http://www.wcnc.com/news/local RSS Feed for WCNC - News - Local en-us Wed, 23 May 2012 11:07:20 GMT 2012-05-23T11:07:20Z en-us http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/State-to-appeal-Monroe-Bypass-decision-152998145.html The N.C. Turnpike Authority said Tuesday it would ask a federal appellate court to review its May decision that found it hadn’t properly conducted a required environmental impact study for the Monroe Connector/Bypass. Wed, 23 May 2012 11:04:13 GMT http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/State-to-appeal-Monroe-Bypass-decision-152998145.html 2012-05-23T11:04:13Z http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/Storms--152974005.html Strong thunderstorms rolled through the Charlotte area Tuesday night knocking out power and forcing school officials to put a local high school on a two-hour delay. Wed, 23 May 2012 11:02:15 GMT http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/Storms--152974005.html 2012-05-23T11:02:15Z http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/High-profile-Charlotte-attorney-loses-license-152726795.html J. Neal Rodgers was a high-profile attorney who landed some of the biggest cases in the Charlotte region, but for now Rodgers’ career has come to an end. Tue, 22 May 2012 22:09:37 GMT http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/High-profile-Charlotte-attorney-loses-license-152726795.html 2012-05-22T22:09:37Z http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/Members-stand-behind-pastor-who-gave-homophobic-sermon-152735295.html Members of Providence Road Baptist Church are standing behind Pastor Charles Worley and the sermon he delivered earlier this month calling for the elimination of the gay population. Tue, 22 May 2012 22:26:39 GMT http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/Members-stand-behind-pastor-who-gave-homophobic-sermon-152735295.html 2012-05-22T22:26:39Z http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/Diverted-Paris-to-Charlotte-flight-finally-arrives-in-Charlotte-152839115.html Flight was diverted after woman said she had a surgically implanted device in her body. Wed, 23 May 2012 11:07:20 GMT http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/Diverted-Paris-to-Charlotte-flight-finally-arrives-in-Charlotte-152839115.html 2012-05-23T11:07:20Z http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/Environmentalists-say-Duke-Energy-should-do-more-to-clean-up-coal-ash-152696085.html Protestors denounced Charlotte’s strong connections to coal this month, hanging banners from Bank of America Stadium, protesting outside the Duke Energy and Bank of America shareholders meetings and blocking a trainload of coal. Wed, 23 May 2012 04:09:54 GMT http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/Environmentalists-say-Duke-Energy-should-do-more-to-clean-up-coal-ash-152696085.html 2012-05-23T04:09:54Z http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/DNC-reveals-delegate-party-sites-152853135.html Officially, the big event at the Bechtler Museum on Tuesday was naming 13 N.C.-based event planners who won contracts to throw 12 parties welcoming 6,000 delegates to Charlotte for the Democratic National Convention on Sunday, Sept. 2. Wed, 23 May 2012 03:37:40 GMT http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/DNC-reveals-delegate-party-sites-152853135.html 2012-05-23T03:37:40Z http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/Moynihan-Bank-of-America-is-not-too-big-to-manage-152651775.html When asked to defend the universal bank model Monday, Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan said that the Charlotte bank is not "too big to manage," thanks in part to the streamlining the company has done over the past few years. Tue, 22 May 2012 19:12:03 GMT http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/Moynihan-Bank-of-America-is-not-too-big-to-manage-152651775.html 2012-05-22T19:12:03Z http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/Ft-Mill-Harris-Teeter-robbed-by-gunpoint-152573815.html Two men are on the loose after robbing the Harris Teeter in Fort Mill by gunpoint late Monday night, and police are investigating whether the incident could be related to a similar robbery just a few hours later. Tue, 22 May 2012 16:02:24 GMT http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/Ft-Mill-Harris-Teeter-robbed-by-gunpoint-152573815.html 2012-05-22T16:02:24Z http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/School-bus-involved-in-wreck-no-students-hurt-152698685.html Police said a boy was injured when he ran into a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools bus in north Charlotte Tuesday afternoon. Tue, 22 May 2012 22:22:14 GMT http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/School-bus-involved-in-wreck-no-students-hurt-152698685.html 2012-05-22T22:22:14Z