The Charlotte Knights have just announced that they will be hosting the 29th annual Triple-A All-Star Game, which will be aired to millions on the MLB network; The All-Star games will be help in Center City Charlotte from  July 11-13, 2016. Many people had reservations about The Charlotte Knights building their new minor league stadium in uptown Charlotte, but all the doubters...
How much would you pay to eat some of Galotoire's world famous turtle soup? At this world famous New Orleans eatery, reservations are not taken, and some people are willing to go to extreme measures to get their turtle soup fix. Some of the more wealthy of the city have started to pay homeless people to wait in the line for...
Social media has helped the Tazewell County Sheriff’s Office arrest over 200 people throughout the region. Local authorities combined their resources and manpower to investigate possible suspects, then follow them up the crime hierarchy. They used Facebook, Twitter, and other popular social platforms to identify evidence and locations of suspects, as well as to discover affiliates, using nothing more than a name. Here are some examples of...
If you live in Nashville, you might be familiar with the Rhett Walker Band. Showing off his expert Meteorologist skills (not really, haha), lead singer, Rhett Walker, did the Weather Report for Fox 17 in Nashville. You will definitely get a laugh out of this!
Milwaukee set a one day snowfall record yesterday, reporting an astounding 10.4 inches in one day. The previous record of 9 inches was set back in 1915. The total for this weekend's snowstorm, starting on Saturday, and ending early Monday was 12 inches on the nose. The large snow dump this weekend was partially a result of lake effect snow, which falls when...
President Barack Obama included a massive surplus to the state of Georgia to drastically expand Savannah harbor in his new budget. The White House budget request released on Monday includes $42 million for dredging the river channel cargo ships use to reach the Port of Savannah. It’s the first major construction funding proposal that we've seen since the $706 million project was...
City officials in North Charleston City have just revealed plans to spend over $300,000 in government funding to launch a major new crime fighting initiative. The biggest portion of the funding will go to toward 115 body cameras for North Charleston police. The police will also be completely overhauling the Cops Athletics League (CAPS), helping to keep youth away from crime, as well as Steps Toward...
This week is freebie week throughout the greater Charlotte region. Enjoy tons of give-a-ways from local restaurants, stores, and festivals. Here are 7 of the best freebies being given away this week; #1 Free Coffee: For the entire month of Februrary, Chick-fil-A is giving away free coffee, all day, every day. No coupon, no purchase required. #2 Free Bloom: Outback Steakhouse: Monday, Feb. 2, say...
It seems as if most of today's superbowl viewers are more interested in the clever commercials than in watching the game itself. Over the years, the extra viewers have helped inflate the Super Bowl’s viewership well beyond what it would have been as just another championship game, which in turn led to even more expensive ad spots. Some even estimate that the...
You might have heard of Easton LaChappelle, but if you haven't, you will very soon. He's already accomplished enough before the age of 20 to meet the president and secure a job with NASA...basically, LaChappelle is about to change the world. His primary ambition for inventing a new type of prosthetic arm was a little girl using a poorly-constructed prosthetic limb that cost $80,000....