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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – A South Carolina woman pleaded guilty in federal court today to conspiracy to commit wire fraud after she fraudulently sold “discounted” ski and snowboard passes,...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Its been nearly two months, and there are still no answers for the family of a woman killed at her SouthPark apartment. Charlotte Mecklenburg police said Dwanneich Hammonds was shot at the Hazel SouthPark Apartments on October 13. Toronda Massey, Hammonds’ aunt, says the family is...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles is speaking publicly for the first time about the threats she faced following the killing of a Ukrainian immigrant on Charlotte's light rail system, and the steps police took to protect her. In an interview with WCNC Charlotte, Lyles said the aftermath...

More than 100 women crowded into one of Charlotte's most beloved dive bars recently to bond over cheating exes. Why it matters: Johnny Dollars has become a magnet for Charlotte's twenty- and thirty-somethings, thanks in part to its viral social media presence that taps into online humor, nightlife culture and the...

Monroe Charter Academy came before the North Carolina Charter School Review Board on Tuesday seeking a seven-year renewal of its charter. Instead, the board ordered the school to close immediately, saying it had been “operating illegally.” The school had planned to relocate from Union County to a campus in...

A final settlement was approved Tuesday in a wrongful death suit filed by a groom who lost his bride in a DUI golf cart crash that happened on Folly Beach in 2023.

A man who caused a fatal “head-on” crash after being cut off by a Charlotte bartender will spend years in prison, according to the Union County District Attorney’s Office. Elias Badri Walid Francis, 24, pleaded guilty to felony death by motor vehicle on the day his trial was set to begin, according to a Dec. 9 news...

The Border Patrol's enforcement surge in Charlotte, N.C. lasted just about a week. Residents picking up the pieces in its aftermath say doing so is going to take a lot longer than that.

Another large-scale immigration enforcement operation appears to be underway in North Carolina, focusing on the Research Triangle and Triad area, according to immigrant advocacy group Siembra NC. In a statement Friday, Siembra NC said they received reports of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Mecklenburg County has launched the region’s first program designed to stop the dangerous revolving door for people with severe mental illness who are in and out of the jail system. The Forensic Assertive Community Team, known as FACT, is the first program in the state...