Whitney L. Clegg

May 13, 2024 | wect.com | JOhn Carter |John Carter |Whitney L. Clegg

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Jazz Appreciation Month was celebrated across the United States in April, and nowhere was it more appropriate than here in North Carolina. That’s because John Coltrane, the most influential jazz artist in music history, was born and raised in North Carolina. Drive by a small, older, somewhat weathered house along Underhill Street in High Point, and if you listen closely enough you might hear the beginnings of the man who would become the most iconic jazz musician ever.

May 13, 2024 | wbtv.com | JOhn Carter |John Carter |Whitney L. Clegg

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Jazz Appreciation Month was celebrated across the United States in April, and nowhere was it more appropriate than here in North Carolina. That’s because John Coltrane, the most influential jazz artist in music history, was born and raised in North Carolina. Drive by a small, older, somewhat weathered house along Underhill Street in High Point, and if you listen closely enough you might hear the beginnings of the man who would become the most iconic jazz musician ever.

Feb 12, 2024 | wbtv.com | JOhn Carter |John Carter |Whitney L. Clegg

SALISBURY, N.C. (WBTV) - Savannah McConneughey, who goes by “VanVan” and uses the handle @therealvanan, is a five-year-old rapper from Salisbury. A precocious little girl who exudes confidence with her dance moves, she’s been rapping about the days of the week, the ABCs and 123s. Her rise started soon after VanVan was born, says her mother, Kenya McConneughey. “Everybody keeps saying, ‘She should be a model,’” Kendra said.

Nov 29, 2023 | wbtv.com | Jeffrey C. Billman |Whitney L. Clegg |Nick Ochsner

This investigation is published as a partnership between The Assembly and WBTV in Charlotte. Read part 1 here. Part 3, coming next week, follows a father’s quest to get his son out of foster care. CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Elizabeth Simpson vividly recalls her first day in Durham’s abuse, neglect, and dependency court, which decides child welfare cases.

Oct 23, 2023 | wbtv.com | Whitney L. Clegg

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Presley Rhodes first learned she was being impersonated online five years ago. In an Instagram message, a man told her he had connected with a woman on Tinder who called herself Emily Thawe, and they soon began chatting through what the woman said was her Instagram account. The conversation turned so vulgar that he eventually became suspicious. A reverse Google search of the woman’s face led him to Rhodes’ Instagram account.