Ryan Pitkin

1 week ago | qcnerve.com | Ryan Pitkin

The city of Charlotte will open the application process tomorrow for its 2025 Creative Growth Grants, comprising three types of grants ranging from $2,500 to $25,000 for grassroots arts nonprofits and individual creatives living and working in Mecklenburg County.

1 week ago | qcnerve.com | Ryan Pitkin

The family of a man who died while restrained by CMPD officers in 2022 filed a wrongful death suit against the city and four officers with the department on the three-year anniversary of his death. Jovontay Williams was tackled to the ground, handcuffed and placed prone while an officer held him down from behind during an incident that occurred on June 13, 2022.

1 week ago | qcnerve.com | Ryan Pitkin

Things are heating up in more ways than one. We’re here to provide you with the enjoyable examples. LIVE MUSIC707 Pavilion Blvd. June 21: Kidz Bop Live July 8: Styx, Kevin Cronin, Don Felder July 15: Counting Crows, The Gaslight Anthem July 16: Big Time Rush July 22: Russ July 26: Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, Turnpike Troubadours. . . Local news isn’t just information—it’s how a community sees itself. Subscribe now for $1/month to access all of Queen City Nerve's articles. Have an account?

1 week ago | qcnerve.com | Ryan Pitkin

Charlotte City Council held its monthly zoning meeting on Monday night, with a large group of residents showing up to speak out against a rezoning petition on Prosperity Church Road near Highland Creek where 60 households are scheduled to be displaced from the Forest Park mobile home park. Zoning meetings are split into two parts: zoning decisions, in which they vote on whether to approve or deny. . . Local news isn’t just information—it’s how a community sees itself.

2 weeks ago | qcnerve.com | Ryan Pitkin

Middle Schooler Killed in Dirt Bike WreckA 12-year-old boy was killed after the dirt bike he was operating in northeast Charlotte was struck by the driver of a pickup truck on Sunday. At around 1:06 p.m. that afternoon, first responders were called to a vehicle collision with injuries at the intersection of Oakdale and Auten roads, where they found 12-year-old Mike Malanda lying unresponsive in the roadway near a damaged dirt. . . Local news isn’t just information—it’s how a community sees itself.