🌱 Testing Kits Available + Snow Chances + Rock Salt At Halfway

Rise and shine, Charlotte! Let's get you started this Friday with everything you need to know going on today in Charlotte.

First, today's weather:

Occasional afternoon rain. High: 48 Low: 30.

Here are the top stories in Charlotte today:

1. At Home COVID-19 Test Kits to be Distributed Jan. 29 (Mecklenburg County)
2. Duke Energy launches two new solar facilities in North Carolina (Spectrum News)
3. Charlotte Area High School Athletics: The Weekend Ahead (Charlotte Patch)
4. Snow Showers And Bitter Cold In Store For Charlotte This Weekend (Charlotte Patch)
5. Charlotte's rock salt supply at halfway level after two winter storms (WBTV)

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Today in Charlotte:

• Report Card Distribution - Ardrey Kell High (12:00 AM)
• Senior Portraits - Garinger High (12:00 AM)
• 2nd Quarter Report Cards Sent Home - Butler High (12:00 AM)
• PTSO Committee Chair Mtg, 9:00 am, Art Gallery (4:00 AM)

From my notebook:

• ArtPop Street Gallery: "Meet the artists behind all the new Class of 2022 #ArtPopCLT Cities Program billboards, digital displays, newsstands and more! Head to our stories and #ArtPopCLT Highlight to discover more about these wonderful artists, their ArtPop pi..." (Instagram)
• Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department: "Steele Creek Division officers met today with Ms. Sa’idah Sudan. She's the manager at a battered women's shelter. They take in women who are victims of domestic violence and are trying to escape a cycle of abuse along with their children..." (Facebook)
• Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department: "Are you looking for ways to help the community? You can join a team committed to helping the community. Find your purpose with CMPD in Charlotte. Visit charlottepolicejobs.org to learn more:" (Facebook)
• CMPD Animal Care and Control: "Veve was in the Auger & Auger doghouse this morning! Auger & Auger Law Firm" (Facebook)
• Children's Theatre of Charlotte: "We heard extra tacos are stored up there 🌮👀 Lights are being focused for “Dragons Love Tacos” in the McColl Family Theatre" (Facebook)
• ArtPop Street Gallery: "Meet the artists behind all the new Class of 2022 #ArtPopCLT Cities Program billboards, digital displays, newsstands and more! Head to our stories and Instagram #ArtPopCLT Highlight to discover more about these wonderful artists, their A..." (Facebook)

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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.