Charlotte NC

There are certain places in North Carolina that you enter and immediately feel a sense of belonging. My coffee-deprived skepticism vanished as the interior atmosphere replaced a frantic morning schedule with something slower. This bakery combines artistic flair with French techniques to create an experience that...

More than half a century before the California Gold Rush, a 12‑year‑old named Conrad Reed discovered the first documented gold nugget in the United States — right in Midland, North Carolina, in 1799. The shiny 17‑pound rock he found while fishing turned out to be pure gold, sparking a local mining boom that lasted...

A student prank at Stoney Creek Elementary School with a pencil on a seat on March 17 went wrong when one of them ended up impaled, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police 911 audio. One of the students “said that they were trying to play a prank on him, and they put a pencil on his seat, and when he went to sit...

East Charlotte is getting a new affordable senior housing complex behind Calvary Church of the Nazarene, but the plan is arriving with plenty of neighborhood drama. Charlotte City Council voted 6-4 to approve a rezoning that paves the way for a multi-story development on church land, following a packed public hearing...

Yesterday morning, as a professor in public health and health policy, I received the Public Health Newswire, which highlighted an interview between the American Public Health Association and the NAACP warning of the environmental harms of AI data centers . By the evening, I had received text messages from my...

UNC Charlotte students at two heavily used off-campus complexes spent the week in limbo after the leasing offices at The Union and The Mill suddenly shut their doors, cutting off access to property managers and resident portals. The panic eased on Wednesday when PeakMade Real Estate stepped in to take over and told...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Dozens of students living off campus near the University of North Carolina at Charlotte were left confused and concerned after two apartment complexes suddenly shut down operations without notice. Residents at The Union and The Mill say for several days they were unable to reach management,...

A 23-year-old woman is dead after a repeat offender allegedly struck her in a hit-and-run crash in Charlotte, police said. Thomas Haynes, 46, was arrested on Monday and charged with second-degree murder, felony hit-and-run serious injury/death, misdemeanor hit-and-run leave scene property damage, misdemeanor...

CMPD states that "problem spots" like Sugar Creek Road and University City Boulevard were focused on.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Four people were hurt in a rollover crash in south Charlotte on Wednesday morning, paramedics said. The March 25 wreck happened at the corner of Kuykendall Road and Happy Valley Drive around 9 a.m. Medic said all four people had injuries that were not life-threatening, and...