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Authorities tracking down reckless e-bike riders causing chaos in Birkdale Village
A group of young, reckless drivers is causing concerns for authorities and business owners in Birkdale Village. Police said they are trying to track down a few reckless e-bike riders who they say are juveniles. One young rider told Channel 9's Dave Faherty that his bike can reach speeds in excess of 50 miles an hour. And local parents say these bikes can be dangerous. READ: CMPD cracks down on reckless bike groups accused of multiple crimes around uptown Mark Gossett said he is packing his daughter's bicycle for college, but it is the e-bike traffic in his neighborhood that is getting a lot of attention. 'Run up and down the street,' he said. 'Fly through the stop sign. I've seen them leave Birkdale Village and go up and down 73.' Huntersville Police posted several photos on Facebook of what they believe to be several juveniles traveling too fast for foot traffic in the village that attracts thousands of visitors each day. 'I think more of the concern is there are multiple of them and you can't even get by sometimes,' one neighbor, Ellie Kwasniewicz, said. Cornelius's PEDEGO Electric Bike store has bikes for sale out front. Its owner, Shawn Gantkowski, told Faherty that bikes going over 28 miles per hour are no longer classified as e-bikes and require a license and insurance, even if they are equipped with pedals. 'There needs to be enforcement,' Gantkowski said. 'The parents need to be aware that it takes a split second for someone's life to be changed upside down.' Kiki Daniels said she loves riding e-bikes on trails, but it's important for parents to be involved. 'With any equipment like this, whether it's a scooter or a bike... safety is number one,' she said. Police told Faherty that they would like to meet with the parents and these young people involved to make sure everyone in the area stays safe. A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found e-bike injuries more than doubled every year, going from 751 in 207 to 23,493 in 2022. WATCH: CMPD cracks down on reckless bike groups accused of multiple crimes around uptown Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
24-07-2025
- Entertainment
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Lara Trump makes surprise announcement. But not the one NC is waiting on.
Lara Trump made an announcement this week. But not the one North Carolinians were waiting for — on the U.S. Senate race. On Friday, The Telegraph reported, Trump plans to release her fourth single, 'Eyes of God.' The Telegraph wrote that the song, according to Trump, is meant to serve as 'a reminder that we are all more alike than we are different.' 'Everyone is dealing with different highs and lows and, in the era of hiding behind a screen, we should all take a moment to give one another a little grace,' Trump told The Telegraph. 'Instead of turning to a negative comment, maybe it's time we all turn to God.' Trump, and her team, did not respond to an email seeking comment about her new single or The Telegraph's reporting. She began her singing career in 2023, covering Tom Petty's 'I Won't Back Down.' Despite debuting at No. 10 on Billboard's Digital Song Sales, her music has faced heavy social media backlash for using auto-tune. Senate race While Trump releases new music, North Carolina Republicans, and Democrats, are waiting for the president's daughter-in-law to make a decision about whether she will run to replace outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis, a Republican from Huntersville. NBC News Senior White House Correspondent Garrett Haake reported Trump, 42, told reporters at the White House last week she would make a decision about whether to run by Thanksgiving. Filing for the 2026 primary begins on Dec. 1. Currently, two candidates are running: former Rep. Wiley Nickel, a Democrat from Cary, and former NAVY JAG officer Don Brown, a Republican. Former Gov. Roy Cooper is expected to make an announcement about whether he plans to run in the coming days. That decision has been speculated on for more than a year. Tillis announced his reelection campaign late last year, but said Wednesday he and President Donald Trump had a disagreement over the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The piece of legislation included many of the campaign promises President Trump made during the 2024 election. 'We've never really had a testy discussion,' Tillis said at an event held Wednesday morning in Washington. 'It's always been very respectful.' But Tillis said he felt so strongly that the bill would harm North Carolina Medicaid recipients that he needed to take his campaign off the table as a potential bargaining chip. 'I thought it was a good time just to tell the president that he should start looking for a replacement,' Tillis said Wednesday. Tillis said those interviews for a replacement began about 10 minutes later. Lara Trump's political career Tillis wouldn't comment on whether he would help Lara Trump campaign, saying Republicans need to first figure out their candidate. He does want a Republican to succeed him, as long as it's not former Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, he said Wednesday, and multiple times previously. President Trump has said that his daughter-in-law would be his 'first choice.' Lara Trump's candidacy has been rumored before in 2022. She's a native of Wilmington, attended Laney High School, and received a communication degree from N.C. State. She named her daughter, Carolina, after the state she grew up in. In 2022, she turned down a Senate run to replace retiring Sen. Richard Burr, to join Fox News as a contributor. Within a year, the network separated from Lara Trump, after her father-in-law announced his third reelection campaign. Lara Trump is in the exact same position now, with Fox recently hiring her to host her own news show, while she also considers whether to replace Tillis. She's currently registered to vote in Florida, and would need to switch to North Carolina. Her background lends itself to both careers. She began in 2012, at 'Inside Edition,' where she worked until 2016. During that time she married Eric Trump, the president's third child. She's worked on her father-in-law's campaigns and in 2024 co-chaired the Republican National Committee, with Michael Whatley, the former North Carolina Republican Party chairman, who is also rumored to be considering a Senate run.
Yahoo
10-07-2025
- Politics
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Tillis tells CNN he warned Trump that ‘big beautiful bill' could be ‘his Obamacare'
Sen. Thom Tillis, a Republican from Huntersville, told President Donald Trump that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act could become his 'Obamacare.' The remark, made to CNN's Jake Tapper in an exclusive interview that aired Wednesday night, is a striking comment with the midterm elections looming over Republicans. CNN's broadcast marked Tillis' first major interview since he announced on June 29 that he would end his reelection campaign and vote against the Senate's version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a massive piece of legislation that contains many of Trump's priorities. The two-term senator typically doesn't shy away from candid and frank conversations with reporters in the halls of Congress, but it's rare for him to grant a lengthy interview with a national television outlet. In his interview with Tapper, he tackled his relationship with Trump, how he feels about Trump's advisers, who no longer deserves a cabinet position and the person he won't support to succeed him. Tillis told Tapper his decision to end his campaign, was in part, to take off the table any question that his Senate actions have anything to do with his reelection prospects. That decision, made while rebuking Senate Republicans for voting for their version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, caught his party off guard. Now, with former N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat from Raleigh, signaling his potential run, Republicans are scrambling to find a candidate who could outpace him. Names like Lara Trump, the president's daughter-in-law, and Michael Whatley, her Republican National Committee co-chair, have been floated. Rep. Pat Harrigan, a freshman from Hickory, has also been considered, and political pundits now see those three as the top contenders behind the scenes. But history has taught Republicans that health care policy can have dire consequence on elections. In 2010, 45% of voters said in an exit poll to NBC News that they cast their ballots as a rebuke to Democrats for passing the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. The controversial policy made sweeping changes to healthcare including: providing financial assistance to buy health insurance plans; preventing people with preexisting conditions from being denied coverage; allowing people under 26 years old to stay on their parent's health insurance plans; and allowing states to expand Medicaid. Republicans used it as a tool in the midterm elections to claim the policy was the government's means to control healthcare. And it cost Democrats 63 seats in the House, flipping the majority for nearly a decade. Republicans currently control both chambers, with 220 Republicans and 212 Democrats in the House — there are three vacancies — and 53 Republicans and 45 Democrats in the Senate. Two senators are independent. Midterm elections are notoriously difficult for the president's party, and Republicans don't have much of a lead to maintain control of either chamber. Tillis told Tapper he and Trump rarely find themselves at odds. But he confirmed to CNN reports that he texted and called the president before the vote on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and told him that his advisers weren't giving him the entire picture of the impact of the Senate's version of the legislation. Tillis took to the Senate floor on June 29, just hours after announcing his retirement, and said his research found 663,000 people in North Carolina would lose their Medicaid coverage. To Tapper, he said the state would be scrambling to make up a $26 billion loss within 10 years. 'I told the president that the House markup was great,' Tillis said. 'The House markup dealt with work requirements, saved $800 billion.' Tillis does not believe his colleagues came up with the Senate version and blames White House staff, he told Tapper. 'It wasn't the brainchild of any one member that I can find here,' Tillis said. 'But it does so much damage. It just wasn't thought through, and hopefully we can convince them that we have to fix it. ... Otherwise, I told the president, and I really believe it, this could be his Obamacare.' Tillis told Tapper that he doesn't believe the people who will be affected know it yet, but Democrats will make sure they know it soon. 'I was told by more than one person that (Trump) preferred the House Bill more, but there's no question the Democrats are going to say that he broke his promise and that Medicaid recipients are going to be at risk,' Tillis said. 'But he's got people that are giving them bad advice, that are around them every day.' Tillis believed the bill could have been fixed within 10 days, if the White House had budged on its self-imposed July 4 deadline. That wasn't the case. Tillis said he believes a staffer was 'obsessed' with having it signed with 'rockets red glare and bombs bursting in air.' The bill was signed on July 4 at the White House with a flyover and a few hours before fireworks were set off over the Ellipse. Tillis vowed more than once in Tapper's interview that he will hold accountable Trump's advisers. 'I'll make it very clear them,' Tillis said. ''Guys, you act like the president when when he's out of the room, you don't impress me. And they'll hear more of that in the coming months.' Tillis wouldn't name the advisers. Yet, he said. But he shared he's not impressed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who Tillis expressed skepticism about during the confirmation process. Tillis initially said he would support the Senate Committee on Armed Services' decision regarding Hegseth's nomination. But allegations against Hegseth for abusing women caught Tillis' attention. As the confirmation vote approached, it appeared that Tillis would block Hegseth's nomination. Tillis ultimately voted to confirm him, but has reflected on that decision since then, he told Tapper. 'With the passing of time, I think it's clear he's out of his depth,' Tillis said. This week, Hegseth was accused of authorizing a pause on weapons sent by the U.S. to Ukraine without the White House's knowledge. Tillis called that 'amateurish' and said that the Senate Committee on Armed Services may have been too generous with Hegseth's nomination. 'If all I had was the information on the day of the vote, I'd certainly vote for him again,' Tillis said. 'But now I have the information of Hegseth being a manager, and I don't think that his probationary period has been very positive.' Tillis has thoughts on his successor and who should run from the Republican Party. He said he understands Trump began taking interviews to replace him following the announcement to end his reelection campaign. 'It's going to be a tough race in North Carolina,' Tillis said. 'We've got to get a good candidate, and I'm committed to helping the president get that candidate elected, if it's not, well, lets say a handful of people who will never make it in a general election in North Carolina.' He laughed as he brought up the screen name former Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson allegedly used to post racist and raunchy comments on a porn forum that CNN uncovered during Robinson's failed gubernatorial election last year. He said if Trump picked Robinson for the GOP candidate, it 'would be devastating.' But he added that even before the porn forum scandal became public, Trump stopped allowing Robinson to appear at events with him. 'I think the president probably had the right intel that it wasn't a good idea to call him Martin Luther King times two,' Tillis said. 'He is a disgrace to Martin Luther King's legacy, and there's no way if he became the nominee in North Carolina, I could possibly support them.' Trump previously called Robinson 'Martin Luther King on steroids.' Tillis quickly added that he wouldn't vote for the Democrat either, but would sit out the race. Tillis reminded Tapper that in both elections for Senate, he won by fewer than two points and that both campaigns were the most expensive, at the time, in U.S. history. 'This is going to be a tough race, for someone,' Tillis said. 'They need a good, solid business right-of-center conservative to match up against who ever it is, and now it looks like it may be (former) Gov. (Roy) Cooper.' Tapper asked why Tillis decided to walk away from the Senate and not run for a third term. Tapper added that his supporters believe they need someone willing to stand up to the legislative branch, and work in a bipartisan manner to get policy accomplished. 'I've been trying to tell people that for the last 10 years, look, I got a wonderful life and a wonderful family and lots of professional options before I started this job, and I'm going to have them after I started this job,' Tillis said. 'But I want to make it very clear, if you want to try and flex on me and make it look like my reelection prospects are at risk, I want to make it clear that that's not anything I care about. 'I care about good policy, and I care about the future of this country, and I thought taking that off the table for the next year-and-a-half may put me in a better position to help govern and help encourage other members to stand up for our branch and for good policy.' He added that he still supports Trump. 'I have a vested interest in making sure that President Trump is the most successful Republican president in the history of this country,' Tillis said. 'I was a Republican long before President Trump was and I'll be a Republican for the rest of my life. I've built a majority in North Carolina. I want to see that successful streak and all the benefits that have occurred in North Carolina continue and so you have to be able to tell truth to power. 'That's our job, and that's exactly what I attempted to do last week, and that's what I'll continue to do, and I'll continue to work with the president if he chooses to,' Tillis said.
Yahoo
24-06-2025
- Business
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ONYX Invites You to BECOME HERO
HUNTERSVILLE N.C., June 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "We believe that tomorrow can, and will, be better than today. But, it takes a hero to change the world. It takes you. BECOME HERO." This simple vision inspired ONYX to create a new line of janitorial equipment centered entirely around the true hero of this story: the largely unseen, unsung, hard-working, and humble janitorial custodian who works long hours, often through the night, to keep our environments clean, healthy, and safe. Naturally, ONYX has named this product line: HERO. "We recognize that these dedicated custodians work selflessly and tirelessly so that the rest of us, and our loved ones, can enjoy living, learning, and working in a cleaner, healthier world," said Seth Alberty, VP of Engineering and Operations at ONYX. "In every sense of the word, these individuals are the real hero — and HERO exists to honor and empower them." Alberty added, "HERO goes far beyond a product line. It's a mindset, a mission, a way of making a difference. The vision of HERO empowers all of us to become the best versions of ourselves, so that we may in turn make the world better for others." To mark this launch, ONYX is introducing two groundbreaking HERO products: the T1 Low Speed Floor Machine and the R25 Wet Dry Vacuum. HERO T1 Low Speed Buffer Line-up Effortlessly scrubs, strips, buffs, and polishes floors Easy assembly Available in 13, 17, and 20-inch head sizes Change head size in seconds Industrial-quality thick gauge steel design Redundant switches to avoid downtime Integrated LED light strip for convenience and safety Optional accessories include: 4 gallon solution tank 28 lb weight kit Dust skirt and vac port Multiple cleaning and stripping brushes HERO R25 Wet-Dry Vacuum Delivers powerful suction to lift both wet residue and dry dirt from floors for a deep, complete clean. Industry-leading 25-Gallon capacity Innovative design prevents water and foam ingestion Floating front-mount squeegee for unmatched water pickup Quick emptying with oversized drain hose and tip and pour features. Easy to maneuver Rugged toughness High-power vacuum Industrial-quality all-steel brackets design Headlights illuminate your workspace Optional accessory kit includes: Extension hose Floor wand Wet squeegee Dry squeegee Crevice tool Upholstery brush attachment These products are available now through authorized distribution partners. Additional product details, videos, brochures, and promotional materials found at To cement this launch, "BECOME HERO Day" is scheduled for July 30th, 2025 and will feature a Become Hero live stream presentation from the ONYX factory, Become HERO focused regional sales representative activities nationwide, Social Media posts and lots of other promotional activity. Additional details can be found at The launch of HERO is not just the introduction of machines. It is the ignition of a movement: a movement that recognizes the true hero behind every polished floor, every sanitized hallway, every safer space. HERO is a rallying cry to those who show up with grit, with heart, and with purpose to make this world better for others. This is more than innovation. This is tribute. This is transformation. This is your call to BECOME HERO. About ONYXBased in North Carolina, ONYX is a cutting-edge manufacturer of floor scrubbers, burnishers and concrete polishers, dedicated to enhancing productivity and maximizing cost savings through innovative, high-performance cleaning, and advanced polishing technology. With a commitment to innovation, ONYX is at the forefront of eco-friendly technology. Our mission is to deliver fast, simple, reliable products that empower you to become yourbest. Media Contact: Stuart Proctor, VP of Marketing, stuart@ View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE ONYX Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
11-05-2025
- Automotive
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Vehicle fire under investigation in Huntersville
Huntersville firefighters battled a vehicle fire that impacted three vehicles on Sunday afternoon. Firefighters responded to the scene at the 13400 block of Angel Oak Drive just before 1 p.m. on Sunday. Three vehicles had caught fire, and the fire threatened a nearby home. READ: Magnitude 4.1 earthquake hits Tennessee-North Carolina border After about an hour, firefighters had contained the fire, and the home was no longer in danger. Officials said the Mecklenburg County Fire Marshal responded to the scene and is investigating the cause of the fire. No additional details have been made available. This is a developing story. Check back with for updates. WATCH: Magnitude 4.1 earthquake hits Tennessee-North Carolina border
