This week's top stories includes info on County Manager Diorio's Order of the Hornet award, NACo, the new Materials Recovery Facility, free fans and Juneteenth. 

The Queen Anne styled Overcarsh House in Fourth Ward is one of uptown Charlotte’s two oldest homes. 

The Dr. J. J. Rone House was the home of one of the Marvin community’s native sons to study and return home to practice medicine. 

Public Health leaders are seeing a worrisome trend, an increase in pertussis or whooping cough cases in Mecklenburg County. Some counties in the western part of North Carolina are seeing outbreaks of pertussis.

White Oak was the family home of a veteran of the Battle of Kings Mountain that prompted British forces to evacuate Mecklenburg County. 

The Coddington House was home to the Carolinas’ first Buick automobile dealer, who later acquired the Carolinas’ first radio station.

The stately Restormel was the home of Davidson College’s first psychology department chair. 

Official website for the Mecklenburg County Government. The Mecklenburg County Government serves the communities of Charlotte, Cornelius, Davidson, Huntersville, Matthews, Mint Hill, Pineville, and all unincorporated regions within the County.

The City House is Charlotte’s oldest extant suburban duplex residence.

There are two basic types of home heating oil tanks, above ground storage tanks (AST) and underground storage tanks (UST).