Dedrick A. Russell
Executive Producer, Community Content at WBTV-TV (Charlotte, NC)
WBTV EP of Community Content - also know good recruiters from Gray TV/ HBCU Grad- Virginia State Univ. - MS from Syracuse Univ. Want a job in TV News - call me
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wbtv.com | Claire Kopsky |Dedrick A. Russell
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - As dozens of parents and stakeholders are expected to show up to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board meeting Thursday regarding two principal suspensions, District 6’s board member issues a statement to WBTV. District 6’s board member Summer Nunn represents the area that includes Ardrey Kell High School. Ardrey Kell High School Principal Jamie Brooks was suspended with pay on May 2nd, and weeks later announced her retirement.
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wbtv.com | Dedrick A. Russell
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Mecklenburg County Commissioners are prepared to vote on its $2.5 billion budget Tuesday night. The budget includes a .96 property tax increase and cuts to community service grants. The tax increase and cuts are to help cover a $29 million budget gap. If approved the owner of an average home will start to pay about $3 extra in taxes per month starting July 1. Last year the county spent $2,013,060.00 on community service grants.
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wbtv.com | Dedrick A. Russell
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Mecklenburg County Commissioners are one step closer to approving its $2.5 billion budget with a property tax increase. Thursday commissioners held a straw vote. They voted 9-0 to make changes to the budget that include cuts and relief for some nonprofits. The county is facing a $29 million budget shortfall and the county manager recommended slashing funding to several non-profits and local community service grants. Crisis Assistance Ministry has been around for 50 years.
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wbtv.com | Dedrick A. Russell
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - It’s been two years since the deadly South Park fire. May 18, 2023, was the day Demonte Sherrill and Reuben Holmes were working in an unfinished apartment building when a fire started. The two victims were trapped on the sixth floor. The family of Demonte Sherrill held a family cookout on the 18th to honor and celebrate the life of Sherrill. “I don’t want them to forget him,” Demonte Sherrill’s mother Onita Sherrill said.
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wbtv.com | Dedrick A. Russell |Cassidy Johncox
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - The Charlotte Fraternal Order of Police was on a fact-finding mission to see where members stand when it comes to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Johnny Jennings. The Charlotte Fraternal Order of Police, a private organization, said that on May 8, they sent an email to its members to inform them of a motion passed by their membership to hold a vote of no-confidence of Chief Jennings.
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