Eli Brand

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Frustrated by hours-long waits at DMVs across North Carolina, state leaders announced new efforts to shorten lines and improve service. “It’s outrageous. This is sinful,” said resident George Holden Jr.Lines at the DMV across the state are very common. N.C. DMV resumes summer hours, opens earlierAdetricia Tucker even said lines were so bad Friday she tried two locations in Charlotte. Tucker said she struggles to stand. AdvertisementAdvertisement“I’m crippled,” she said.

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A semi-trailer truck crashed into a hotel building in Shelby early Thursday morning, Channel 9 has learned. It happened around 5:15 a.m. at the Comfort Inn off of Highway 74, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. Channel 9’s Eli Brand went to the scene and spotted the truck and the damage to the building. There was also debris scattered that had fallen off of the truck.

1 week ago | wsoctv.com | Eli Brand

Matt Henley says his clean beef business in Mt. Gilead may just be an indicator of how tariffs and inflation might end up affecting consumers at the grocery store. Henley and his brother run Pee Dee Premium, but his family has been farming for generations. “Grandpa bought the farm in the mid-’50s, and we grew up here,” Henley told Channel 9’s Eli Brand. Their operation uses no chemicals or injections, and their cattle is 100% grass-fed.

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Amanda O’Hara is leading a group of people to Tuesday night’s Charlotte City Council meeting with one goal in mind: get answers. “The fact Julio is still missing nearly two months later is incredibly frustrating,” O’Hara told Channel 9’s Eli Brand. She’s demanding action to find Julio, a French bulldog. Channel 9 reported when Julio was stolen from his owner, Jayla Gittens, while she was moving from her north Charlotte apartment complex. Her car was also stolen.

1 week ago | sports.yahoo.com | Eli Brand

James Hotchner has played and coached street hockey in a Huntersville Park for years. Hotchner has coached and played in the Charlotte Street Hockey League for some time, with much of the league’s proceeds going to charity. Most recently, money raised went to help with ovarian cancer research. Advertisement“He’s the first person to raise his hand for literally anything we’re doing,” Bobby Arkus with the CSHL said.