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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Guns and drugs were reportedly seized during a police operation last week targeting “problem spots” in Charlotte. The operation took place Friday night, March 20, targeting areas in the Hickory Grove, North Tryon, and University City divisions. Police said they focused on several “problem...

The Metropolitan Public Transit Authority (MPTA) is exploring options to extend the Silver Line light rail into Matthews, which was originally planned to go from Belmont to Matthews.

A triple shooting at a large pool party in north Charlotte’s 5900 block of Hucks Road near Old Statesville Road and I-485 left one man dead and two others—a man and a woman—hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries around 7:40 p.m. Sunday. Scene Chaos. Witnesses reported up to 100...

The cases are part of the U.S. Attorney’s Office ongoing efforts under Operation Take Back America.

An annual list of the Charlotte region’s best places to live is out, with a new top spot named for 2026.

STANLEY, N.C. — Concerns are growing over what some are calling predatory towing practices in Gaston County. More than a dozen commercial vehicles were removed from a parking lot in Stanley over the weekend, leaving some owners facing thousands of dollars in fees. The incident happened at a lot...

Four York County detectives were publicly commended Tuesday after a multi-jurisdictional investigation linked a stolen car out of Clover, South Carolina, to a 2025 homicide that killed a 4-year-old child who was sleeping at the time of the shooting. What started as a Chevrolet Camaro theft in Clover stretched into...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Five people were shot during a “party gone wrong” in north Charlotte on Sunday night, police said. The March 22 shooting happened just after 7:30 p.m. along Hucks Road, not far off Old Statesville Road. Police said “a ton of people” were there when...

A gun discharged in a child's backpack at a gym in Belmont over the weekend. The accidental discharge happened Sunday afternoon at the Kris Lang Sports Complex in Belmont, according to Belmont Police. Kris Lang, who owns the gym with his wife, Laquita Lang, said in an interview that nobody was hurt when the gun went...

On the next Charlotte Talks: “wandering officers.”. A three-part investigative series launched this week by the Carolina Public Press looks at hundreds of former law enforcement officers across North Carolina, their accusations of misconduct, and their re-hiring by other agencies across the state. Some of these...