Reporter’s Notebook: A new state law comes after a WBTV investigation into a child’s...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - The home on Charlotte’s east side where Dominique Moody spent most of her six years of life has been demolished. The grass now grows tall around the abandoned city garbage can, a stillness taking the place of the news crews, police cars, and an unknown arsonist that descended on the property la
Steele Creek neighbors living in fear due to roundabout that’s source of dozens of...
A Charlotte city spokesperson told Queen City News a developer built the roundabout at the intersection.
The Eviction Series: What Families Face, What Communities Can Do
Information for families in crisis. Action for everyone who wants to help. Crisis Assistance Ministry’s vision is to inspire our community to justice and generosity as we provide help, hope, and understanding to people struggling with limited financial resources. Housing instability increasingly affects low-income neig
Iconic Piece of Charlotte History About To Be Demolished For A New Data Center
Another piece of Charlotte’s history could soon disappear as a century-old Uptown landmark faces demolition to make way for a new data center, reigniting concerns about the city’s rapidly vanishing historic buildings. The Court Arcade, located on Trade Street, has stood since the 1920s. It once housed attorneys’...
Deadly Christmas Drug Robbery Nets Charlotte Teen 16 Years in Prison
A 19-year-old Charlotte defendant has been sentenced to 16 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the Christmas Day 2024 death of 19-year-old Kennedi Jones. The sentence, handed down in a July court session, follows an 18-month investigation into what authorities say was a drug-sale robbery th
Fort Mill schools agree to settle crossing guard death lawsuit
The Fort Mill School District has agreed to pay a $200,000 settlement in a lawsuit filed by the family of a crossing guard who died after being hit by a car in 2024, York County court records show. Stanley Brucker, 61, was working as a guard on Springfield Parkway in March 2024 outside Fort Mill Middle and Fort Mill El
Fort Mill School District Settles Lawsuit Over Crossing Guard’s Death
(Stanley Brucker, via Facebook) The Fort Mill School District has agreed to pay $200,000 to settle a claim brought by the family of a school crossing guard who was fatally struck while directing traffic more than two years ago. Stanley Brucker was working at the entrance to Fort Mill Elementary School on Springfield Pa
Person rescued in SW Charlotte with life-threatening injuries: Medic
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A person has life-threatening injuries from an incident that drew a large emergency response in southwest Charlotte Thursday night. Several Charlotte Fire crews, Medic and police were seen at the intersection of Westinghouse Boulevard and Pioneer Avenue around 7:15 p.m. July 16, and
Family seeks answers after man is detained by ICE at WOW Supermarket
Federal immigration agents shattered a vehicle window to arrest a man in the parking lot of the WOW Supermarket on South Boulevard in Charlotte on Monday.
The Belly of the Whale Opens in Charlotte With North Carolina Seafood
The Belly of the Whale will open Thursday at 4422 Colwick Road in Charlotte's Cotswold area. Fresh catches arrive daily. The menu shifts with what comes from the water. Raynold and Tatiana Mendizabal run this 2,700-square-foot space as partners in work and life. Raynold has spent more than two decades diving and fishin
