Sarah Delia
At this point in her life, Sarah considers home to be a state of mind—not one place. Before joining the WFAE news team, she was hosting and reporting in the deep south in Birmingham, Alabama. In past lives she was a northerner having worked and lived in Indiana, Maine, and New York City. She grew up in Virginia and attended James Madison University in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley.
Sarah got her start in radio at WXHM, her college radio station where she hosted a talk show, a music program, and helped manage the student run station. It’s also where she made lifelong friends and discovered a love for talking into microphones.
Sarah has interned and worked at NPR in Washington DC, interned and freelanced for WNYC, and attended the Salt Institute for Radio Documentary Studies.
She enjoys telling stories that are off the beaten path and she’s excited to dive into the arts and culture scene in Charlotte. In her spare time Sarah loves to paint, collect vintage birdcages, pick through old vinyl, spend time with her pets, and turn claw foot bathtubs into couches.
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The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state’s six week abortion ban is unconstitutional. The ruling found the ban violates an individual’s constitutional right to privacy.
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has stirred protests around the world, but thousands of Russians have been detained for protesting the war. A Mecklenburg County woman from Russia wants people to know that there is more opposition.
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Charlotte Area Transit System bus driver Ethan Rivera was shot and killed Feb. 11. The violence shocked the community, but safety concerns for bus drivers is not a new problem. According to CATS, over the past five years, there have been 57 operator assaults and two operator shootings.
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The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department recently released footage of a mistaken-identity incident last year in which officers handcuffed a local teacher instead of the person they were trying to apprehend. For the first time, the teacher, Jasmine Horne, watched the bodycam video and shared her thoughts.
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Last week Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Earnest Winston released a report from the Title IX task force. The task force was formed earlier this year in the wake of student protests around how the district has historically handled allegations of sexual assaults within CMS.
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Judges have ruled that a North Carolina law cannot temporarily lift the statute of limitations to allow people who were sexually abused as children decades ago to be able to sue in civil court.
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Two years ago, North Carolina legislators made a significant change to the statute of limitations law with the passage of the Safe Child Act. Before 2020, anyone who had been sexually abused as a minor and wanted to sue their abuser had to do so before they turned 21. Victims now have until their 28th birthday to file a lawsuit.
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Last month, Myers Park High School hosted a packed crowd for the school’s homecoming football game against rival South Mecklenburg High School. South Meck won, 3-0. The two teams were kept separate, but Myers Park players were not separated from South Meck fans. One student was hit by football players after the game, resulting in a broken nose that needed surgery. The family still is hoping for accountability, but instead, believe they've been stonewalled and ridiculed.
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The family of Ruben Galindo, a Charlotte man shot and killed by a police officer in 2017, has appealed a judge’s decision to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit filed against the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer who shot him.
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Last month, a crime shook Charlotte: A 3-year-old boy was shot and killed while he slept inside his home. This type of violence is on the rise. Here's why more bullets are being shot into homes and cars in Charlotte.