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Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Charlotte, North Carolina – The arrival of winter will be felt across North Carolina this weekend as the winter solstice arrives Saturday, marking the shortest day of the year and signaling a longer stretch...

Monroe Animal Control responded to a call about a rooster that “woke up and chose violence.”

James Jackson of Charlotte was arrested and charged with Possession/Manufacture of Fraudulent Identification, Identity Theft, and Resisting, Delaying, and Obstructing after attempting to withdraw funds from an account that did not belong to him at the Allegacy Federal Credit Union in Indian Trail.

A North Carolina man will spend the next two decades in federal prison for his role in a multi-state drug trafficking and money laundering operation that sent large quantities of illegal narcotics into northeastern Pennsylvania. Federal prosecutors said Joseph Ashley Dickenson, 47, of Charlotte, was sentenced on...

It's a midterm year for national elections, but there are dozens of state and local positions up for grabs as well.

Charlotte authorities are investigating a homicide in the Westover Division. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) Homicide Unit responded today to the 100 block of East Woodlawn Road, where an individual was found with gunshot wounds. According to the CMPD, at approximately 3:30 a.m., officers were...

One person was killed in a crash involving a pedestrian in southeast Charlotte Saturday morning.

One person was shot in north Charlotte Saturday evening, MEDIC said.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A 48-year-old man was killed Saturday morning after being struck by a train in southeast Charlotte, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. Officers responded shortly after 9:45 a.m. Saturday along Monroe Road. They arrived to find Daniel Kotrman unresponsive alongside the...

Four people were seriously injured in car crash involving multiple vehicles Friday evening on Interstate 485 in south Charlotte, MEDIC said. Nine people in six vehicles were involved in the crash, which occurred between Pineville Road and Park Road, MEDIC said. The crash occurred at 7:36 p.m., according to DriveNC ....