Taylor Batten

Jan 12, 2025 | charlotteobserver.com | Taylor Batten

Editorials and other Opinion content offer perspectives on issues important to our community and are independent from the work of our newsroom reporters. In 2015, attorney Jon Buchan successfully argued against moving police officer Wes Kerrick's manslaughter trial out of Mecklenburg County. Buchan retires this month after 45 years representing The Charlotte Observer. [email protected] Jon Buchan called me the other day to tell me he was finally hanging it up.

May 28, 2024 | charlotteobserver.com | Taylor Batten

Charlotte Observer summer interns for 2024. Top row - Left to right: Cooper Metts, Dasia Williams, Kate Robins, Kyahl Dorsey. Bottom row - left to right: Lucy Marques, Luke Fountain, Preston Jenkins, Nicky Wolcott Observer For all the (understandable) consternation over the challenges the news industry faces, we in newsrooms see a persistent uplifting phenomenon:Smart, energetic, curious young people still want in.

Apr 14, 2024 | charlotteobserver.com | Taylor Batten

Crime scene tape stretches across Romare Bearden Park after a New Years Eve shooting injured several people. CMPD hasn't provided the Observer records about crime at the park. WSOC-TV It's not new, and it's not surprising, that some government officials and politicians don't want the public to know what they're up to. But it seems to be getting worse lately in Charlotte and in North Carolina and one can only guess what that means for you the taxpayer.

Feb 25, 2024 | news.yahoo.com | Jim Morrill |Taylor Batten

Lynn Wheeler, a former Charlotte City Council member and consummate networker who helped shape her adopted city, died Saturday after a brief battle with cancer. She was 80. Wheeler was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer just last Tuesday, two days before her birthday. “Lynn had a heart of gold for Charlotte, a passion for Charlotte and a passion for public service,” former N.C. Governor and longtime Mayor Pat McCrory said Sunday.

Feb 25, 2024 | charlotteobserver.com | Taylor Batten

Lynn Wheeler, an energetic politician who served on Charlotte's City Council for 14 years and was integral to bringing the Spectrum Center arena to uptown, died Saturday. She was 80. Wheeler had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer on Thursday, her birthday, and died two days later, close friend Matthew Ridenhour told The Charlotte Observer on Sunday.