Month: June 2022

This weekend: Black Bourbon Society’s 2nd Annual Open Tour – Livin’ Charlotte

Samara Davis is a “history geek” with a deep love and appreciation for Bourbon. Six years ago she founded the Black Bourbon Society with the goal of bringing together Black bourbon enthusiasts from all over.  This weekend, the Black Bourbon Society will stop in Charlotte for the 2nd Annual Open Tour. From Thursday through Saturday

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In her north Charlotte neighborhood, Thelma Byers-Bailey puts her green thumb to use

It’s a warm June morning around 9 a.m., and Thelma Byers-Bailey has just pulled up to Lincoln Heights Park. Only today, she’s not wearing business attire. She’s decked out in tennis shoes, gloves, and a sun hat. While many know her as vice-chair of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board, she’s also president of the Lincoln Heights

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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

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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

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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

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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, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. The department did not release the suspect’s name but said he was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries. No officers where

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