetler and Martin with robbery with a dangerous weapon and felony conspiracy.
Both men are in the Cleveland County Detention Center without bond. Martin and Huffstetler's court appearances are scheduled for today.
Some people who own condos in the Queen City have the potential to make thousands this fall as Democratic National Convention enthusiasts look for a place to stay.
However, their neighbors could be evicted for trying to do the same thing.
“I don’t think that many people are going to pay $10,000 for a week,” said Robert Kropp, an uptown Charlotte renter.
Kropp lives in the Catalyst building, a 27-story high rise. He wanted to sublease the apartment he and his wife rent during the Democratic National Convention to make some quick cash.
But he is one of many people in uptown Charlotte who cannot rent their spaces.
“They can’t sublet unless they have the exclusive permission from their landlord, housing manager or owner of whatever it is,” said Ken Szymanski with the Greater Charlotte Apartment Association.
According to Szymanski, subletting is a safety concern because many landlords perform background checks before a tenant is approved to rent an apartment, house or condo.
“But to have someone else come in without the landlord’s screening or approval could potentially jeopardize that property and other residents,” he said.
On the other hand, for people who own their condos, it’s a different situation.
HM Properties sent out a letter last week asking condo owners at The Metropolitan if they would be interested in renting their condo for a few days. The letter states owners have the potential to make up to $2,000 per bedroom.
The group said it will draw up the contract and the homeowner only needs to provide clean sheets and towels, closet space and a refrigerator.
They are currently looking for space for corporate clients, celebrities and lobbyists from Washington.
Ken Szymanski says anyone interested in subletting their home for the DNC should contact their landlord first.
For condo owners who want to see HM Properties’ information on subletting, click here.
So far, 125 people have logged onto a Mecklenburg County Parks website to report coyote sightings in less than two weeks.
County commissioners are scheduled to get an update on the coyote tracking program at their Tuesday night meeting, but it's hard to imagine that the statistics they will be reviewing can compare with the individual stories from terrified neighborhoods.
"People are afraid to come out their house. They're afraid to walk their dogs," said Yanni Hixson, who lives in the Oakhurst neighborhood off Monroe Road.
Several neighbors there have reported coyote sightings in the woods behind the neighborhood, and some have had pets attacked.
"He came out from under my car, broke all to pieces, neck broke," said Lisa Sturdivant, who had to have her cat put down after the attack.
Sturdivant said she has seen coyotes on her patio and that the whole neighborhood is on edge.
"At night now, no one comes out and walks their animals. We don't come out. We go to the store and come right back in," she said.
To learn more about the coyotes in Mecklenburg County, click here.
To file a sighting report, click here.
The body of a missing Rhodhiss man was found Tuesday morning in a drainage ditch near his home, Caldwell County deputies said.
Crews have been searching for 57-year-old Ralph Poarch since last week.
“It is a tragic end to the case for the searchers, investigators and everyone involved in this case. Our hearts and prayers go out to the family of Mr. Poarch during this difficult time,” said Sheriff Alan Jones.
Cadaver dogs were used Tuesday morning to search areas near Poarch’s home.
Officials said they are still determining Poarch’s exact cause of death.
Rep. Sue Myrick announced on her Facebook page she would not be seeking another term in Congress.
"After thoughtful discussion with my family, I have decided not to run for another term in Congress. I'm grateful for the privilege of serving you. We have all been blessed by staff members who truly care and delight in helping to solve problems for everyone in the district,” she wrote.
Myrick is a former mayor of Charlotte and the first Republican woman from North Carolina to be elected to Congress.
She has served the 9th District since 1995, succeeding five-term incumbent Alex McMillan.
She served on the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Myrick was the founder of the Congressional Anti-Terrorism Caucus and the first woman to chair the Republican Study Committee.
A Catawba County family claims their disabled son is struggling with his brain disorder because he's not allowed to take his service dog to school.
Jennifer said her 5-year-old son, Ayden, suffers from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome with aggressive behavior.
She said she did not see the symptoms until months after his adoption.
"He'll bite himself. He'll bang his head," Silva said. "He has attacked me on several occasions. He doesn't know how to regulate the feelings coming through his body."
The Silvas bought a service dog named Chattam.
The dog is trained in compression therapy to sit on Ayden and calm his meltdowns.
"The pressure points Ayden responds to are in his stomach and chest," said Silva.
SLIDESHOW: Chattam, the service dog not allowed in a Catawba County classroom
Ayden is not allowed keep Chattam at Mountain View Elementary.
Silva claims the hours apart are detrimental to Ayden's behavioral progress and she's been pushing for change for more than a year.
"It's very frustrating as a parent because I know what my son's rights are," she said. "They are being discriminated."
Last year, the Department of Justice issued new federal rules that service dogs should be allowed in schools.
Catawba County Schools have policies in place for pregnant students, sex offenders and student discrimination but nothing specific about service dogs.
The school's attorney, Crystal Davis, said the school board will discuss a policy about that in the next few months.
Davis said she could not comment on Ayden's case.
Silva said she wants her son to have a sense of normalcy.
"If he's a janitor; great. If he's President of the United States, that's great, too. My job as his mother is to set him up for success," Silva said.
The Silva’s initial lawsuit was dismissed from federal court in August after the judge determined the Office of Administrative Hearings needed to hear it first.
That court recently dismissed the case due to lack of subject matter.
The Silvas may re-file the federal suit, but said they hope to reach a resolution with the school district.
The Occupy Charlotte group was kicked off the lawn of the Old City Hall, but protesters said they are not leaving without a fight.
The group held a rally Tuesday morning in front of the Government Center in uptown Charlotte.
Occupy Charlotte officials said they were rallying as a way to warn the public about “DNC fever,” claiming the city’s new ordinances enacted ahead of the Democratic National Convention are a panicked attempt to keep the city beautiful at the expense of infringing on Occupy Charlotte’s First Amendment rights.
Just a week ago, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers enforced the city’s new anti-camping ordinance and booted Occupy protesters from their four-month-long campsite. Seven protesters were arrested in the process.
SLIDESHOW: Crew takes samples from storm drain at Occupy park
WATCH: Occupy protest not over, say protesters, EPA
SLIDESHOW: CMPD forces protesters out of uptown Charlotte park
Mecklenburg County commissioners will meet Tuesday night to discuss adopting tougher rules countywide to limit Occupy’s ability to protest outside of city limits.
Occupy Charlotte leaders have grown so frustrated with the new rules being imposed for the DNC, they filed a suit against the city.
CMPD reported they spent nearly $500,000 dealing with Occupy Charlotte, including $18,000 on the day they removed the group from the park.
After the group was ousted from the park, health department officials were called in when police learned some of the protesters might have been using a storm drain as an outdoor toilet. Results from those tests have not yet been announced.
The issues will go before a judge on Thursday.
Shareholders suing Bank of America over the Merrill Lynch deal can now move forward as a class action suit.
The suit accuses the bank and various executives of misleading investors, who claim they were not told of Merrill’s losses.
Those losses totaled $15 billion in 2008.
In other Bank of America news, the bank could be selling off more properties than first thought.
Reports Friday indicated the bank was looking for a buyer for the Hearst Tower and the Fifth-Third Center in uptown Charlotte.
Now, a BofA spokeswoman told Bloomberg they were reviewing all of the bank’s properties. However, she said the bank will not consider selling their main corporate offices in Charlotte and Manhattan.
Union County sheriff’s deputies have tracked down an armed felon who has been on the run for several days.
Detectives arrested Aaron Kisiah at a home on Hopewell Church Road in northern Union County Tuesday morning.
Kisiah has been eluding deputies since a string of alleged crimes on Saturday morning, including burglary and kidnapping.
He is now in the Union County jail.
Sharon Amity Rd. will be closed at the railroad crossing near Delane Ave. (between Monroe Rd. and Randolph Rd.) from 9 a.m. through 3 p.m. on Wednesday. CSX Railroad will be repairing the crossing. Use Wendover Rd., or use Rama Rd. to Sardis Rd., as alternate routes between Monroe Rd. and Randolph Rd.
A husband and wife were shot and killed in their Richmond County home, and the sheriff said their son pulled the trigger.
Richmond County Sheriff James Clemmons said deputies found the bodies of Edwin Arthur Richardson, 69, and his wife, Margaret Richardson, 69, after receiving a 911 call just before 8 a.m. Tuesday.
Officials would not say who made the call, but Clemmons said deputies arrested the couple's son, 44-year-old Edwin Anthony Richardson, inside the house in Ellerbe.
"We just feel so bad about this," family friend Jimmy Sellers said. "It's heartbreaking."
Sellers said he was just up the road when he saw the deputies' cards race by toward 140 Richardson Road.
"Everybody just kind of knows everybody and this is going to impact a lot of people," he said.
SLIDESHOW: Man, wife found dead in Ellerbe
Deputies and SBI agents surrounded the house and marked it with police tape.
"These are very fine people," Sheriff Clemmons said. "It's such a senseless act. They are very well known in this community, outstanding church folks. They're people that would give you the shirt off their backs."
When asked why deputies believe Richardson would have done something so violent, Clemmons said Richardson has not made any comments or statements indicating a reason.
"There is no motive that we can speak of at this particular time," he said.
In July 2011, Richardson was charged with assault by pointing a gun. His father took out that arrest warrant.
The case was later dismissed, although the Richmond County District Attorney's office refused to reveal why.
"He had some problems in the past and they had tried to help him deal with them, but obviously something went wrong," Sellers said of Richardson. "I don't know what. We just hate it for the family."
Richardson is facing two counts of first-degree murder.
The family of the victims declined to comment.
Cleveland County Sheriff’s deputies have charged two men with first-degree murder in a woman’s death almost 17 years ago, the Shelby Star reported.
Police arrested Gator Walter Martin, 42, from Corner, Ga., and William Earl Huffstetler, 37, from Blacksburg, S.C., on Monday and charged them in connection to the death of Charlene Simmons.
Simmons was found dead at a King’s Mountain nightclub, the Log Cabin, that she owned on June 21, 1995, police said.
Police said Martin and Huffstetler took an unknown amount of money from Simmons and threatened her with a knife.
Deputies also charged both men with robbery with a dangerous weapon and felony conspiracy.
Both men are jailed without bail at the Cleveland County Detention Center.
The cause of Simmons’ death was never released by police.
Lancaster police said a man was shot and killed in the front yard of a home after an argument early Tuesday.
Officers found Danny Clyburn Jr. dead of an apparent gunshot wound in front of the house on North Market Street around 2 a.m.
Danny Clyburn Sr. remembers when his son Danny Jr. was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates right out of high school in 1992.
"He kept the faith and he made it. He proved me wrong and he made it," Clyburn said.
On Tuesday afternoon, Clyburn said he was in shock at news of his son’s death.
"I got a call last night that he was just gone," he said.
Clyburn was there with a large group of friends.
Neighbors said many of them were drinking. Neighbors heard loud talking and loud music, as well as a gunshot, but thought nothing of it. Clyburn was found dead in the grass next to a parked car.
A woman there told to police that Derrick McIlwain had shot him.
Hours later, 36-year-old McIlwain turned himself in to the Lancaster County Sheriff's Department. He was charged with murder.
Long-time friends of Clyburn and McIlwain cannot believe what happened. Javon McCain knew Clyburn and McIlwain well. "We were all friends, all of us," he said. "For him to just kill him, you know, that's crazy."
Police said there was an argument, but it's not clear how it turned violent.
Clyburn was a celebrity in Lancaster, where friends and family followed his baseball career.
"We played games, played sports. I looked up to him because he played major league baseball," McCain said.
Clyburn was drafted after leaving Lancaster High School. He played baseball for the Baltimore Orioles and Tampa Bay Rays in the late ‘90s.
He was not the only baseball talent in the Lancaster family either. Cousin Jon Barnes was drafted by the San Diego Padres in 1991, and another cousin, Mark Anthony, was also drafted by the Padres.
Family members said Clyburn was a power hitter and good outfielder.
Following his time in the majors, he played minor league ball for several years and then started working for an organization in California that teaches kids the game.
He had come home for just a few weeks on vacation. He had only been home for three days when he was shot.
"I'm just shocked when I think about it," his father said. "I'm dealing with it, but when I think about it, it makes me want to break down. I'm trying to hold up."
Police officers are still investigating and talking to witnesses. They will not comment on the murder weapon or say where Clyburn was shot.
The man convicted of felony child abuse last week in the death of a 2-year-old Cleveland County boy died in his jail cell, officials confirmed Tuesday morning.
Officials have not said how Dwight Justice died.
According to officials, the jailer saw Justice and waved to him early Tuesday morning, but was later alerted by Justice’s cellmate to a potential problem. Justice usually snored and he was not Tuesday morning, his cellmate told officials.
When the jailer checked Justice, he was not breathing.
An SBI investigation is forming to determine whether Justice died of natural causes or if foul play was involved.
SLIDESHOW: Scenes from Dwight Justice's trial
Justice died little more than a week after he was convicted of abusing Jeremiah Swafford, his stepson.
Last Monday, Justice was led out of the courtroom in handcuffs after the jury returned a guilty verdict on felony child abuse, but could not reach a consensus on a sentence.
The judge dismissed the jury and said Justice would be sentenced at a later date. He was facing up to nine years in prison.
Prosecutors were seeking a murder conviction for Justice, but the jury could not reach an agreement after hours of deliberations.
Kathy Swafford, the boy's mother, is also facing murder charges in the death of her son.
Her trial will start next month.
In a Channel 9 Eyewitness News investigation, anchor Erica Bryant discovers there are a staggering number of war veterans in Charlotte-area jails and prisons.
WATCH: Erica Bryant shares how she learned about this new initiative to get local war veterans help.
Many of these veterans suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder or are bi-polar.
The groundbreaking, new approach to get these locked-up veterans the mental help they need.
See Erica’s investigation, Wednesday starting at 5 p.m. on Channel 9 Eyewitness News.
Eighteen people have cited for underage drinking at a party at a home in Rock Hill.
The Herald of Rock Hill reported the people ranging in age from 17 and 20 were cited when police responded to a report of loud music at the home.
Officers told those older than 21 to leave the party early Sunday. A police report says those who remained admitted drinking.
Two 21-year-old men who lived in the home were accused of transferring beer to a person under age 21.
A 21-year-old woman was accused of hindering police.
A high school student is in the hospital Tuesday morning after an SUV hit her.
It happened right outside Crossroads Charter High School on North Tryon Street.
The girl was crossing the street to catch a bus after school on Monday.
The principal of the school, Gentry Campbell, told Channel 9 she has worried for years this would happen.
She said cars ignore the school zone signs and speed up to 60 mph.
“I am so afraid that it won’t be a child just hurt next time, it could be a child that is killed,” said Campbell.
Campbell wants the Charlotte Department of Transportation to put up lights that force traffic to stop in the morning when school starts and in the afternoon when school lets out.
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