Thousands without power in North Carolina
NORTH CAROLINA — Thousands of homes and businesses across North Carolina are without electricity Tuesday afternoon, according to data from PowerOutage.us. As of the latest update, approximately 2,727 customers are without power statewide, representing about 0.05% of the nearly 5.9 million customers tracked. North...
Indian Trail Council approves park grant and Keowee Circle closure
At its March 24, 2026 meeting, the Indian Trail Town Council approved several local measures. The town accepted a $250,000 state grant to support parks and recreation projects and adopted a resolution to close a portion of Keowee Circle in the Rushing Park subdivision, following a petition supported by 70% of nearby...
Why doesn’t University City have a better restaurant scene, given all its growth?
For more than a decade, Morgan Webb escorted visiting employees around Charlotte as part of a corporate relocation program for the financial services company Equitable. She showed them where they might work, live — and go out to eat. But she says that she quickly learned to avoid dining near Equitable’s offices in...
Parking lot to pave way for a Huntington Bank
CHARLOTTE – Charlotte City Council approved a site plan amendment March 23 that will allow parking in the northwest portion of the Ballantyne Quad to be redeveloped into a Huntington Bank location. The change increases the allowable square footage at the 3.67-acre site from 30,500 square feet to 35,100...
Multi-vehicle crash closes major road, on-ramp to I-85 in Gaston County
BELMONT, N.C. (WBTV) - A multi-vehicle crash shut down a major road and an on-ramp to Interstate 85 in Gaston County on Tuesday morning. The collision happened around 9:10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 24, on Beatty Drive near I-85 in Belmont. Police said southbound N.C. 273 at I-85 was closed...
Mother of 24-year-old homicide victim speaks out against suspect charged
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Eugene Turner has been denied bond with officials linking him to the killing of 24-year-old Julian Spencer. Investigators said surveillance video shows Turner picking Spencer up the morning of before driving to a secluded area on March 16. Cell phone data places him there around the...
Person killed, 1 hurt in Matthews crash: Medic
MATTHEWS, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — One person is dead and another seriously hurt after a crash in Matthews Monday evening. The crash happened in the 12200 block of East Independence Boulevard (US 74) near the Mecklenburg-Union county line around 8 p.m. Medic reports that one person died at the scene and another was...
North Charlotte house where shooting happened was a regular pool party hangout
A pool party in North Charlotte over the weekend turned deadly and chaotic seemingly out of nowhere, neighbors and people who were there told The Charlotte Observer. The homeowner rented out the house’s pool online, said a man who rents a room in the home. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said that Richard Jeddiah...
Union County takes steps to protect rural land
MONROE – The Union County Board of Commissioners took steps March 16 to protect agricultural land from development pressures of Charlotte. The board approved the Union County Rural Land Use Plan and amended the Union County Land Use Map to reflect that approval. The plan recommends a few strategies,...
Charlotte is 2nd-worst in the US for allergies, study finds
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Spring has arrived, bringing sneezing, itchy eyes and congestion to cities across the U.S. -- especially to Charlotte. One study ranked Charlotte as the second-sneeziest city in the country, right behind Atlanta. Dr. Bailee Gilchrist, an immunologist with Carolina Asthma and Allergy Center,...
