Florida-based supermarket chain Publix is still tight-lipped about the number of stores it plans for the Charlotte market, but it’s leaving the door open to future expansion.“At Publix, we never say never,” spokeswoman Brenda Reid said in Charlotte thi... »
Hey, kids: How good is your teacher?This spring, students in the Charlotte region will test-drive a survey that could eventually give them a voice in their teachers' job evaluations."We think it will be good feedback from someone other than their princ... »
Hey, kids: How good is your teacher?This spring, students in the Charlotte region will test-drive a survey that could eventually give them a voice in their teachers' job evaluations."We think it will be good feedback from someone other than their princ... »
The Observer is looking for readers who have seen recent print and television ads comparing prices at Wal-Mart and Harris Teeter. Would you consider switching stores to save money? Would you stick with Harris Teeter regardless of prices? We'd like to h... »
On Monday, hundreds of educators in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools' new Project LIFT Zone will start learning their place in the public-private partnership aimed at transforming nine high-poverty schools.Some will be offered retention bonuses that could... »
Matthews-based Family Dollar recently won a round in a discrimination lawsuit brought by female store managers, but the plaintiffs are attempting to appeal a judge's recent ruling denying them class-action status.The federal lawsuit was filed in 2008 o... »
Matthews-based Family Dollar recently won a round in a discrimination lawsuit brought by female store managers, but the plaintiffs are attempting to appeal a judge's recent ruling denying them class action status.The federal lawsuit was filed in 2008, ... »
A new Walmart opened its doors Wednesday morning, breathing some life back into a largely vacant stretch of Independence Boulevard but leaving another empty big box store about 1 1/2 miles away.The 148,500-square-foot store replaces the defunct Amity G... »
A Charlotte woman was sentenced Thursday to 30 months in federal prison in an identity theft-related case, federal prosecutors say.Karen Thompson Gabriel, 44, was sentenced in a federal court on Charlotte. Judge Robert Conrad Jr. also ordered Gabriel t... »
Suspensions have spiked at most of Charlotte-Mecklenburg's new pre-K-8 schools, which were launched in hopes of creating a calm learning environment for adolescents from troubled middle schools. That's partly because Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools close... »
The Florida-based Publix supermarket chain is set to open two stores in the area this year - one each in York and Lancaster counties in South Carolina - marking the retailer's first push into the Charlotte-area market.The move could dramatically ratche... »
Free preparation of the simple tax forms is being offered at more than 3,000 Wal-Mart Stores nationwide.Starting Monday, the nation's largest retailer will open kiosks with tax preparers from H&R Block Inc. and Jackson-Hewitt Tax Service Inc.H&R Block ... »
Anyone who caught seasons four and five of CMT's "Trick My Truck" may remember cast member Kelvin Locklear as the lead designer.Kelvin, 37, and his wife, April, 32, own K&L Collision Center and Outcast Kustoms on Rolling Hills Road in Mooresville's Lak... »
The Sears full-line store in Statesville will close as part of its parent company's move to shut down more than 100 stores nationwide.Sears Holdings Corp. on Thursday listed 79 of the stores it plans to close. Besides the Sears at 1689 E. Broad St. in ... »
elyportillo@charlotteobserver.com"Layaway angels" are spreading some early Christmas cheer in Charlotte, as a national outpouring of small-scale philanthropy is fueled by social media and the urge to help.Charlotteans, inspired by news accounts of peop... »
