Mark Garrison Reports
Mark Garrison knows North Carolina. For more than 30 years, he’s been reporting on everything from Tarheel politics to deep fried food at the state fair. Mark did more than 500 television features as part of the Carolina Camera on Channel-3, WBTV. Many of those stories about various Carolina characters now reside on YouTube --- with one story about a farmer who is a deadeye with a slingshot getting more than 20 million views! Mark is WBT’s News Director. He’s been on our airwaves since 2007. Now, his in-depth reporting will be featured here.
Episodes
WBT News Director Mark Garrison introduces us to an unlikely love story. A former cop and a PHD who found romance by grabbing, twisting, and flipping each other. It's a story filled with bumps, bruises, even black eyes --- but they've turned their passion for martial arts into gold medals ---- and a successful business.
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Ahead of President Biden’s visit to NC on Tuesday, WBT News Director Mark Garrison interviewed White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. When he asked her about the President’s mental acuity… she abruptly ended the conversation.
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"Oppenheimer" just took home seven Oscars at the recent Academy Awards. The movie chronicles the development of the atomic bomb... but did you know there was a WBT connection? Mark Garrison explores the secret role our station played in one of the most famous stories in American history.
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Parents at Palisades High School in Charlotte are demanding action after teachers urged kids to read sexually explicit books from the school library.
The interim superintendent is expected to announce a new strategy for approving books in school libraries in an effort to calm the controversy.
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Lt. Gov. Robinson is officially running for governor, and while he sees the LGBT lifestyle as sinful, he says he can serve everyone as governor.
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The NC House passes a bill to stop biological boys from playing on girls' sports teams.
Riley Gaines and others say that it's a matter of fairness to prevent males from taking over women's sports.
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Mark Garrison hops into a truck with a man who has his license again -- after 20 years of blindness. His story offers hope to others with certain eye problems.
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Tonight on Charlotte at Six Mark Garrison looks at the high costs of gender changes for minors and adults in North Carolina. A new bill would prevent anyone 18-years-old and under from receiving the treatment.
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Tonight on Charlotte at Six Mark Garrsion looks back on the life of a Charlotte legend who started a business empire and donated millions of dollars.
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Tonight on Charlotte at Six Mark Garrison talks with WBT Reporter Brett Jensen about this week's rash of violence at an alternative school.
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MEDIC is shorthanded and if you're emergency isn't life threatening you could wait for an hour before an ambulance makes it to you.
Mark Garrison and Joe Gillespie talk about the staffing situation at MEDIC and what it means for you.
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Meet a guy who's developed a tasty sauce that goes on everything. And his parents . . . are crossing the state to get any store they can find to carry it . . . . . it's even sold in barbershops. Great story of a family working together.
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A controversial story-time is planned for this Thursday at a Charlotte high school.
Some parents are upset that suggestive stories about gay and transgender kidswill be read out-loud at Palisades high.
Mark Garrison has been looking into the books....and what's in them.
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After 39-years, CMPD has finally solved a brutal double murder.
Mark Garrison reports on yet another case solved years later with the help of DNA -- this time with a twist.
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As the General Assembly takes up a Parents Bill of Rights to let parents know what is happening in public school, Mark Garrison reports on the CMS Gender Support Plan.
It allows kids to change gender at school without notifying the parents.
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On this week's edition of Success at Six Mark Garrison heads to a campground in Laurel Springs, North Carolina -- where you can stay in a vintage camper, buy a 100-year-old wedding dress or peruse 30,000 albums!
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With the prices of eggs rising exponentially, many people are looking for ways to save some cash.
Mark Garrison talks with "Homestead Jen" who has a unique way of solving the problem.
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State Attorney General Josh Stein came out swinging as he announced his plans to run for Governor.
Instead of touting his record, Stein blasted his likely opponent, the state's first black Lt. Governor Mark Robinson a bigot.
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The Town Manager in Matthews exposes police brass for fudging reports on crime statistics tonight with Mark Garrison on Charlotte at Six.
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Charlotte City Councilman James "Smuggie" Mitchell tells our Mark Garrison that he's embarrassed by all the negative attention he's gotten over a stock deal.
Now that he won't be prosecuted, he's breathing a sigh of relief.
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