Matthews News

Discount retailer Family Dollar's third-quarter profit rose 7.1 percent as the company tightened expenses and emphasized sales of necessity items such as food and detergent to adjust to the economic downturn.

Are gas prices too high for an out-of-town Fourth? Don't despair. There's plenty of free family fun in Matthews and Mint Hill this Fourth of July weekend.

Matthews police arrested a man and charged him with robbing a dry cleaners Monday afternoon.

Oil prices fluctuated Monday, surging past $143 a barrel for the first time and then falling back as a rising dollar prompted some investors to sell.

Bob Vaughn works as his wife, Susan, updates her blog. The kids, Sarah and Matthew, are doing their homework.

The N.C. Center for Missing Persons has issued a Silver Alert for an endangered man.

Newlywed Alyse Woodward hugs fellow newlywed Stephanie Shuford as Shuford arrives at Woodward's home with the bridal gown they say they both bought from La Bella Sposa.

GREENSBORO, N.C. Incoming two-sport standout Spencer Adams added to his weekend credentials Saturday by winning the national championship in the 400m intermediate hurdles at the Nike Outdoor Nationals.

Matthews police say young driver is not seriously injured, but his family's vehicle is totaled.

June 16, 2008 Residential Capital L.L.C., a wholly owned subsidiary of GMAC Financial Services, said today that Thomas Neary has been named executive vice president and senior managing director of Capital ...

Five-term Republican N.C. Rep. Jim Gulley will face a challenger after all in November.

The Gerrards raise chickens as part of an effort to get closer to the source of their food.

Matthews, N.C.-MinistryWatch.com, a donor advocate group, has issued a Donor Alert regarding the American Bible Society , citing leadership, financial efficiency, and other problems at the organization.

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Charlotte Business Journal - by Taylor Bright Staff Writer Carolinas HealthCare System and Presbyterian Healthcare are competing to add 27 hospital beds in Mecklenburg County.

WCU office of public relations * published June 8, 2008 8:33 am CULLOWHEE Western Carolina University's board of trustees welcomed its newest member and bid farewell to a longtime member as part of its regular ...

"We are proud to announce another PokerPro installation in Quebec," said Chris Halligan, CEO of PokerTek.

Mountain Island Lake now has one more group focused on its protection after organization of the Mountain Island Lake Wildlife Stewards last month.

Betty and LaMond Verner moved to their patio home at Bella Sera in Matthews three years ago, from a larger house in nearby Mint Hill.

Molly Crawford tried to imagine she was back home in Matthews, N.C. -- or anywhere other than a national stage with TV cameras pointed at her.