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a LAKE WYLIE -- Anyone unfamiliar with Local Motion Bar & Grill might think they've stumbled upon an auction house Friday night. But the locals know better.

Carr on path to recovery

LAKE WYLIE -- Rita Golder is the featured artist at River Hills Country Club. Her paintings will be on display through Aug. 10.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Officer Terry Everhart and York County Sheriff's Office Lt. Tim Smith say the crowd this year could be as large or larger than any Fourth of July to date.

LAKE WYLIE -- When K.C. Meade sipped on a celebratory bottle of beer early Saturday morning, nobody thought twice about it. He earned it.

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LAKE WYLIE -- A proposal to add no wake buoys at bridges on the North Carolina side of Lake Wylie is now in the hands of the state wildlife agency, and markers could be in place before the end of summer.

LAKE WYLIE -- After narrowly missing on an all-out victory June 10, Tom Smith's supporters left no doubt in stamping their decision the second time around.

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TEGA CAY -- By unanimous City Council vote, Tega Cay's Catawba River Park is taking shape.

LAKE WYLIE -- Tim and Phyllis Reid picked one ripe year to reopen their roadside produce stand.

LAKE WYLIE--Including campers, counselors and leaders, more than 100 people poured out of two buses Thursday for the second annual Dakota's Spectacular Day on the Lake held at the home of Ted and Lannette Conder.

LAKE WYLIE -- A new player pieced into the almost 1,500-acre planned development puzzle along S.C. 274 means yet another public hearing on Monday. While planners say the new proposal is a win-win solution, even some initially opposed to the idea are warming to the plan.

LAKE WYLIE -- After the Carolinas' severe drought shut down his boat-based business a year ago, the idea of jumping right back into the water may seem a little strange. Chip Traub, however, believes it's going to work.

Lake Wylie AutoZone opens

LAKE WYLIE -- The group advocating for more than 650,000 recreational boaters nationwide believes every vessel could be in danger because of a "silly" law on the horizon.

LAKE WYLIE -- In Tuesday's Republican Primary, incumbent Tom Smith fell only 11 votes short of securing the York County Council District 2 seat for a second term and avoiding an election runoff vote now set for June 24. Smith also has received one more vote from third-place finisher Bill Stiles.

LAKE WYLIE -- Authorities continue to search for three suspects in an armed robbery that took place near closing time June 10 at the Wachovia branch in Lake Wylie.