Monthly Archives: July 2012

Glenn Proctor, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and award-winning news media manager, has been appointed executive editor of Lake Norman Publications effective Monday, July 23. In his new role, Proctor… Read more »

by Tori Hamby CHARLOTTE – Eighteen-year-old Lisa Huang wants to grow up to be a doctor, but not the kind with a stethoscope and lab coat. Huang, a recent West… Read more »

by Tori Hamby A gunfire exchange between a police officer and a home invasion suspect in a Mountain Island neighborhood ended after the officer shot the suspect twice. Christopher Michael… Read more »

by Tori Hamby Hunter Mullis, a Lincoln Charter School rising junior, didn’t just learn about the terrible events of 9/11 through a teacher or a textbook. On the 10th anniversary… Read more »

Mount Holly approves 2012-13 budget MOUNT HOLLY – Mount Holly City Council unanimously approved the city’s 2012-13 budget at its June 11 meeting. The vote followed three budget work sessions and… Read more »

The health departments of Mecklenburg and Gaston counties inspected the following restaurants May 25- June 20. Ranked by scores • Shoneys, 2539 Little Rock Road, Charlotte. 90. Inspectors observed food… Read more »

by Tori Hamby CHARLOTTE – Zumba instructor Joyce Pruitt enthusiastically shouts the names of a dance routine’s next move as she zips around the workout room at Curves Fitness Center,… Read more »

by Tori Hamby A Mountain Island area Olympic hopeful will be paddling his way toward a gold medal as the 2012 Summer Games get under way after opening ceremonies July… Read more »

Patrick W. Payne CHARLOTTE – Patrick W. Payne, 60, of Charlotte died June 22, 2012, at his home after a five-year battle with sarcoma. Born Nov. 30, 1951 in Charlotte,… Read more »