Charlotte NC

A 32-year-old North Carolina man was sentenced to 40 months in prison for threatening eight people with force over their race, religion, color and national origin.

At this time, it is unclear when the crash will be cleared.

Parkdale Mills, an historic yarn manufacturer based in Gastonia, is shutting down a facility in Stokes County and laying off over 70 people. The century-old manufacturer filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) report on Jan. 13, notifying the state and employees that its factory in Walnut...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police seeks help “Find a Fugitive.” A suspect was shown dashing out of a jewelry store at the SouthPark Mall with an expensive watch worth $50,000 without paying for it. The theft was reported to happen around 7 p.m. Nov. 5 at the Omega Jewelry store in the […]

Cousins Maine Lobster its return to the Queen City, with a new truck in Charlotte this week. This marks their fourth vehicle in North Carolina. A grand opening happens Jan. 22 at Town Brewing Co., 800 Grandin Road. Stop by between 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Savas and Victoria Alkoc...

Burn Boot Camp, based in Charlotte, NC, reported it signed 51 new agreements and opened 36 new gyms in 2025, including its first in West Virginia. The company plans to open roughly 100 new gyms in 2026. More than 60 percent of Burn Boot Camp’s new agreements are with existing...

Telecommunications giant AT&T is signifcantly expanding its presence in Charlotte, announcing plans for a new office and the hiring of 200 full-time cybersecurity workers. The AT&T Chief Security Office moved in this month into a temporary space at 8505 IBM Drive at Innovation Park . The company will relocate to its...

A Hickory man, Marcus Mayfield, 32, has been sentenced to over eight years in federal prison for his role in an armed carjacking. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Mayfield pleaded guilty to carjacking and aiding and abetting, and U.S. District Judge Matthew E. Orso also ordered two years of supervised...

Daniel Naroditsky , one of the world’s greatest chess champions and a coach at the Charlotte Chess Center, died of cardiac arrhythmia , or an abnormal heartbeat, after ingesting methamphetamine and kratom , according to his autopsy report. The manner of death was an accident, according to the findings. Two days...

EGOT winner John Legend will perform at Ovens Auditorium on May 17 as part of his 2026 An Evening of Songs & Stories tour. The show starts at 8 p.m. The tour spans the East Coast, with stops in California and the Midwest thrown in. It kicks off in Clearwater, Florida, come March.