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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police have identified the victim of a shooting that occurred in northwest Charlotte on Tuesday. Just after 9 p.m. on Tuesday, police arrived to the incident on Thriftwood Drive near Freedom Christian Centre. A homicide investigation was begun when a male victim was declared dead at the scene...

Iryna’s Law and a new law allowing certain people at certain K-12 schools to carry a firearm are among parts of 18 new laws in North Carolina enacted Monday. Cashless bail for violent and repeat offenders is eliminated in the law named for the stabbing victim on a Charlotte light rail train on Aug. 22. Iryna Zarutska...

Advocate Health CEO Gene Woods’ compensation surged to $25.8 million in 2024, a 49 percent jump from the $17.3 million he earned the previous year, according to a recent tax filing. Woods’ total pay leading the Atrium Health parent company has more than quadrupled since 2017, his first full...

HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. — Residents and business owners in Huntersville’s Birkdale area are expressing frustration over teenagers loitering and causing disturbances. A video shared with Channel 9 depicts what has become a regular occurrence in recent weeks, with teens loitering, committing noise violations, and disrupting...

One person was injured in a south Charlotte shooting Monday evening, MEDIC said.

Tune in here to this ​Monday edition of Breaking With Brett Jensen!. Breaking Brett Jensen opens the show by discussing a story he broke on social media: The City of Charlotte has settled a seven-year lawsuit brought by Lance Patterson, the husband of newly appointed Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Estella...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - A second person died following a shooting at a northeast Charlotte club. According to police, the shooting happened around 4:47 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 30, at Queen’s Cabaret on Atando Avenue. Two people were shot multiple times. One of the people shot, later identified as 29-year-old D’andre...

Dai’Quan Mills, 18, a repeat offender, was arrested on Nov. 13 in connection to a shooting on Redwood Drive and is currently held on a $5.3 million bond, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department announced on Tuesday.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) — Both the current owners of K&W Cafeteria and the grandson of the restaurant’s founder have released statements on its sudden closure. The company made the announcement on Monday afternoon on Facebook, stating that all locations would close as of Dec. 1. Headquartered in Winston-Salem, K&W...

Overdose deaths among Black and Hispanic residents have risen sharply in Mecklenburg County over the past six years, and Black residents especially account for a disproportionate share of deaths. At the same time, overdose deaths among white residents have fluctuated. This week, WFAE is exploring the crisis. A...