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WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - A Silver Alert has been issued for a missing 76-year-old man who was last seen traveling from Wilmington to Charlotte. According to the North Carolina Center for Missing Persons (NCCMP), James Ingram Mullis, also known as Jim, is 6 feet 7 inches tall and weighs around 300 pounds. NCCMP says...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A person is in the hospital after a shooting unfolded in northwest Charlotte late Friday night. WCNC Charlotte was alerted to the scene around 9 p.m., located along Esther Lane off Freedom Drive. A photographer confirmed Charlotte Mecklenburg Police officers were present at the time in front of...

The N.C. Governor’s Highway Safety Program gathered with officials in Charlotte on Aug. 20 to announce the launch of the upcoming Labor Day “Booze It & Lose It” campaign. The statewide enforcement initiative, which runs from Aug. 25 through Sept. 7, uses amplified outreach and enforcement efforts...

Martine Clark chopped up onions in a kitchen on Beatties Ford Road. She was making jambalaya. A rice dish indicative of New Orleans that includes tomato sauce, fresh vegetables, with chicken and beef sausages added as part of Clark's recipe. Clark is the owner of Bite Your Tongue Authentic New...

An investigation is underway after an officer-involved shooting in southeast Charlotte Thursday morning.

Duke Energy has proposed a plan in August to merge its two subsidiary utilities operating in the Carolinas, a move the company says will ultimately save customers money. However, this announcement comes at the same time as requests for new rate increases across the state, raising concerns among customers, advocates...

“The head will go to the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences,” the spokesperson said. Deputies searching for mother accused of abducting 8-month old girl in Iredell County, sheriff says. Updated: 11 hours ago. |. The sheriff’s office said that Rodriguez may be headed toward Mecklenburg County. Hispanic...

Brian Vaughan, whose career in law enforcement began in 1998, will start his tenure as the new Police Chief of Huntersville next Monday. Vaughan has been with the Huntersville Police Department since 2001 and expressed a sense of surrealism about his upcoming role, "Maybe it will all come rushing in when I am sworn...

Raw sewage gushed into Briar Creek when a pipe split open near Kilborne Park. The spill, which happened on Aug. 26 at 3708 Medallion Drive, sent 1,850 gallons of waste into the water. After cleanup efforts wrapped up, officials stressed a key point: flush only toilet paper. Nothing else should...

Black alumni of Independence High School Class of 1980 returned to their old west Charlotte neighborhood Saturday and held a special gathering to feed more than 100 disenfranchised residents there. Most of the estimated 200 black graduates grew up in the Lincoln Heights community, but court-ordered busing to...