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Emergency crews responded Sunday evening to a shooting at the Blue Olive Lounge in Fort Mill, according to a York County Sheriff’s Office incident report. The shooting occurred at approximately 9:40 p.m. on April 19, 2026, at 929 Crossroads Plaza, the location of the Blue Olive Lounge in Fort Mill. Deputies arrived and secured the...

YORK COUNTY, S.C. — One person is dead and another hospitalized after two motorcycles collided in York County Sunday afternoon, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol. The crash happened along US 21 near Poverty Hill Lane around 5:40 p.m. Troopers said the crash involved two motorcycles: a 1996...

Our Uber driver told us to “have a great day” when he dropped us off at The Great Westside Fish Fry, but he didn’t need to. As soon as I stepped out of his Honda Civic and caught a whiff of what was cooking, I knew it would be. I thought back, right away, to the fish fries I went to as a kid...

An early morning ride on Charlotte's LYNX Blue Line turned into a serious emergency Saturday when a train struck a pedestrian near Orr Road, sending the person to the hospital with life-threatening injuries and briefly bringing rail service to a halt. Transit crews later cleared the scene and trains rolled again after a short shutdown that was covered by a temporary bus bridge...

CMPD said officers were called around 8:44 p.m. on April 18 to the 2300 block of Dundeen Street for a report of a shooting into an occupied home.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Power has been restored for tens of thousands of Duke Energy customers in Charlotte, who were without power as of late Sunday morning. According to the utility's outage map, the vast majority of the outages were in the greater University Area. A Duke spokesperson said most...

Duke Energy still lists the estimated restoration time as 3:30 p.m.

A 32-year-old man died Sunday after being struck by a Charlotte Area Transit System light rail train near North Tryon Street and Orr Road, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said. Carlos Jamel Michilena was hit by a CATS Lynx train at approximately 5:47 a.m. Saturday as the train entered the intersection from the north. Responding officers found Michilena near the tracks unresponsive. He...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A homicide investigation is underway in northwest Charlotte, where police say they responded to a shooting in a neighborhood Saturday night. Police identified the victim as 24-year-old Zaquez Samprese Blakley. Officers were called to an address on Dundeen Street just after 8:30 p.m., after an initial...

RALEIGH — A motion for a continuance has been filed in the trial of Decarlos Brown Jr., the man accused of murdering Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on Charlotte’s light rail train system last August. The motion, filed by Assistant Public Defender Daniel P. Roberts on April 7, asked...