On The Road: Charlotte Symphony Concerts

Friday, March 25th, 2011, 11:42am

By Liz Horton - bio l email

CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - This season, the Charlotte Symphony is making a big noise in the community, offering cheap tickets and fun family entertainment.

"The value you get from the symphony in terms of the product that we produce, I think can't be beat, really," said Jacomo Bairos, assistant conductor of the Charlotte Symphony.

"There's nothing else for children in Charlotte that is like this," said Meg Whalen, the Director of Public Relations for the symphony. She says the goal is simple: to make music as accessible as possible.

"Yes there are people that are turned off by what they think of as the staid or reserved or very serious orchestral concerts, but we have a lot of concerts that are really very different," she said.

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Thieves steal AC units from 3 businesses in east Charlotte

Submitted by WBTV Web Staff

Thursday, March 24th, 2011, 4:43pm

By Jeff Rivenbark - email

CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) – Police are investigating three reports of air conditioning units that were stolen from single location in east Charlotte.

All of the incidents occurred in the 8500 block of Lawyers Road and were reported on Wednesday.

Shantia Deese told police someone stole an air conditioner from the rear of O & D Tax Service.

The thief stole the AC unit between 10 p.m. on Tuesday and 10 a.m. on Wednesday. The unit is valued at $5,000.

A few doors down, a thief stole two AC units belonging to Sauder Properties.

A 3 ton AC unit was taken from 8505 Lawyers Road, and a 1-1/2 ton AC unit was taken from 8507 Lawyers Road.

The owner of the properties said the AC units have a combined value of $5,000.

If you know anything about these larcenies, call Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.

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Charlotte Running Club to Attempt World Record

Submitted by Jay Holder on Thursday, March 24th, 3:07 pm

CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) – A world record attempt is happening in South Charlotte this weekend. Members of the Charlotte Running Club will spend nearly a day and a half, trying to run the fastest 100 x 5K relay ever run.

Going into the weekend, the record is held by the Florida Striders. The Jacksonville based club completed the feat in 37 hours and 13 minutes.

“We hope to shatter that record,” said Ben Hovis, competition director for the Charlotte Running Club. If the club’s calculations are correct, that should be an easy goal to accomplish.

To break the current record, runners need to average 22 minutes and 30 seconds for 3.1 miles. A pre-relay projection has the average runner completing their three-point-one mile leg in 18minutes and 45 seconds. That would have the relay completed in 31 hours.

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VIDEO: See what the new greenway looks like

Submitted by Chris Dyches

Thursday, March 24th, 2011, 2:02pm

MATTHEWS - The Town of Matthews is proud to announce the official grand opening of the Matthews Four Mile Creek Greenway. The public is invited to attend this event which will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 9.

A short dedication ceremony will be held at 10 am at the Old Public Works facility located less than a quarter mile from the greenway entrance directly off Trade Street. Immediately following the ceremony, there will be interactive activities and entertainment along the greenway for the entire family to enjoy.

WEB EXTRA: Click here to see a video tour of the Greenway

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Surrounding towns asked to help CMS pay the bills?

Submitted by WBTV Web Staff

Thursday, March 24th, 2011, 10:03am

By Dedrick Russell - bio l email

CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Charlotte - Mecklenburg school board member Richard McElrath has an idea to help fill a potential $100 million budget gap. He wants Huntersville, Matthews, Cornelius, Davidson, Mint Hill, Pineville and the city of Charlotte to pay its share.

He wants to see what it would look like if those jurisdictions would chip in 5% or 10% of their budget.

"We'll sit down," McElrath said. "And see how the money should go and where the money should be spent."

The school board member says not only is education at stake but jobs too. About 1500 school positions could be eliminated.

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Kyle Fleischmann's father talks about new clues 4 years after disappearance

Submitted by Molly Grantham

Thursday, March 24th, 2011, 9:48am

By Molly Grantham - bio l email

CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Kyle Fleischmann is arguably the most high-profile unsolved, mysterious missing person's case in Charlotte in the past decade. The 24-year old walked out of Buckhead Saloon in Uptown Charlotte alone and drunk on November 9th, 2007, and was never seen again.

At least that's what we all thought.

But Kyle's father says at least two other people saw him afterwards. He is sharing these new clues exclusively with WBTV.

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Last chance for parents to get input on school calendar for 2012-13

Submitted by Chris Dyches

Thursday, March 24th, 2011, 9:26am

Last chance for parents to get input on school calendar for 2012-13

MECKLENBURG COUNTY - Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is polling parents, students and community members for input on the 2012-2013 CMS school calendar.

The poll will close Thursday night at 11:59 p.m.

A committee of CMS teachers, principals, administrators, parents and community members designed two 2012-2013 school calendars with various options for teacher workdays, annual leave days and holidays throughout the 215-day school year.

WEB EXTRA: Calendar options and poll

Both calendars meet the requirements of North Carolina law, North Carolina Board of Education and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education policies.

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