Friends of Fourth Ward's 50th anniversary holiday tour runs Dec. 3 to 5, 5 to 9 p.m. each night. Tickets went on sale Oct. 16 and the tour sells out every year.
Jack Beckett·Oct 16, 2026
Mitchell and D.D. Clark inherited the Liddell-McNinch House on North Church Street, and the restaurant inside it. At City Council this week, they described what it takes to keep it going, from thin margins to 78 windows.
Nell Thomas·Sep 29, 2026
The Liddell-McNinch House has been a Charlotte landmark since 1976. On Sept. 28, City Council voted to extend the designation to the whole property, opening a property tax deferral the owners told council will go back…
Jack Beckett·Sep 29, 2026
CMS opened the 2026-27 year on August 25. Here is the one-page version for families: every break, workday and early release day, plus what actually changed this…
Nell Thomas·Aug 25, 2026
Council took no vote on the youth curfew. The transcript also records a Sept. 28 hearing for the Liddell-McNinch House, which Charlotte designated historic…
Jack Beckett·Aug 11, 2026
The new regional authority that will run Charlotte's buses and trains cleared its last state requirement on June 24, and the rail lines and the long-promised…
Jack Beckett·Jun 29, 2026
A Raleigh bill would charge the Charlotte-area governments that killed the I-77 South toll lanes an estimated $60 million, and the corridor at the center of it…
Jack Beckett·Jun 17, 2026
The I-77 South toll lanes are dead after CRTPO withdrew support on May 20. For Fourth Ward, at the Uptown end of the corridor, here is what the vote did and…
Jack Beckett·May 23, 2026
Six takeaways from a heavy week at city hall: Stage 2 water restrictions, a unanimous data-center moratorium, a $4.5 billion budget hearing, the NC state-budget…
Jack Beckett·May 16, 2026
Charlotte City Council passed a non-binding resolution on I-77 South Monday night, then voted 6 to 5 to rescind its support for the toll-lane partnership. For…
Jack Beckett·May 13, 2026
Charlotte Water's mandatory Stage 2 restrictions take effect Friday, May 15. For Fourth Ward, the biggest direct impacts hit power washing, decorative water…
Jack Beckett·May 10, 2026
Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles will resign June 30. Fourth Ward sits in District 2, and Council Member Malcolm Graham, the council's Budget Committee chair, is on…
Jack Beckett·May 8, 2026
Atrium and WakeMed announced a strategic combination Friday that would put Atrium in corporate control of Raleigh's hospital network. The story is statewide.…
Jack Beckett·May 1, 2026
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News·Apr 29, 2026
Quick read for Fourth Ward residents: CMS denied Hill's $2.1B budget 8-1; Hill asked four times for direction at the…
News·Apr 28, 2026
Charlotte City Council deadlocked 5-5 Monday night on a public hearing for a data center moratorium. Mayor Lyles broke…
News·Apr 26, 2026
Charlotte FC lost at Orlando and at Nashville to drop to fifth in the East. The home stand resumes May 9 with FC…
News·Apr 26, 2026
Charlotte Water's voluntary restrictions and the citywide burn ban both took effect this week. In Fourth Ward, the…
News·Apr 25, 2026
State Rep. Carla Cunningham re-registered Unaffiliated on Friday after losing her March primary by nearly 48 points.…
News·Apr 24, 2026
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education voted 9-0 today to make May 1 a teacher workday rather than a school day.…
