CMPD investigating homicide after a victim was found dead from gunshot wound

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is investigating a homicide after a victim was found dead from a gunshot wound in east Charlotte on Monday. CMPD identified the victim as 34-year-old Wayne Lawson Byrd.  According to a statement by the department, shortly after 5:30 a.m., officers responded to an assist medic call in the 1600 block of Merry Oaks Road.  When officers got there, they found the victim unresponsive from a gunshot wound. ...

CMPD investigating shooting that resulted in five shot, including a child and juvenile

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is investigating a shooting where five victims, including a child and juvenile, were shot Monday in west Charlotte. CMPD has not provided the names of these victims. According to a statement by CMPD, shortly after 1:26 p.m., officers responded to multiple reports of shots being fired and multiple people being shot near Beatties Ford Road, Gilbert Street, Newland Road, and Holly Street. When officers got...

Seeking tools to spark her daughters’ interest in STEM, Abi Olukeye left her corporate job and founded a company to solve the problem

For more stories like this one, sign up for The Charlotte Ledger’s daily newsletter. All it took for Abi Olukeye to make the career leap from a secure corporate gig to becoming an independently funded solo entrepreneur was an unintended push from her two daughters, ages 7 and 10. In 2018, Olukeye left her role as global product manager at Ingersoll Rand, the Davidson-based international industrial manufacturer, to launch Smart Girls HQ, an...

Memorial march honors victims of 2021 mass shooting

This item first appeared in our morning newsletter, which is delivered Monday through Saturday to more than 7,000 smart subscribers in the Charlotte area. You can become one of them. Roughly 100 people — friends, family members and neighbors — marched 1.2 miles along Beatties Ford Road on Thursday in memory of the four people who died in during a mass-shooting incident in 2021. “It’s a good thing that all the families involved are...

What’s inside the county’s $2.2 billion budget?

This item first appeared in our morning newsletter, which is delivered Monday through Saturday to more than 7,000 smart subscribers in the Charlotte area. You can become one of them. Mecklenburg commissioners voted unanimously to adopted a budget for fiscal 2023, which begins July 1.It carries a 6.7% spending increase with no hike in property taxes.Here’s a snapshot of how some of that money will be spent:Affordable housing: $8.1 million...

CMPD: Police shot robbery suspect who fired at officers

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers shot a robbery suspect Sunday afternoon in west Charlotte after the suspect fired several times at the officers, striking at least one patrol car. The department did not release the suspect’s name but said he was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries. No officers where injured during the incident. According to a statement by CMPD, officers responding to an armed robbery call were went to the...

Meet Justine Lindsay, the first openly trans NFL cheerleader.

Justine Lindsay just had a love for dance but little did she know she would one day make history. The 29-year-old is the newest member of the Topcats, the Carolina Panthers’ cheerleading squad — and she’s the first openly trans NFL cheerleader. The Charlotte native said that when she made the squad, the magnitude of her accomplishment didn’t fully dawn on her, not until she began writing a caption to share the news on Instagram. Having...

Q&A: Meet Terri White, the next president and CEO at Charlotte Museum of History

Terri White, the Charlotte Museum of History’s next president and CEO, has held leadership roles at the Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh, the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh and the Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. She is also heavily involved in the community and is currently the executive vice president of the Junior League of Charlotte. White has lived in Charlotte for a few years now and...

A cocktail and dessert bar picture perfect for your next girls night

Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority helps us explore local Black-owned restaurants across Charlotte, allowing us to tell the stories behind these businesses. Find guides for where to eat, no matter what you’re craving, at CharlottesGotALot.com Robbie Guzman noticed that the women of Charlotte were already taking lots of pictures during an outing, so she decided to open BabeCave, where the aesthetics, food and craft cocktails are all high...

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