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A retirement award was presented to firefighter Daniel Bailey, who has served 20 years and 10 months with the SFD.

The Ypsilanti City Manager has filed a formal complaint against a member of the city council claiming he created a “hostile council environment”. WEMU's Josh Hakala reports.

Partisan races for council and city administrative positives are set, while independents have until May 1 to file.

Brock to Run for 5th Term, Cornell’s 20-year PILOT Expires Next Year, State Senate Rejects LaSalle in Floor Vote

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools must drop 10 construction projects to keep the bond total under $3 billion, staff told the school board Tuesday.

A grocery store in a Houston food desert offers meal kits with low-cost, nutritious recipes.

The filing deadline for the May 2 primary election was 4 p.m. Wednesday. Richland County voters will consider a number of contested races.

Over the next five years, the Corridors of Opportunity program will invest $109 million in public and private funds in six neighborhoods. The Beatties Ford Road Corridor in northwest Charlotte is one of those neighborhoods. It is a neighborhood that has served as a refuge to many Black Charlotteans displaced from the center city during urban renewal. Now, history may be repeating itself.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools unveils a plan for a November bond package totaling almost $3 billion. Almost half the district's 180 schools could see changes in boundaries, magnets, grade levels and/or facilities.

Pontiac City Council approves annexation that increases size of city