Charlotte NC

Big Ben British Restaurant & Pub in Charlotte announced it is closing this week, but is searching for a new home.

The case has received attention as the Diocese, Congress members, legislators and others have weighed in on the case.

On November 1, 2025, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) detectives began a homicide investigation after a fatal shooting in the 6100 block of Old Plank Road in Charlotte, North Carolina. Officers responded to an Assist Medic call at about 12:26 a.m. They found a female victim with a gunshot wound. MEDIC...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — More affordable housing and resources for the unhoused population are on the way in Charlotte. Council members approved several multi-million-dollar projects this week. Even though they’re housing-related, it’s also part of the city leaders’ public safety plan. One of the projects...

The Belmont Police Department has installed a Blessing Box outside its headquarters to provide canned goods and nonperishable items to anyone in need, no questions asked.

RALEIGH — A formal federal indictment was filed last week in the Charlotte murder case of Iryna Zarutska. Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, filed paperwork formally indicting Decarlos Brown, the man accused of killing Zarutska on Charlotte’s light rail system in August.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — As a potential freeze of federal food stamps approaches, disability-rights advocates are fighting to ensure some of the state’s most vulnerable residents don’t go hungry. On Nov. 1, millions of Americans could lose access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, better known as SNAP,...

HGTV's Dream Home sweepstakes draws hundreds of millions of entries yearly. And for 2026, the channel's project house will be located in North Carolina. This year, the sweepstakes kicks off on Dec. 16, 2025, at 9 a.m. and ends Feb. 13, 2026, at 5 p.m. A television special will appear on HGTV, showcasing the fully...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A man was arrested on Tuesday, accused of setting a south Charlotte restaurant on fire. A police incident report claims 24-year-old Griffin Sanders broke into Leroy Fox Cotswold on South Sharon Amity Road shortly after 2 a.m. Tuesday and burned "several items within the business." He...

The potential juror said he was saddened and hurt by Scott Brooks’ murder in December 2019.