Woman Arrested After Disrupting Lake Wylie Church Service
A Sunday morning worship service at New River Church was interrupted by an outburst that led to the arrest of a 44-year-old woman. Audrey Bahneman faces one count of disturbance...
Valentine’s Day Street Stabbing Leaves Victim Clinging To Life In Northwest Charlotte
A quiet stretch of northwest Charlotte turned into a crime scene yesterday when a person was critically injured in a stabbing on Capps Hill Mine Road, according to MEDIC. Paramedics were called just before 1 p.m. on Valentine’s Day and found the victim on the 300 block of the street. The patient was rushed to a...
Woman arrested after pedestrian killed in west Charlotte crash
A woman has been arrested after a pedestrian was struck by a car and killed on Saturday in west Charlotte.
Charlotte tow truck driver ordered to pay back $30K for ‘unlawful, overpriced’ tows
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson on Monday announced a judgement in what he called the state’s first ever discriminatory towing case. The tow truck driver in question, David Satterfield, has been the subject of numerous WBTV investigations for years. The state attorney general’s...
Charlotte Mom-To-Be Pounds Out 8 Minutes of CPR, Then Husband Meets Newborn
On Valentine’s Day weekend in Charlotte, a husband who had collapsed at home weeks earlier walked into a room and met his newborn daughter, while the wife who kept him alive with nonstop CPR watched it all unfold. The reunion, held during a Cardiac Survivors Event, was a living, breathing reminder that quick training...
NCDOT’s New Passenger Rail Line Between Charlotte Area and Asheville Could Generate $1.05 Billion
The study, released by the North Carolina Department of Transportation Rail Division, highlights the economic and connectivity impact of reviving the Western North Carolina Rail Corridor. The proposed line would run between Salisbury and Asheville, strengthening ties between the Charlotte metro, the Piedmont Triad,...
Beyond the Viral Clip of Garry McFadden
As he packed to leave for Raleigh last weekend, ahead of his now-notorious appearance before a state house committee on Monday morning, Garry McFadden spoke with his wife. “For the first time in 37 years of our marriage,” the embattled Mecklenburg County sheriff told me, “she looked me in the eyes and said, ‘Why are...
Lawton Road Death Before Dawn Shakes Freedom Division
An early morning welfare check on the 700 block of Lawton Road has turned into a homicide investigation, after Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officers found a person with apparent trauma and MEDIC pronounced the victim dead at the scene. Crime Scene Search officers processed the area, and police say the case remains...
Charlotte Firefighters Reunite With People They Saved Using CPR in Emotional Valentine’s Event
Over the Valentine's Day weekend, a heartfelt reunion unfolded as Charlotte Fire Department firefighters met with individuals whose lives they saved through urgent and effective CPR interventions. The Charlotte Fire Department shared on its social media about the Cardiac Survivors Event which saw moments of profound...
A look into Black history in Charlotte
Feb. 1 marked the beginning of the 100th anniversary of Black History Month, which was originally a week-long celebration started by historian and author Carter G. Woodson, the "father of Black history," in 1926. By the 1960s, Black History Week became a month-long celebration, and in 1986, Congress passed Public...
