Charlotte NC

A family is suing a former bar owner after police said one of their security guards killed their loved one.

The latest numbers from CMPD, obtained by WBT, paint a disturbing picture about crime in the center city whether it’s murders or flashers. Since January, there have been nine murders around the uptown, compared to only three killings in all of last year. That’s a 200% increase. A...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Two people were injured in a stabbing in Charlotte's University City area late Thursday, Medic said. Multiple agencies responded to a reported stabbing along North Tryon Street near the intersection with McCullough Drive around 11 p.m. Thursday. According to a police report, the victims said they...

(QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Charlotte added the most people of any city in the state from 2020-24, remaining the largest in North Carolina by more than 400,000 people, new population data shows. The Office of State Budget and Management unveiled last week municipalities’ changes in population ending July 1, 2024. The Queen...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A new North Carolina health order is allowing the state’s pharmacists to test and treat patients with the flu without prescriptions. Now, instead of having to go to your doctor or an urgent care clinic to get a prescription for flu medicine, people can come straight to the...

On Sept. 28, 2025, airport staff at American Airlines’ Charlotte, NC airport were doing maintenance on one of the planes that had recently landed after flying in from Europe when they discovered the body of a stowaway on the plane. Unlike with trains and cars, stowing away on a plane will most likely be met with...

Around 8:20 a.m. on Monday, October 6, officers responded to a crash involving a pedestrian in the 9700 block of Shopton Road.

RALEIGH — The North Carolina Office of the State Auditor released a preliminary audit report showing that the Charlotte Area Transit System, or CATS, had cut back its security force by 40% in the years leading up to the August 2025 murder of Iryna Zarutska on the city’s light rail system.

Morning 3 is a quick roundup of stories we think you should know about to start your day. Check out those stories, and more, below. 3 overnight shootings in Charlotte leave 3 people badly hurt. Two of the shootings happened within a mile of each other. More in this story.

City leaders held a press conference Wednesday to discuss initiatives being carried out by the Center City Public Safety Task Force, implemented in late July to address concerns about crime and safety in Uptown. The group is composed of leaders in business, local government, health care, CMPD and the nonprofit...