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Good morning, North Carolina! Here's what you need to know today. North Carolina residents have endured lengthy waits at state Division of Motor Vehicles offices. The average wait time in October was almost an hour and a half versus about two hours over the course of the year. The DMV...

Huntersville Police are urging parents to discuss proper behavior with their children after reports of teenagers loitering and causing disturbances at Birkdale Village

If you drive on Interstate 77 during the morning or evening rush hours, your view most likely includes a lot of brake lights -- the congestion in the stretch near Lake Norman is getting national recognition, and not for a good reason.

A body was discovered when police responded to a Charlotte block dominated by a church campus, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police. The call came around 9 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 25, in the 1600 block of Thriftwood Drive, off Freedom Drive. “Officers discovered a victim who had sustained gunshot wounds. MEDIC...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has conducted a statewide immigration enforcement surge in North Carolina, expanding Border Patrol and ICE operations near Charlotte. The department has targeted individuals with criminal records, resulting in dozens of arrests. DHS officials have faced criticism over the...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Mecklenburg County officials are outlining how they’ll handle Iryna’s Law, a package of new criminal justice changes. “We are bracing for Monday, as you do when there’s a hurricane or a tragic storm that is coming.” Elisa Chinn-Gary, Mecklenburg County Clerk of Courts said.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department was investigating a homicide in the parking lot of a northwest Charlotte church Tuesday night.

The City of Charlotte's Solid Waste Services will not provide curbside garbage, recycling, yard waste, or bulky waste collection on Thursday, November 27, 2025, because of the Thanksgiving holiday. Thursday customers will have their collection on Friday, November 28. Friday customers will be serviced on Saturday,...

Bodycam footage released by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department shows an encounter with Decarlos Brown months before he was charged in a deadly light rail stabbing, in which officers found Brown to be experiencing mental health concerns and urged him to seek medical help.

CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A man has been charged with allegedly obstructing the use of entrances on federal property, according to the Department of Justice. On Sunday, Nov. 16, William Stanley, 25, and Heather Morrow, 44, gathered outside of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement/Removal Operations (ICE/ERO)...