Durham schools last year saw high absenteeism. How they are combating it this year

News | Charlotte North Carolina | Spectrum News 1 8/28 6:17A Sydney McCoy

In the 2024-25 school year, more than 400,000 students in the state missed more than 10% of school.

Keep Rising! summit empowers teen girls

WCCB Charlotte 8/28 3:55A Taylor Miller

CONCORD, N.C. The Keep Rising! Empowerment Summit for Girls will bring together girls ages 13 to 18 for workshops and conversations focused on building confidence and preparing for the future. This year s free summit, themed Pretty & Powerful:...

Actor Leon & director Wes Miller present “Wildcards” to CLT audience

WCCB Charlotte 8/28 3:48A Joseph Duncan

CHARLOTTE, N.C. A courtroom drama tackling race, justice and the question of who you believe is coming to Charlotte this weekend. Wildcards, directed by former civil-rights trial lawyer Wes Miller, stars Leon, Elise Neal and Aries Spears and...

Unsettled with scattered showers and storms

WCCB Charlotte 8/28 3:31A Kaitlin Wright

Forecast: Friday: AM patchy fog. Scattered showers and storms in the afternoon and evening. Storms will produce heavy downpours and frequent lightning. Downbursts with damaging wind gusts along with isolated flooding is possible. There could be...

How college students can build better spending habits

WCCB Charlotte 8/28 3:26A Taylor Miller

CHARLOTTE, N.C. College can be a first taste of financial independence for many students, but everyday expenses can add up quickly. Consumer and money-saving expert Andrea Woroch joined Rising to share ways students and families can save on...

Nepal flooding: How a chain of events triggered catastrophic flooding

WCCB Charlotte 8/28 3:24A Kaitlin Wright

CHARLOTTE, N.C. The deadly floods and landslides in Nepal highlight the growing risks in a rapidly changing Himalayan landscape. Experts say improving monitoring and communication systems could give communities critical minutes to evacuate....

Stanley Simmons coming to Neighborhood Theatre

WCCB Charlotte 8/28 3:07A Adam Wurtzel

CHARLOTTE, N.C. Adam Wurtzel spoke with Evan Stanley and Nick Simmons of duo Stanley Simmons to learn more about their music and upcoming Charlotte tour stop. The sons of Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons of KISS fame will release their debut album...

Blurred Lines – Game 4

WCCB Charlotte 8/28 3:01A Adam Wurtzel

CHARLOTTE, N.C. Adam Wurtzel challenged his Rising co-hosts with another round of Rising original game, Blurred Lines.

Wingate University pharmacy students getting mandatory Mental Health First Aid training

News | Charlotte North Carolina | Spectrum News 1 8/28 12:40A Arin Cotel-Altman

To address rising mental health challenges, Wingate University requires pharmacy students to take mental health first aid training.

'Aunt Dolly': Imagination Library carries Parton's legacy forward

News | Charlotte North Carolina | Spectrum News 1 8/28 12:30A Jordan Kudisch

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library helps her legacy live on through the millions of children who receive free books.

Tim Curry, iconic character actor and ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ star, dies at 80

WCCB Charlotte 8/26 9:15A WCCB Web Staff

Tim Curry, a character actor who created a gallery of delicious, very loony villains for stage and screen, including Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show and the smug concierge in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, has died. He was...

Two arrested after drugs found in Burke County residence

WCCB Charlotte 8/26 9:00A DJ Beal

BURKE COUNTY, N.C. The Burke County Sheriff s Office have arrested two individuals in connection with a drugs found at a Burke County residence. Burke County officers responded to a residence on Catawba Street near Highway 70. Officers found...

Zelenskyy gives award to Elon Musk for Starlink’s role in Ukraine

WCCB Charlotte 8/26 8:03A DJ Beal

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday awarded Elon Musk Ukraine s Order of Freedom, one of its highest state honors, for his outstanding personal merits in protecting human life and freedom and strengthening ties with the...

The next Atlantic storm will be named Dolly, but it’s not connected to Parton’s death

WCCB Charlotte 8/26 6:52A Associated Press

MIAMI (AP) The next tropical storm that develops in the Atlantic this hurricane season will be named Dolly, but the timing is pure coincidence and has no connection to Dolly Parton s death Tuesday . Storm systems are named by procedures set by...

Country artists remember Dolly Parton

WCCB Charlotte 8/26 6:41A Adam Wurtzel

CHARLOTTE, N.C. Country artists Michelle Wright, Bailey Marie and Karen Waldrup joined Adam Wurtzel to share their memories of Dolly Parton.