Charlotte NC

Cousins Maine Lobster its return to the Queen City, with a new truck in Charlotte this week. This marks their fourth vehicle in North Carolina. A grand opening happens Jan. 22 at Town Brewing Co., 800 Grandin Road. Stop by between 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Savas and Victoria Alkoc...

Burn Boot Camp, based in Charlotte, NC, reported it signed 51 new agreements and opened 36 new gyms in 2025, including its first in West Virginia. The company plans to open roughly 100 new gyms in 2026. More than 60 percent of Burn Boot Camp’s new agreements are with existing...

Telecommunications giant AT&T is signifcantly expanding its presence in Charlotte, announcing plans for a new office and the hiring of 200 full-time cybersecurity workers. The AT&T Chief Security Office moved in this month into a temporary space at 8505 IBM Drive at Innovation Park . The company will relocate to its...

A Hickory man, Marcus Mayfield, 32, has been sentenced to over eight years in federal prison for his role in an armed carjacking. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Mayfield pleaded guilty to carjacking and aiding and abetting, and U.S. District Judge Matthew E. Orso also ordered two years of supervised...

Daniel Naroditsky , one of the world’s greatest chess champions and a coach at the Charlotte Chess Center, died of cardiac arrhythmia , or an abnormal heartbeat, after ingesting methamphetamine and kratom , according to his autopsy report. The manner of death was an accident, according to the findings. Two days...

EGOT winner John Legend will perform at Ovens Auditorium on May 17 as part of his 2026 An Evening of Songs & Stories tour. The show starts at 8 p.m. The tour spans the East Coast, with stops in California and the Midwest thrown in. It kicks off in Clearwater, Florida, come March.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A crash on I-485 is causing traffic delays during rush hour on Thursday. The crash happened on the I-485 inner loop near mile marker 31 and the exit to I-85, according to the North Carolina Department of Transportation. It's not clear what led to the crash.

NORTH CAROLINA — A body was discovered Wednesday night during Mecklenburg County’s annual Point-in-Time Count, county officials confirmed. According to a spokesperson for Mecklenburg County Government, a team of volunteers found a deceased person who was unhoused while conducting surveys and outreach on Wednesday,...

After police testimony and arguments from the district attorney, a judge found that a 24-year-old was not guilty of assaulting a police officer during a Charlotte “No Kings” protest in June. Court documents show that a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officer arrested Shannon Riley, who now goes by Arthur, on...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - A major winter storm is expected to bring impactful freezing rain, sleet and snow to the Carolinas this weekend. While snow was becoming less of a concern for the Charlotte region this weekend, ice is becoming a larger concern. Particularly, the Charlotte region -- and much...