Plane crash confirmed at Richmond County Airport
RICHMOND COUNTY, N.C. — A plane crashed late Tuesday morning at the Richmond County Airport. Officials confirmed to WCNC Charlotte it happened between 11:30 a.m. and noon at the airport. While there weren't many details initially available, officials said there were two passengers on board at the time. No fatalities...
‘My door is open,’ Sheriff McFadden responds after sit-down with rapper and Charlotte native...
The purpose of the meeting between the sheriff and DaBaby, according to the sheriff's office, was to seek positive change.
Charlotte leaders seek to bridge mental health gaps in criminal justice system
Charlotte leaders and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department want to close mental health gaps in the criminal justice system.
DaBaby Meets With Mecklenburg Sheriff After Controversial Subway Stabbing Video
DaBaby met with the Mecklenburg County after his unauthorized music video reenacted the fatal stabbing of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska. DaBaby met with Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden earlier this month in Charlotte following public backlash over his unauthorized music video that dramatized the fatal...
18-year-old shot while sitting in his vehicle, CMPD says
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A man was shot early Sunday morning while sitting in his vehicle, according to a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police incident report. It happened around 2 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 5, on Nations Ford Road near the exit for Interstate 485. CMPD said the victim, who is 18, was...
One dead at northeast Charlotte park: CMPD
Devonshire Elementary, located just south of the park, was placed on lockdown.
National Guard in Charlotte? Don’t write off the idea so quickly | Opinion
Ask a random person to describe the Third Amendment to the Constitution and you’ll likely get a blank stare. Fair enough; a ban on quartering troops in private homes certainly feels a little dated. But the principle still matters. America’s founders were rightly wary of a standing army patrolling city streets, and...
Seven injured in northeast Charlotte crash
Seven people were injured in a crash in northeast Charlotte Monday evening.
Historic farmland sells for over $24 million, to become residential development
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. — A 200-acre piece of farmland has been sold to a homebuilding construction company for $24.625 million in Huntersville, Mecklenburg County records show. TM Westmoreland & Sons Farm sold its property to Shea Homes, which has built neighborhoods in Huntersville, Cornelius, Midland and Tega Cay and...
16-year-old accused of stealing car at gunpoint in Charlotte
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Police arrested a teen after he allegedly stole a car at gunpoint on Saturday in south Charlotte. Court records say a 16-year-old from Albemarle is charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon, felony conspiracy, larceny of a motor vehicle, elude arrest with a motor vehicle, and possession of a...
