Country music star Thomas Rhett has just launched Charlotte into a new realm of video stardom. He just released his newest music video, now going viral, that was recently filmed almost entirely on the streets of Uptown Charlotte.

The video follows the country icon as he skips and dances his way around the streets of Charlotte;

The video for “I Feel Good” was just released this past week, and it’s already burning up social media with commentary on how it sounds more R&B than country song.

Rhett’s promotion team filmed the entire video while they were here in the Queen City, performing at the PNC Music Pavilion with Florida Georgia Line.

This video is another step toward Charlotte becoming a true hub for both movies and music videos.

One of Charlotte’s largest and most historic cemeteries, also happens to be one of the most active hunting grounds for Pokemon Go players.

Elmwood Cemetery in Uptown Charlotte has some of the most concentrated amounts of Pokestops, gyms, Pokemon in the entire city of Charlotte;

Players can be seen throughout the day and even at night slowly driving in their cars or walking around the gravestones hunting for rare virtual creatures.

A worker at the Elmwood Cemetery told us that Pokemon Go players have created problems, “They don’t care. They’re here for one thing and that’s to play some silly game that they’re not getting anything out of.”

He added, since the game launched almost two weeks ago, Pokemon hunters have disrupted funeral services, littered, and trespassed, “Sad thing is about a week ago I was here at 8 o’clock at night, we ran everybody out, within 15 minutes of the cops leaving everybody was back.

Since its launch last week, the Pokemon Go app has quickly become a cultural phenomenon throughout the city of Charlotte.

Recently there was a massive Pokemon Go event organized in Romare Bearden Park with over 1,000 people showing up.

What do you think about the new Pokemon Go game? 

On September 10th, the city of Charlotte will host it’s biggest food truck rally to date. 100 food trucks are now scheduled to fill the parking lot at the AvidXChange Music Factory (formerly NC Music Factory) for an epic night of great food, live music, and plenty of people watching.

The organization that started the original Food Truck Friday at the corner of Camden Rd. and Park Ave. in Southend is now planning the mega rally. At this point they plan to sell tickets, but they’re still working out the details in terms of pricing and distribution.

Food trucks from all over North Carolina, South Carolina, and even as far away as Atlanta will be coming together on September 10th.

Stay tuned to Charlotte Stories as we will be posting more information and how to get tickets as soon as they become available!

State environmental officials have just authorized the U.S. National Whitewater Center to discharge their stagnant water into the Catawba River – water which recently tested positive for the brain-eating amoeba that recently killed a teenager.

Before the discharge, however, the water must undergo an extensive ‘pre-discharge treatment plan’, which will require it to be chlorinated at a level more than ten times that needed to reduce Naegleria fowleri by 99.99%, then be filtered to remove all of the chlorine.

“We’re confident that the extensive monitoring requirements in the discharge plan will protect water quality in the Catawba River. It’s important to remember that the amoeba is naturally occurring in lakes and rivers, but after review by many stakeholders we believe this plan offers the best possible protections for public health and the environment.” commented Tom Reeder of the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality.

Many residents are still worried that some of the bacteria could remain after the discharge due to the fact that the amoeba can cause deadly infections (however rare they may be).

Naegleria Fowleri appears in many warm, freshwater bodies of water during the summer, but infections caused by the amoeba are very rare, since the amoeba has to be forced up the victims nose for an infection to occur. Less than 10 cases have been reported annually in the United States over the last 53 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Almost all such cases are fatal.

Initial symptoms of PAM start about five days after infection, including fever, nausea, headache or vomiting. After the start of the symptoms, the disease progresses rapidly and generally causes death within about five days.

The CDC recommends that when swimming in warmer areas where this infection has been known to occur, swimmers:

• Keep their head above water when taking part in warm freshwater-related activities to avoid having any water go up the nose.

• Wear certified nose clips and ear plugs when swimming in warm fresh water.

• Avoid stagnant fresh water during periods of high water temperature and low water levels.

• Avoid digging in, or stirring up, the sediment in warm fresh water areas.