Mark Garrison Reports
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 gett…Social links:
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Mark Garrison Reports: Gastonia Couple Found Love...By Fighting!
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…
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Mark Garrison Reports: The Dial Tone Heard Around The Country
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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Mark Garrison Reports: Oppenheimer Ties To WBT
"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 Say CMS Teachers Promote Porn
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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EXCLUSIVE: Mark Robinson
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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EXCLUSIVE: Riley Gaines Talks About Transgender Sports
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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He Was Blind -- But Now He Can See!
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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Making Money On Child Sex Changes
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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Leon Levine Dies At 85
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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Troubled Students Attack Teacher At Turning Point Academy
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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