4th of July is finally here! Here are some of the top events, concerts, games, fireworks, parades, live music, historical presentations, water fun, deals, and freebies happening all around the greater Charlotte region over the next few days.
Have a Happy Independance Day weekend!
Thursday
3:00pm: Lowes YMCA in Mooresville - 4th of July celebration with fireworks - The July 3 Summer Celebration is more...
This past week authorities from various law enforcement agencies throughout greater Los Angeles unleashed 'Operation Breakheart' - a coordinated effort that resulted in the arrests of 275 online child predators and dozens of victims freed.
Today's parents need to drastically change their way of thinking and realize that the danger isn’t just in chat rooms or on social media, said Long...
In one of the most unprecedented supreme court cases in recent years, Hobby Lobby has just won a major victory for religious freedoms for corporations. The US Supreme Court has just ruled that "closely held" for-profit businesses can use religious freedom objections to opt out of the requirements within the Affordable Care Act that require free 'morning-after' and 'week-after' pill coverage for...
A local concert in Greensboro just went very very wrong... local police have just arrested the famous rapper artist known as Rick Ross after his Super Jam performance.
The North Carolina state court has issued an order for his arrest because of a failure to appear citation on a misdemeanor marijuana charge. A Greensboro Police Department spokesperson said the initial...
You've probably heard of 3D movies - but the first commercial "4-D" movie theater in California is about to offer a movie going experience like no other.
This pioneering movie theater will be located in Los Angeles and will open with a late-night showing of Transformers: The Age of Extinction.
The “4D” experience includes a 3D movie, combined with features like sensor-equipped motion...
In a remarkable new trend, Milwaukee is beginning to build it's free WiFi network across the city. The fist location is now up and running in Walker Square Park.
The city partnered with Time Warner Cable, Advanced Wireless, and the League of United Latin American Citizens to offer it's first major local 'hot spot'.
This first local WiFi location in Milwaukee is part of...
The state of Virginia has just passed some major new laws about hybrid cars, standards of learning, hunting, ethics reform, mental health, and more that will take effect in July.
There are many ways, both large and small, that life will be changing for Virginians in July as a result of laws passed by the recent 2014 General Assembly meeting.
Most of the General...
Currently in New Orleans, marriage is defined as a union between a man and a woman, but a local federal judge wants to change that. New Orlean's federal judge Judge Martin is currently deciding whether or not the state should be forced to recognize same-sex marriages that were performed in other states as valid in Louisiana.
"It is something that we live with every...
The city of Albany is moving to help drivers and hurt themselves. They are now installing new high-tech parking meters that allow people to pay by credit card, making it more convenient for people - meaning less tickets and less ticket revenue for the city.
They started to install the new advanced meters in 2011 and are continuing to add more...