Federal Title IX investigation launched after viral video at CMS middle school
Officials with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools are commenting for the first time on a viral video that was taken inside a local middle school.
Consumer warning: Suing and winning is half the battle; collecting is the other half
Stephanie Sheffield says she used to go to Carolina HealthSpan Institute on Sharon Amity Road, but that she hadn’t been for a long time.
‘We extended an olive branch’: Mecklenburg sheriff and ICE meet to air frustrations and...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden met face to face Friday to discuss tensions over a new state law that requires sheriff’s offices to hold detainees for an additional 48 hours to allow ICE to take custody. In February, Spectrum...
CMS assistant teacher suspended after alleged knife attack on husband
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — An Endhaven Elementary School assistant teacher was suspended with pay after being charged with a felony for allegedly attacking her husband with a knife. Officers responded to a home on Foxhaven Drive around 10:49 a.m. on Oct. 12 for an assault with a deadly weapon call, according to the police...
1 dead as SUV, big rig burst into flames in Interstate 77 wreck, trooper...
A woman died when a tractor-trailer driver plowed into an SUV on Interstate 77 southbound in Statesville, engulfing both vehicles in flames, State Highway Patrol Trooper Christopher Casey said Friday. Kimberly Taylor Cox, 60, of York, South Carolina, died at Atrium Wake-Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem,...
Energy bills are on the rise. Here’s why:
The United States Energy Information Administration says electric heating costs are going up an average of 4% nationwide.
CMPD investigating homicide in east Charlotte
One person was killed in east Charlotte early Saturday morning, police said.
Charlotte high school student hurt in ‘incident off campus,’ district confirms
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A Ballantyne Ridge High School student was hurt an incident Friday morning, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools leaders confirmed. District leaders would not say exactly what happened, citing privacy regulations, just that the incident occurred off campus. "Emergency responders quickly arrived to address...
Charlotte’s Latino families face hidden homelessness issues amid fear of reporting
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Organizations working closely with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools families to combat homelessness say Latino families in Charlotte are not reporting homelessness as much as other nationalities, though many suffer in silence. At Camino, staff believe the homeless population is likely higher than...
I went on patrol with CMPD. Here’s what I saw.
It’s 6:30am. We’re cruising along North Tryon in a blue-and-white cop car. We drive by an encampment of homeless people, clutching blankets around their shoulders for warmth. One group has built a fire in a tin roasting pan in a parking lot. The officer who is my ride-along partner respectfully tells them they must...
