Little Sugar Creek Greenway
Need to forget you’re in a city for a moment? The Little Sugar Creek Greenway winds along the edge of Uptown with quiet, creekside views. A 1.29-mile stretch of the city’s nearly 50 miles of greenways, the Little Sugar Creek Greenway connects the Elizabeth neighborhood with Park Road Shopping Center. Park on Metropolitan Avenue, then rent a bike or take a run in the early morning with many Charlotteans, or explore neighborhoods like Cherry and Dilworth. Read More...
The Hispanic population in Manassas more than doubled in the past decade while the city’s growth was fairly stagnant, making non-Hispanic whites the minority for the first time in 20 years, according to data released by the Census Bureau last week.
The city’s overall population grew less than 8 percent to almost 38,000 last year, according to the data. Almost 12,000 residents are Hispanic, up from 5,300 in 2000. The Asian population in the city went up 56 percent in the past decade, and the number of black residents increased 11 percent. Read More...
A Minneapolis school bus driver was shot in the head Wednesday afternoon while transporting three young children, according to police.
Minneapolis police responded to a report of a school bus driver shot in the area of 37th and Girard Ave N. around 2:16 p.m.
Officers located the driver, rendered aid, and secured the scene, police told Fox News. Paramedics transported the driver to an area hospital. Police said the driver’s injuries did not appear to be life-threatening. Read More...