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Laura Pugerude of Charlotte won a $500,000 prize from the Powerball while playing a $3 ticket on Saturday. She purchased her winning ticket at the Charlotte’s Landing bookstore and gift shop at Charlotte Douglas International Airport.

A Charlotte-based distributor of cutting tool material will pay $54.4 million in a settlement agreement for allegedly failing to pay custom duties on its product imported from China, according to the U.S. Department of Justice . The case began with a whistleblower, and he will receive almost $10 million of the...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - The measles outbreak has now moved into North Carolina. Health officials confirmed a passenger with the virus traveled through Raleigh airport on Dec. 10, but the largest outbreak remains in South Carolina. The South Carolina Department of Public Health reported 138 confirmed cases in South...

He used Medicaid information from people that he housed or helped and billed the government program for services that were not provided, federal investigators said.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - A retail crime sting at SouthPark Mall this month led to four arrests and the recovery of thousands of dollars’ worth of stolen goods. The operation by Charlotte-Mecklenburg police took place on Wednesday, Dec. 10, at the mall just off Sharon Road. --> Also read:...

Quincey Constant, who grew up in Charlotte and attends Winston-Salem State University (WSSU), was selected as a 2025 fellow of the John Lewis Young Leaders program. The year-long fellowship is designed to prepare college students for a future in community organizing and civic engagement. Quincey was selected from...

The man arrested in the homicide of a 31-year-old Charlotte mother was accused of shooting her in the head and leaving her in her car parked behind a church parking lot, a police affidavit said. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police arrested Lorenza Thomas Inman Jr., 38, on Dec. 12, in Maxton, a town 100 miles southeast of...

A direct-to-customer furniture company based in Charlotte will invest $9 million to create 45 jobs for a new manufacturing facility in the Catawba County town of Claremont, the governor’s office announced Wednesday. Coley Hull founded Coley Home in 2019, which has had a manufacturing facility in Claremont since at...

NORTH CAROLINA — A Salisbury man has been charged with felony child abuse after a 2-month-old infant was hospitalized with severe injuries, including bleeding on the brain and bone fractures, according to the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities said 37-year-old Kevin Eugene Morrison Jr. was arrested Wednesday...

RANLO, N.C. (WBTV) - A Gaston County couple is hopeful their nightmare home remodel will serve as a warning for other families, after paying a contractor nearly $20,000 for work that wasn’t completed. Chad Austin Brezeale was accused of misleading at least two victims into believing he was licensed...