Charlotte is remembering Hattie “Chatty Hatty” Leeper, a pioneering broadcaster whose work helped shape the city’s radio history. Leeper passed away October 13, 2026, at age 98, leaving a legacy of music, education, and opportunity.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Rev. Corine Mack, president of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg NAACP, is calling for action following reports of racist text messages involving Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers.
Nearly 500 new students join the Blue Bear family as the Salisbury HBCU continues a period of growth
You can love Jesus and go to therapy. You can believe in prayer and still need a private space to speak honestly about what hurts. Seeking help does not make your faith less sincere.
The Sumter Item recently featured Shonda English in its Past is Present series, sharing the story of a daughter carrying forward the music, ministry and memories her father left behind.
How do we love and treat each other? Did we vote? And are we locked in?
On September 23, 1955, an all-white jury acquitted the two men tried for murdering Emmett Till. Emmett was 14 years old. He had gone to Mississippi to visit family. He should have returned home to Chicago with stories of his summer, ready for school and all the years of life still ahead of him. Instead, his mother had to bury him.
For viewers who grew up with Dwayne Wayne, Whitley Gilbert and the rest of the Hillman College family, the wait is over. A new, 10-episode sequel to A Different World premieres today on Netflix. It brings familiar faces back to the fictional historically Black college while introducing students who have their own friendships, ambitions and growing pains.
