Dilworth Neighborhood Grille confirmed the appearance of the Carolina Panthers owner to WCNC Charlotte.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper went viral when he confronted staff members at a popular Charlotte bar that teased Tepper over the team’s strategy in the NFL Draft. 

Tepper stopped at Dilworth Neighborhood Grille ahead of Thursday’s draft, the restaurant confirmed to WCNC Charlotte. It’s unclear when Tepper first saw the sign, but it definitely got his attention.

The message board outside Dilworth Neighborhood Grille read, “Please let the coach & GM pick this year.”

Surveillance video shared by the restaurant shows the moment Tepper went inside and talked to employees. Owner Matt Wohlfarth said Tepper was polite throughout the encounter. 

“He wanted to know who did the sign,” Wohlfarth said. “He seemed really nice and he was joking around. He shook hands with the manager and was giving him hell about his Eagles hat. You know, you don’t really know someone until you actually know them, right?”

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The Panthers entered Thursday’s first round without a pick but made a trade with Buffalo for No. 32 overall. The team selected South Carolina wide receiver Xavier Legette. It’s unclear if Tepper made that decision, but Wohlfarth hopes it’s a sign that Carolina’s polarizing owner trusts his staff. 

“I’m a firm believer that it takes 10,000 hours of doing something to become an expert,” he said. “You hire these guys who have done football all their life. Trust them. I don’t know who to pick, just because you own the team doesn’t mean you know, either.” 

Carolina traded away this year’s draft pick in a trade package to acquire Bryce Young first overall last spring. The team followed it up with a miserable 2-15 campaign that saw head coach Frank Reich get fired after just 11 games. Fans and analysts have questioned Tepper’s overbearing control of the team’s operations. However, Tepper has stated he lets “the football people” make decisions about the team’s direction.

That was the motivation behind the sign to begin with, according to Wohlfarth. 

“We need to start winning,” he explained. “He has been taking some advice, and he’s got that group of guys to help him hire the coaches and general manager. That’s great, and it seems like we’ve had an excellent offseason and the first night of the draft went really well. We just need to make sure that we don’t keep repeating the same mistakes.”

The Panthers head into the 2024 season with their third head coach in three years and a new general manager. Head coach Dave Canales and general manager Dan Morgan hope to push Young and the team in the right direction.

With the 32nd pick in the NFL Draft, the Dilworth Neighborhood Grille selects…— Nick Carboni (@NickCarboniWCNC) April 26, 2024

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Charlotte leaders are using BOOM Charlotte to introduce the city’s new arts and culture plan.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — BOOM Charlotte 2024 is bringing art installations and live performances to Charlotte’s Camp North End this weekend. 

The three-day festival is in its seventh year and is designed for people to enjoy art in a walkable setting. The event includes a mix of visual art, music, film, dance and slam poetry. 

BOOM consists of two distinct parts: BOOM Fringe and BOOM Intersection. BOOM Fringe consists of original “edgy/experimental art” performed in intimate settings. It features ticketed performances created by artists in several smaller venues. BOOM Intersection is the epicenter of the festival, featuring a broad range of art performed on a center stage, along with interactive installations and activities. 

The city of Charlotte is using the festival to launch its 10-year community driven plan to ensure arts and culture have a healthy future in the city. 

“It includes eliminating barriers to participation in arts and culture for all of our residents, access to affordable spaces for arts and culture experiences, and the creation of art, which has become increasingly challenging in our community over the last several years, and also fostering collaboration and coordination,” Priya Sircar, Charlotte’s arts and culture officer, said.

The Charlotte Arts and Culture Plan was accepted by the Charlotte City council on Nov. 13, 2023.

“This plan is a collaborative community vision, and this weekend’s celebration at BOOM Charlotte is an enthusiastic step toward achieving that vision,” Mayor Vi Lyles said.

The launch will be marked by ‘fireside’ chats with local artists throughout the weekend.

BOOM Charlotte was started in 2016 by a group of Charlotte artists. It has since grown to be one of the largest annual creative gatherings in Charlotte. 

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The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department announced Friday that a 16-year-old in Rock Hill, South Carolina was charged with murder. The teen suspect was taken into custody and is set to be extradited to Mecklenburg County.
The arrest of the 16-year-old comes more than three weeks after 17-year-old Fate Brannon was killed outside of the Jack in the Box restaurant where he worked. CMPD originally said the two suspects were masked men and arrested 28-year-old Marcus Dahn the next day. Dahn was originally arrested on an unrelated warrant.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A person has been taken to a hospital after a shooting in a west Charlotte neighborhood Friday afternoon that resulted in two cars crashing into two homes. 
Medic said the call came in around 4:20 p.m. from a home along Mulberry Pond Drive, just off Tuckaseegee Road. The agency confirmed the patient they found had life-threatening injuries. However, further details about the scene were not immediately available.
Neighbors told WCNC Charlotte the shooting escalated from a fight. The fight reportedly started on one side of Mulberry Pond Drive, and then a gunshot was heard, according to witnesses. The person who was shot may have been driving the car that crashed into a home.
One neighbor shared a video from a security camera showing the fight that led up to the shooting.
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The Charlotte Mecklenburg School bus was hit by a car on Blair Road Friday afternoon, according to officials.

MINT HILL, N.C. — Twenty Charlotte Mecklenburg School students riding a school bus Friday afternoon were involved in a crash along Blair Road in Mint Hill. Six people were injured in the crash involving the school bus and another vehicle.

Bus 597 was involved in the crash near Allen Station Drive after leaving Rocky River High School. It was hit by another vehicle driving through an intersection, according to Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools. 

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Medic treated a total of six patients among the two vehicles. Medical officials determined three of the people injured had minor injuries while the other three had serious injuries. Among those taken to the hospital were the school bus driver and two students, according to the school district.

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 David Legrand, the principal of Rocky River High School, sent this message to parents:

This afternoon, bus 597 was involved in an accident. While driving through an intersection, a vehicle hit the bus on the left side. Twenty students were on board at the time of the accident. The paramedics were called to evaluate two Rocky River High School students and the bus driver, and out of an abundance of caution the bus driver and two students were transported to a nearby hospital. Bus 270 will transport the remaining students home this afternoon. 

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MOORESVILLE, N.C. — A Mooresville man is in jail after he reportedly attacked someone Friday morning.
The Mooresville Police Department said they responded to a home along Spruce Street near Main Avenue just after 7 a.m. Officers found the victim in a shed behind a home. The victim said 32-year-old Tymir Tyvay Lowe used a hammer and screwdriver in the alleged attack. Lowe was also identified as the suspect by witnesses at the scene. 
Police began searching for Lowe, and found him when a suspicious person was reported later. He was taken into custody and charged with attempted murder. He remains in jail without bond.
The victim was also treated at a hospital.
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A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted 36-year-old Estes Carter Thompson III, of Charlotte, North Carolina

BOSTON — An American Airlines flight attendant was indicted Thursday after authorities said he tried to secretly record video of a 14-year-old girl using an airplane bathroom last September.

Police have also alleged that Estes Carter Thompson III, 36, of Charlotte, North Carolina, had recordings of four other girls using lavatories on an aircraft where he worked.

Thompson was indicted on one count of attempted sexual exploitation of children and one count of possession of images of child sexual abuse depicting a prepubescent minor.

Thompson was charged and arrested in January 2024 in Lynchburg, Virginia. He has been in federal custody since. A lawyer for Thompson said after the indictment by a federal grand jury that he was unable to comment.

Investigators said that about midway through a Sept. 2, 2023, flight from Charlotte to Boston, the 14-year-old got up to use the main cabin lavatory nearest to her seat but found it was occupied.

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Thompson then told her the first-class lavatory was unoccupied and escorted her there, investigators said. Before she entered the bathroom, Thompson allegedly told her he needed to wash his hands and that the toilet seat was broken, they said.

After he left, the teen entered the bathroom and she saw red stickers on the underside of the toilet seat lid, which was in the open position, officials said.

Beneath the stickers, Thompson had concealed his iPhone to record a video, investigators said. The girl used her phone to take a picture of the stickers and concealed the iPhone before leaving.

Prosecutors also allege hundreds of images of child sexual abuse generated through artificial intelligence were found stored on Thompson’s iCloud account.

Attempted sexual exploitation of children carries a sentence of 15-30 years in prison while possessing images of sexual abuse of a prepubescent minor can mean up to 20 years in prison.

Both charges also provide for at least five years and up to a lifetime of supervised release, a fine of up to $250,000 and restitution.

American Airlines previously issued a statement saying the flight attendant was “immediately withheld from service” and hasn’t worked since the phone was discovered.

A search of Thompson’s iCloud account revealed four additional instances between January and August 2023 in which Thompson recorded a minor using the lavatory on an aircraft, according to investigators.

Those depicted in the recordings were 7, 9, 11 and 14 years old at the time, they said. Their families have been contacted by police, investigators said.

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Michael Jordan donated $7 million to Novant Health in 2017 to open two medical clinics in Charlotte.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Years after Michael Jordan donated millions to open two clinics in Charlotte, Novant Health is seeking solutions to help more people access affordable health care. 

Darryl LIttle’s smile and joy are contagious. 

“(He) brightens up any room he goes into,” Dr. David Baker said.

It was a recommendation that led his infectious spirit to the Michael Jordan Family Clinic in Charlotte’s North End about two years ago.

“When I came here, I did not have health insurance,” Little said. “It meant the world to me because it was the first time ever having someone help take care of me.”

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Little is a part of the Saber program, which helps people who are unhoused and dealing with substance abuse.

“Once I finally decided that I wanted to do something with my life and get clean, I knew something was going to be wrong,” he shared.

Baker knew Little made the right decision. He’s thankful for the program that helps so many people get the care they need.

“The opportunity to help people who wouldn’t otherwise have help (and) address needs that haven’t been addressed in years,” Baker said.

Jordan, who was then the owner of Charlotte Hornets, donated $7 million for two clinics in the Queen City. The first opened on Freedom Drive in 2019, followed by the North End location in 2020.

The clinics provide affordable care for patients with and without insurance. 

“Since COVID has gone down, we’ve been able to expand,” Baker said. “We have specialists, cardiology that come here once a week. We have a pediatrician on Mondays.”

As the clinics grow internally, they’re also growing across the state. Novant Health is set to open another MJ Clinic in Jordan’s hometown of Wilmington. The company hopes the Wilmington clinic will have the same impact as the two Charlotte offices. 

“The medication that he put me on for my blood sugar and my blood pressure absolutely helped,” Little said.

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MONROE, N.C. — The two lanes on the westbound side of Highway 74 in Monroe that closed due to a water main break have since reopened.
The lane closures spanned from Campus Park Drive to South Sutherland Avenue. 
A contractor damaged the 1-foot-wide water main at 791 E. Roosevelt Blvd., near the Truist Bank and Food Lion right across from Atrium Health Union, officials said. 
North Carolina Department of Transportation requested the two lanes stay closed until Thursday so the road could be repaired after the water main is fixed. Friday afternoon, officials confirmed the road had reopened. 
The break happened Wednesday morning. Later that night, Monroe officials reported that repairs to the water main were completed and water service was being restored. 
Any residents who experience water issues or have further questions about the repair should call the city’s water resources department at 704-282-4601.
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There are 20 food operations currently working out of the City Kitch location in Wesley Heights.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — New Charlotte restauranteurs are getting a boost to their businesses thanks to a new approach to the shared kitchen concept.

City Kitch offers chefs space to work out of, and they just added a front lobby that’s driving up sales big time. Now, diners can come inside the Wesley Heights location, place an order on monitors, and eat in that space. All of that translates to bigger business for the restauranteurs.

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“We took a gamble and thought we’d be able to build our business and expand in the future,” Tim Barnes said.

He is the owner of Queen City Cheesesteaks. The family run company just celebrated a year in business, cooking out of one of the kitchens at City Kitch, a so-called ghost kitchen.

“We lower the cost of capital required to work on a food business by providing access to our shared kitchen,” Liz Ren, who runs City Kitch, explained.

Barnes said he’s noticed a difference. 

“When you’re renting space instead of having a walk-in cooler, you have to get smaller quantities, and to get those at a discount through partnerships through City Kitch, it helps us keep the cost low and manage food costs specifically,” Barnes said.

There are 20 food operations currently working out of the Wesley Heights kitchen. City Kitch has two other locations in North Carolina and they’ve just started something new in hopes of helping their tenants find even more success.

“When you think about a ghost kitchen, you think about anonymity — we don’t want that,” Ren said. “We want to bring our chefs, local businesses as close to the folks that want to support them as possible.”

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The Wesley Heights kitchen now has a bigger, decorated front lobby so customers can dine in. Additionally, there are now kiosks where diners can place in-person orders rather than just online orders. 

Already, the chefs say they’re reaping the benefits, with business up a whopping 50% to 60%.

“That’s helped tremendously, we’ve seen a big lift,” Barnes said.

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He said there’s been another unexpected bonus from working side by side with like-minded chefs.

“It was a critical part of our success, and a lot of the relationships we built over time with other chefs have helped us figure out some of the things you don’t know when you start a business,” Barnes said. “Being in a community where there are other concepts, you start to learn how to hone your skills.”

For Barnes, that’s as a businessman and a chef.

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Police posted a video of the burglary on their YouTube page and are hoping someone can identify the suspect.

This time, the dragon helped extinguish a fire.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Charlotte Knights mascot Homer the Dragon flipped the script Tuesday: he helped put out a fire. 

When a small brush fire broke out in a flower bed near Truist Field and Romare Bearden Park, the Charlotte Fire Department said, “Homer was in the neighborhood and assisted Charlotte Fire Engine 4 with putting the fire out.”

Walter Hawkins, who shared photos of the event with WCNC Charlotte, said he was at Romare Bearden park Tuesday around noon when he noticed the fire. Hawkins said while waiting for a fire engine to arrive, multiple people stopped to help — among them, Charlotte’s favorite dragon. 

Homer the Dragon told WCNC Charlotte he was shooting a video in the team store when the team store manager noticed a fire across the street. Homer ran over, and when he noticed an extinguisher in use had emptied, he said he knew it was time to step up.

At that point, Homer said they pulled the pin on their extinguisher, working to get the fire out. When Engine 4 pulled up, Homer said the firefighters had big smiles and let Homer use the fire hose to cover the fire in water. 

“I’m so thankful for the brave citizen that started putting the fire out, those that called 911, and the Engine 4 crew!” Homer said in a statement. “It was an honor to protect and serve the neighborhood and city that I love.” 

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Gaston County Commissioners voted Tuesday to create an intergovernmental agency task force on homelessness.

GASTONIA, N.C. — Gaston County commissioners met Tuesday and voted unanimously to create a homelessness task force. The task force will review how many people are homeless, what barriers people face seeking help, and review potential solutions.

John Mills, the director of social services for The Salvation Army in Gastonia, is optimistic about the possible changes resulting from a task force.

“Just more collaboration and communication as far as our services because really no one agency can do it all,” Mills said. “I think it’d be much more stronger focus as far as our clientele and just trying to help them more.”

Dwayne Burks is the director and chaplain of The Gateway, which connects people with chronic crises to relief programs to lift themselves out of homelessness.

He said there are two challenges with Gaston County’s homelessness issue: affordable housing, and government services and non-profits in the county that are siloed in their efforts yet have overlapping responsibilities.

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Burks said in The Gateway’s last count, they had 5,600 people receiving Supplemental Security Income from the federal government, which is under $900 a month.

But he said, at any given time, the county only has about 2,200 rental units total, with a median price of $800 a month.

“It’s wonderful to see the growth that we’re seeing in our community,” Burks said. “But we’re also gentrifying because we’re not planning ahead for that.”

He said Gaston County has a unique challenge because outside of Gastonia, there are few options for people seeking help.

“We need a pathway for those folks that’s clearly delineated, ‘This is how you get yourself out of homelessness,'” Burks said.

The number of people in Gaston County on the verge of homelessness is also on the rise.

Crisis Assistance Ministry in Gastonia helps people facing an emergency crisis situation by providing food, financial assistance, or limited medications.

Kim Wheeler, the nonprofit’s director, said the pandemic’s placed more people on the brink of homelessness.

“Most of the people we’re seeing are new applicants who have never been in this position,” Wheeler said.

From March 2020 to February 2021, the non-profit distributed $365,000 in emergency rent and utility payments, which was more than double the amount during the same period in 2019 to 2020.

Here’s a breakdown of who will be on the task force: 

A member of the board of commissioners who will chair that task force
A representative of the elected board or council of each of the cities or towns
A local faith community representative that geographically represents the county
A county health department representative appointed by the county manager as well as a social service representative
A Gaston County police department representative 
A United Way county representative 
Aston County Salvation Army representative 
Gaston/Lincoln/Cleveland Continuum of Care planning committee 
A Catherine’s House Sisters of Mercy representative

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The attacks happened in Greensboro but several Charlotte-area neighborhoods report recently spotting coyotes too.

NORTH CAROLINA, USA — The start of spring signals the middle of the mating season for coyotes. They’ve recently been spotted all across the Carolinas from Greensboro and Charlotte to Fort Mill.

Guilford County Animal Control reports six coyote attacks in just two days at Lake Brandt Park in Greensboro. Four people were bitten.

Biker Derik Broach says he was riding the trails when he noticed a coyote start to charge at him.

“He started running towards me and that was terrifying,” Broach said.

He used his bike as a shield and fortunately was not hurt in the attack, but he said he certainly felt the coyote’s threat and strength.

“He had very strong teeth and jaws because he just popped my tire like nothing.”

Neighbors in Charlotte and Fort Mill have recently taken to the NextDoor app to share their warnings about coyote sightings in the area too. In one case, Rachael Hudson says she came in contact with two coyotes while taking her dog out at night.

“First they looked like dogs because it was kind of hard to see, but she was very guarded — she was barking and growling,” Hudson said.

Thankfully she and her dog were not hurt. But wildlife experts say now during the breeding season you should not be surprised to see a coyote at any time — day or night. 

It’s important you keep an eye specifically on your small pets. If you’re approached by a coyote, yell, wave your arms, or throw something.

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A limited number of fans will be allowed to return to Spectrum Center for the second half of the season

The Charlotte Hornets are set to return to Spectrum Center later this week to begin the second half of the season and when they do, they’ll be able to host a limited number of fans.

However, prior to this announcement, 13-year-old Preston Pruitt missed interacting with the team so much that he and his other Janelle made their way to Spectrum Center so that Preston could possibly get an autograph or at least a wave from some of his favorite players as they were leaving the arena postgame.

Due to COVID-19 protocols, the autographs didn’t happen, but he did have some special moments that evening.

“I just really miss being able to have the experience to be able to see the players up close like I was able to do at games and stuff. It was cool to see all of the players being able to wave at me, even though they weren’t able to sign autographs just that interaction with people I feel like is pretty cool,” Preston Pruitt explained.

Preston has been a lifelong Charlotte Hornets Fan, from attending games to the team’s summer ball camps and his first NBA autograph was from the one and only Kemba Walker.

“I’m kind of a Kemba fan. I love Kemba,” Preston said as he showed a large stack of Kemba Walker cards he’s collected.

Since then collecting autographs has become a passion of his and it’s led to some pretty cool experiences with players and coaches, including Hornets guard Devonte Graham who gave him a pair of shoes at a game.

“I was almost in tears. I looked up to my mom like ‘Mama, I got the shoes!'”

Preston’s support for the Hornets has already gotten the attention of rookie LaMelo Ball and his team, who sent him a hoodie after they heard about Preston’s efforts to still show his support even though he couldn’t attend a game.

“I was ecstatic. I was so excited,” Pruitt said. “Watching him at Chino Hills and whatnot and being able to see him and seeing him getting drafted I was very excited. When I got the hoodie I was like wow this is so crazy.”

Preston, like many other fans, can’t wait to be back at Spectrum cheering the Hornets on to hopefully many more victories and possibly even the playoffs this season. For those looking to get an autograph from their favorite player, Pruitt says the biggest key to having success is simple, just be kind to the players. […]