Patents Title: High purity E-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene and methods of making the same No.: 9,156,752 Inventors: Pokrovski, Konstantin A. (Orchard Park); Singh, Rajiv Ratna (Getzville); Shankland, Ian (Randolph, N.J.); Tung, Hsueh Sung (Getzville) Assignee: Honeywell International (Morristown, N.J.) Date issued: Oct. 13,…

An evening of visual and performing arts hosted by the Therapeutic Arts Programming (TAP) Committee will be 6:30-8 p.m. Nov. 20, at the Community Performance Center, 249 E. Main St., Rock Hill. “TAP Into the Arts” will highlight art from…

Editor’s Note: Today’s Focus looks at a proposal to build a new terminal at the Asheboro airport. What is the current economic impact of the airport west of town — and what is the economic potential. On Tuesday: What’s happening…

An Egyptian policeman checks a Russian tourist’s passport at the main entrance to the Sharm el-Sheikh airport in Egypt on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015. Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry complained on Saturday that Western governments had not sufficiently helped Egypt…

Mike Heidtman just got back from clowning around in China. Literally. As “The Original” Presto, International Man of Magic, Heidtman recently returned from a two-week engagement in China, performing for the AEMI (American Event Management Institute) World Clown Festival in…

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When children visit Santa Claus at Southpark Mall in Charlotte, N.C., this year, they’ll be doing it under a faux glacier, rather than a Christmas tree. The shopping center says the change will make the Santa-visiting experience “fresh and exciting,”…

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CHARLOTTE, NC–The Big South Conference Council of Chief Executive Officers has unanimously voted to award the 2016 Big South Men’s Basketball Championship to Campbell University and the 2016 Women’s Basketball Championship to UNC Asheville, it was announced today. Campbell will…

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov.5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ –UTC Aerospace Systems has set an aggressive goal to reduce water consumption by 41 million gallons in 2015. UTC Aerospace Systems is a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). –> CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov.5, 2015…