Charlotte NC

Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden announced plans to reopen Jail North later this month to help alleviate severe overcrowding at the Uptown detention center.

Charlotte has all of the things you’d associate with a big city. Skyscrapers. Pro sports. The arts. A thriving culinary scene. Almost a million people, and lots of traffic, of course. But does Charlotte actually act like a big city? It’s a question longtime resident and journalist Mary Newsom examines in a four-part se

Records from the North Carolina Attorney General’s Office provided new details about a Charlotte log cabin company that has been accused of fraud by former customers. The Charlotte Observer previously identified at least 50 customers in 22 states who each lost tens of thousands of dollars when American Log Homes and Ca

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte has picked up some much-needed rain recently, but the region is still dealing with a drought that won’t disappear overnight. Charlotte Water says the Catawba River Basin remains in a Stage 2 drought because the watershed is still recovering from a long stretch of below-normal rainfall and re

MOUNT HOLLY, N.C. (WBTV) - A Mount Holly woman was charged in connection with a shooting that killed one person at a Gaston County apartment on Monday night. At around 9 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 7, police said a person identified only as a “young Black male” was shot in the chest at Holly Hills Apartment complex on Noles

A new light display modeling the Twin Towers will light up the sky over Romare Bearden Park in Uptown Charlotte from dusk to dawn on Thursday and Friday.

Longtime Charlotte Athletics administrator Tom Whitestone passed away Tuesday after a battle with cancer, the university announced Wednesday.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - A 28-year-old man was accused of shooting a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer early Wednesday morning in northwest Charlotte. At around 12:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 9, police said 28-year-old Dionte McCracking allegedly shot an officer on Enderly Road near the intersection of Tuskaseegee R

Once the fire was controlled, the townhome was heavily charred on the exterior.

A crash Thursday morning has landed one car upside down and has shut down the majority of Interstate 485, according to the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT).