Mecklenburg County ABC Board’s curbside pickup plan (draft)

This public record is referenced in the Feb. 26, 2021, edition of The Charlotte Ledger, an e-newsletter with local business-y news. It was obtained…

N.C. ABC Commission files on Sugar Creek Brewing ‘ice cream truck’ beer sales

Here’s the investigative file on Charlotte’s Sugar Creek Brewing Co., which investigators say was illegally selling beer off the back of a truck in…

CMS memo on grades in first quarter of school

After The Ledger requested it, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools provided the following executive summary of grades in the first-quarter of the school year, when K-12 students…

Audio of 911 call regarding Sonic Automotive CEO David Smith

Using public records laws, The Ledger obtained the audio file of the 911 call placed on Oct. 5 by a 22-year-old woman who says…

Judge’s order dismissing Pittenger’s lawsuit against Lebda

A business court judge on Tuesday ruled in favor of LendingTree CEO Doug Lebda, who was sued in 2018 by former U.S. Rep. Robert…

Who received Mecklenburg County’s Covid relief loans?

Mecklenburg County awarded nearly $5M in loans to small businesses this spring. Here is the full list from the county of the 194 loan…

Police reports involving DaBaby in Troutman, N.C.

Records with the Troutman Police Department show that rap star DaBaby called police from his new home twice in 2020 during arguments with the…

How does your CMS school stack up on diversity?

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools has released its school-by-school breakdown of enrollment and diversity. The Ledger assembled the numbers from last year and this year in a…

CMS 2020-21 enrollment changes, by school

How many students did your virtual school drop or add this year?

Here is the spreadsheet prepared by The Ledger based on Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools data…

ABC disciplinary file on El Centenario

This report is from the N.C. ABC Commission, which on Oct. 3, 2020, suspended the alcohol permit for El Centenario, a bar in the…