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Two twisters hit in Davidson County, and one each in Guilford, Person, Gaston and Rowan Counties over the weekend. 

Weather Service Confirms Six Total NC Tornadoes

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Did you know ... 

North Carolina was the first state to establish a state museum of art?

The museum first opened in a renovated state office building in 1956.

The original Charlotte Coliseum (which still is in use by another name) was the largest free standing dome when it was built around the same time the state art museum opened... and still is one of the largest free standing domes [the 'AstroDome', MetroDome, et al are not free-standing domes]. 

Students accuse high school teacher of bizarre training methods

North Carolina police are investigating a high school teacher and former basketball coach accused of having male students over to his home for workouts that included hanging them by their wrists, punching them in the stomach, hitting them with a baseball bat, and dousing them with water.

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Charlotte dad kills wife, 2 children, then himself

Police on scene investigating an apparent murder-suicide at the Berkshire Apartments on Providence Square Drive in south Charlotte.

A 33-year-old Charlotte man killed his wife and two children two weeks ago before turning the gun on himself Monday night at an apartment complex in southeast Charlotte, police say. The wife and two children may have been dead since mid-March.
Two other children escaped unharmed. Police said the 10-year-old girl may have continued to attend school and did not tell anyone about the killings because she was afraid her little brother, age 3, would be killed.
Police say the children who died were 12 years old and 13 months old. They had been shot to death.
The victims were discovered in two separate apartment complexes off Providence Road, according to police detectives. The husband and two children were found at the Berkshire Apartments, on Providence Square Drive. And the wife was discovered at an apartment on Via Romano Drive, about a half-mile from the other unit.
The woman and two children might have been dead for several days, police say.
Police have identified the victims as Nateesha Ward Chapman, 34, the mother; children Na'Jhae Parker, 12, and Nakyiah Jael Chapman, 13 months; and the husband, Kenneth Jermaine Chapman.
Authorities say the series of events started about 11:15 p.m. Monday, when an uncle of Nateesha Chapman called police and said he had not been able to contact his niece. Officers were sent to an apartment in the 6900 block of Providence Square Drive.
When they arrived, police say, they found the front door of Apartment 179 open, and they could see the husband standing inside. They called to him, and police say a few moments later, they heard two gunshots. About the same time, two young children ran out of the apartment, uninjured.
When officers went inside the apartment, they say, they discovered the man, later identified as Kenneth Chapman, dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to his head.
Then officers searched the apartment and discovered the two dead children.
A short time later, Natessha Chapman’s family members asked police to search the apartment on Via Romano Drive. About 2:45 a.m., police say, they discovered the mother’s body.
Detectives said Tuesday they believe Nateesha Chapman had been killed about a day before the two children.
Police worked through the night at the two crime scenes. Small crowds of residents gathered under bright moonlight and watched quietly as officers searched for clues. Shortly before 6 a.m., the body of Nateesha Chapman was removed from the apartment on Via Romano Drive.
“There was no reason to hurt the children,” one female resident said as she watched the police investigation at the Providence Square Drive site.

White House confirms one aspect of Obama’s Charlotte visit

Charlotte officials were apparently still in the dark late today as far as details of President Obama’s visit Friday. But White House spokesman Robert Gibbs explained why the president chose the city.

Obama is scheduled to talk about the economy during his visit. Why Charlotte, Gibbs was asked at a news conference.

“North Carolina is one of the states in the country that has … seen fairly big unemployment in terms of their rate is north of 10 percent,” Gibbs said. “And we will highlight a company that is seeing, as a result of the investments that they've made in creating the jobs of the future, increases that they’ve made in their hiring rolls on Friday.”