Joe Bruno

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The Mecklenburg County Commission meeting was disrupted by protestors of the Central Piedmont Community College Law Enforcement Training Center Tuesday night. Allegedly someone released crickets inside the chamber. ALSO READ: Push for prayer at Cabarrus school board meetings draws legal challengeThe meeting then had to pause while a member of the cleaning crew came in to vacuum them up. Witnesses told Channel 9’s Joe Bruno that the crickets were everywhere.

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The FBI has released dozens of new pages inside the Shanquella Robinson investigation file. While many of them are redacted, some of them provide new details about how the FBI tried to find out what happened to the Charlotte woman whose mysterious death gained worldwide attention. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Judge to determine whether Shanquella Robinson lawsuit should standShanquella Robinson went on the trip with six friends who said she died of alcohol poisoning.

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Charlotte City Council is considering spending $25 million to upgrade the NASCAR Hall of Fame. This is the first major renovation project for the city-owned facility since its opening in 2010. “We done updates from an exhibit standpoint,” Executive Director Winston Kelley said. “But nothing on this level of magnitude.”A significant portion of the Hall of Fame would see changes under the proposal. A new education space would go where the current gift shop is located.

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Four days after a Lexington School District 2 bus overturned in Chester County, the driver of the bus wrote a letter documenting his version of events. The school district released the letter to Channel 9 on Monday in response to a records request. A 13-year-old student died in the April 17 crash on Interstate 77 in Chester County after the bus flipped on its side. Chester County Emergency Management said 38 people had to be taken to the hospital.

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Charlotte councilmember Tiawana Brown held her head high while staring down fraud allegations Friday as she and her two daughters faced a judge in federal court. They’re accused of filling out more than a dozen fraudulent Covid relief loan applications. They all say they didn’t do it. PREVIOUS STORY: City councilmember, daughters indicted on PPP fraud chargesAs she left court Friday, Brown told Channel 9’s Hunter Sáenz she was pleased with how the day went.