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🌱Local Mom Sues Baby Formula Company + Mecklenburg Cooling Stations
The quickest way to get caught up on the most important things happening today in Charlotte.
Hello again, Charlotte! It's me, Alexis Goring, your host of the Charlotte Daily. Let's get this Friday started off right, with a quick guide to everything you need to know about what's happening these days in town.
First, today's weather:
A t-storm late in the p.m.. High: 95 Low: 76.
Here are the top five stories today in Charlotte:
- Le Dîner en Blanc, partnering with WCNC, will return to Charlotte for its 4th edition on October 8! According to WCNC, "Charlotte's hosts are proud to have WCNC-TV as its official partner for this year's event. As always, the venue will remain secret until the last minute. WCNC-TV will host several give-a-ways, including special event invitations and a silent auction to benefit the Charlotte Art League – a nonprofit visual arts organization offering a unique mix of classes, community outreach programs and a public gallery." (WCNC.com)
- Brianna Anthony, a local mom, filed a lawsuit against baby formula producer Abbott. She claims that the company misleads parents into thinking its Similac baby formula is safe. According to WCNC, "Anthony claims in her suit she gave birth to her daughter Reign in June 2021 at only 23 weeks. Anthony said Reign was relatively healthy for a baby born so prematurely but still required a feeding tube and breathing machine to help. Eventually, a doctor reportedly told Anthony they would be switching Reign over to Similac, but Anthony said she protested the idea because of her own research. However, she said the doctor went ahead and used Similac. The lawsuit states Reign eventually became sick and passed away." (WCNC.com)
- Scott Brooks, a beloved NoDa sandwich shop owner, was robbed and murdered. According to WSOC-TV, "Terry Conner and Steven Staples are facing charges in the death of Scott Brooks outside Brooks' Sandwich House in NoDa in December 2019. The Brooks family was told to expect trial in three to five years due to backlogs in the court system." (WSOC-TV)
- Passengers on board a Frontier Airlines from Charlotte to Philadelphia experienced a dense yet "refreshing" mist on July 27. According to Fox 46 Charlotte, "video shared to Twitter by Michael Wilder shows the fog billowing down from the cabin's air conditions. Wilder told Storyful that passengers were not alarmed by the event and that the "weird" misty mist "was kind of refreshing and calming." (Fox 46 Charlotte)
- As the heat becomes more intense in North Carolina, several cooling stations are set to open within Mecklenburg County. According to Spectrum News, the county is working "in partnership with Charlotte Mecklenburg Emergency Management and various homeless service providers, is working to help residents beat the heat as summer temperatures continue to rise." Cooling stations opened Thursday and will open through today. Spectrum News reported that "free transportation to the following designated cooling station locations will be provided by the Charlotte Area Transit System to anyone in need of a ride." (Spectrum News)
Today in Charlotte:
- Unseen Oceans Exhibition at Discovery Place Science (10:30 a.m.)
- Blood Drive at Promenade on Providence (11 a.m.)
- Revive Youth Rally at Charlotte Convention Center (4 p.m.)
- Maysa Leak performance at Middle C Jazz (7 p.m.)
- Aries Spears performance at The Comedy Zone (7 p.m.)
- Candlelight: A Tribute to Adele at The Barrel Room at Triple C Brewing (7 p.m.)
- Brooke McBride Music at Home Brew Craft Beer & Smoothies (7 p.m.)
- Friday Night Comedy Jam at Superstarz CLT (8 to 10 p.m.)
From my notebook:
- We want to take a quick second to thank our cat/kitten fosters/volunteers for providing breakfasts and lunches for our staff during these very hard times. We appreciate them for all they do to help us. (CMPD Animal Care and Control via Facebook)
- Three of our company dancers have taken on roles at the heart of Charlotte Ballet's summer programming, our Summer Intensive! Amelia Sturt-Dilley is entering her eighth season with Charlotte Ballet. (Charlotte Ballet via Facebook)
- We need newspapers! You can drop it off at our shelter or if you have a contact who can get us tons of it, please message us. (CMPD Animal Care and Control via Facebook)
- We love our community at Freedom School! Today our Level 2 scholars at Shalom Park had the chance to envision how they can make a change in their community. They also reflected about what their community has done for them. (Charlotte Freedom School Partners via Facebook)
- Calling all library lovers: an American Southern literary classic hits the Blumenthal stage this week. https://bit.ly/3Q0ubo2 (Charlotte Mecklenburg Library via Facebook)
- This is the final week to register. Do you want to know about the daily life of a firefighter? Sign up now for the free Citizen Fire Academy. The program is for people with a desire to learn more about the daily lives of professional firefighters. (Charlotte Fire Department, Charlotte NC via Facebook)
- Thank you to @stjamesnc for its recent Mission Fund grant to Brave Step. Its support is fueling a special project we can't wait to share with you soon. (Brave Step via Facebook)
- The Jumpman Invitational presented by Novant Health schedule is now official! (Charlotte Sports Foundation via Facebook)
- Our Hello CMS podcast returns with a special episode on free and reduced-price lunch featuring hosts Sylvia Oben and Cassie Fambro along with special guest Annette Gonzales from CMS Nutrition Services. Listen now at hellocms.podbean.com (Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools via Facebook)
- Join the Mountain Island Library on August 13 at 11 a.m. for a fun-filled festival of celebrating the end of Summer Break! Come pick up your completion prize for the summer and enjoy family friendly activities. (Charlotte Mecklenburg Library via Facebook)
- Walmart on Independence has a great sale on plants right now. Almost, if not all of the plants are $1. It has really nice hanging baskets as well as plants for the garden. (Nextdoor)
- I need to re-home my precious two-year-old German shepherd, Rocky, ASAP. This is a difficult decision but necessary. (Nextdoor)
- Does anyone recognize this dog? No collar, looks like a male. Very skittish, wasn't able to get close at all. On Airlie Street. I left a bowl of food out to see if he'll come back. (Nextdoor)
- Looking for a reasonable air conditioning guy or company. The air that comes out of the vents is cold but the temperature keeps rising inside the house. (Nextdoor)
- I am thinking about putting up one of the little library boxes in my yard so that people can get books. What do you think? (Nextdoor)
- I need a vacuum cleaner! Does anyone have a spare vacuum or a vacuum for sale at a good price? I don't care how old or what it looks like, as long as it works. (Nextdoor)
That's it for today! I'll be in your inbox tomorrow with your next update.
— Alexis Goring
About me: My name is Alexis A. Goring. I'm an East Coast Girl with a pulse for people, news and feature stories! I've worked as a freelance writer/editor/proofreader in the media industry for 15 years. I'm also a published author, experienced blogger, and founder of Writer at Heart Editorial Services. Visit my website for more details about me and my work. Here's the link: https://alexisagoring.jimdofree.com.
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