Friday means it's time for WBTV's Football Friday Night!

Submitted by Alison Hill, Community Web Producer

Friday, August 26th, 2011, 9:00am

Friday means it's time for WBTV's Football Friday Night!

What else is there to do on a Friday night except cheer on your favorite high school football team with WBTV’s Football Friday Night, Charlotte’s premier high school football highlights show!

Each Friday, WBTV Sports brings you 55 minutes of action-packed high school football heroics from 11:35 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.

Hosted by WBTV Sports anchors Delano Little and Leah Rubertino, Football Friday Night provides comprehensive high school football coverage including highlights and scores.

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Tax bills for property owners to be mailed out Monday

Submitted by Chris Dyches

Thursday, August 25th, 2011, 2:30pm

Tax bills for property owners to be mailed out Monday

MECKLENBURG COUNTY - Property owners will begin receiving their real property, business personal property and individual personal property tax bills next week. The Mecklenburg County Tax Collector will mail 361,281 bills on Monday.

Real Property

All real property – residential and commercial – was subject to revaluation this year. Approximately half the properties were reappraised at a higher value and half at a lower value. The Board of County Commissioners set a tax rate of 81.66 cents per one-hundred dollars of assessed value as part of the FY12 budget process. The combination of the new value and new tax rate will be reflected in the bills being sent on August 29. The total County tax revenue generated from all residential and commercial property is $819 million.

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WBTV Furry Friends: Cookie will satisfy any sweet tooth!

Submitted by Humane Society of Charlotte

Thursday, August 25th, 2011, 12:17pm

WBTV Furry Friends: Cookie will satisfy any sweet tooth!

CHARLOTTE - If you like cookies .... you will LOVE this sweet girl! Meet "Cookie"!

She's not a lay-around-and-do-nothing kind of cat...she loves to explore and will help you with all of your chores.

You're working on the computer? Cookie will press the keys. Reading the paper? She'll hold the pages down for you. Watching TV? She'll just plop in your lap so you can pet her.

She's young and playful and full of life. Cookie's adoption fees are waived until August 31st.

You'll wonder how you ever managed without Cookie.

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Amtrak service canceled for the weekend as Irene approaches

Submitted by Alison Hill, Community Web Producer

Thursday, August 25th, 2011, 11:46am

As Hurricane Irene continues to progress toward the eastern seaboard, Amtrak is canceling all train service operating south of Washington for Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Additional cancellations may be necessary in the coming days as the major storm moves north. As of Thursday, service on the Northeast Corridor is not affected.

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Thousands of students in the Charlotte region heading back to school

Submitted by Jeff Rivenbark

Thursday, August 25th, 2011, 9:04am

CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Thousands of students in 20 counties throughout the Charlotte region returned back to class Thursday morning.

With more buses on the road this morning, there were minor traffic congestion issues reported in Charlotte, but there were no major accidents.

In the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School district alone, more than 138,000 students are returning back to class today.

Some of the middle schools have new start times, and all of the elementary schools have an additional 45 minutes added to the school day this year.

The main reason for the change in bell schedules is to allow buses to do a higher number of routes than last school year. The district says the changes will actually save the district around $4 million.

The time shift will be especially noticed by students and parents at magnet schools like Myers Park Traditional School in south Charlotte.

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It's the First Day of School - we want to see your pictures!

Submitted by Chris Dyches

Thursday, August 25th, 2011, 4:30am

It's the First Day of School - we want to see your pictures!

Welcome back to school for students all over North Carolina!

Today is the first day for most students and its hard to tell who is more excited - you... or your kids!

There are a lot of back to school smiles as kids are trying on their new school clothes and seeing some of their friends for the first time in months... so catch those smiles on camera before they come home with homework!

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SocialCrush Brings Social Business Leaders from Around World

Submitted by Donna Lepre on Wednesday, August 24th, 5:30 pm

SocialCrush, the popular, two-day, hands-on, interactive social media business conference will be in Charlotte, NC at the Charlotte Convention Center on September 13-14, 2011. This stop on the national tour will host a group of presenters from A-list social media companies from around the world. “This event will be the biggest social media event of the year for Charlotte,” says Tim Moore, CEO of SocialCrush. “SocialCrush is unique because it is two days dedicated to giving businesses of all sizes actual hands-on advice and training in social media. The added bonus is that a lot of this training and advice comes from major industry newsmakers.”