🌱 Biking Danger + Events Happening + Hit-And-Run Suspect Caught

Morning, people of Charlotte! It's me again, Cassie Fambro, your host of the Charlotte Daily.

First, today's weather:

Plenty of sunshine. High: 55 Low: 34.

Here are the top stories today in Charlotte:

1. Charlotte Events Calendar: See What's Happening In The Area This Week (Charlotte Patch)
2. Leader in Charlotte Mayor's Racial Equity Initiative resigns due to controversy linked to prior job (WBTV)
3. North Carolina man to walk nearly 1,200 miles across state (Charlotte Observer)
4. Man Charged In Hit-And-Run Death Of 65-Year-Old Woman (Charlotte Patch)
5. Popular Pineville greenway among the most dangerous areas to bike, safety advocate says (WCNC.com

Today in Charlotte:

• Senior Citizens Nutrition Program - Latin American Chamber of Commerce (12:00 AM)
• National Pancake Month at Flying Biscuit Cafe Park Road (9:00 AM)

From my notebook:

• Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department: "AMBER Alert Missing Child The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is searching for a missing child: Marlaya Monet Patterson. The child is a 3-year-old Black female, approximately 3 feet 0 inches tall, weighing 40 pounds. She has brow..." (Facebook)
• ArtPop Street Gallery: "It’s #SelfieSunday with Veda Saravanan (@veda4art) and her @adamsoutdoor #ArtPopCLT Cities Program billboard! We hope you’re smiling just as wide today! 😃 . . . . . Powered by @lendingtreefoundation #sundayfunday #sundayvibes #sunday..." (Instagram)
• ArtPop Street Gallery: "It’s #SelfieSunday with Veda Saravanan (@veda4art) and her @adamsoutdoor #ArtPopCLT Cities Program billboard! We hope you’re smiling just as wide today! 😃 . . . . . Powered by @lendingtreefoundation #sundayfunday #sundayvibes #sundaysmi..." (Facebook)
• Brave Step: "Learn more: bravestep.org/brave-step-clinical-program-internship" (Facebook)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Marlwood: "Saw a loose domestic duck - Is anyone missing a muscovy duck near Mission Hills rd and Barncliff rd? I went back to see if I could feed it but they were not in sight anymore." (Nextdoor

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— Cassie Fambro

About me: A Texas-native, I've spent most of my life in Alabama but have recently moved to Charlotte, North Carolina. I have an avid interest in motorsports, so this makes the Carolinas an ideal region to call home. I have a decade of experience in journalism, graduating from the University of South Alabama with honors in journalism with a double major in psychology and a minor in criminal justice. I spent roughly five years of my career in front of a camera in TV news but I have spent years in print journalism and even earned a couple of cool awards like an Edward R. Murrow award along the way. I enjoy covering stories in education, healthcare, government and most of all, stories that directly help people and improve their lives in some way. Outside of work, I enjoy spending time with my partner Matt, and our two cats, Kenly and Gotenks, going to new restaurants and hanging out at racetracks.