Charlotte NC

In 1978, Eligio Peña, an immigrant from the Dominican Republic, opened his first family-owned grocery store in Queens, New York: Compare Foods. The chain grew quickly, expanding to neighboring boroughs in New York, and by the early 2000s, it was operating in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and North Carolina.

wcti12.com - 11/18/2025 11:09:12 PM. The recent presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in major North Carolina cities, including Charlotte and Raleigh, has sparked fear and concern among Latino communities. Local organizations are apprehensive about being targeted next. The presence of ICE...

Christina Robinson, 53, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced to 27 months in prison for embezzling nearly $1.2 million from her employer, a Charlotte-based company, announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, on Thursday.

A Charlotte woman released video footage of her arrest during a protest at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office, and said that the government lied about the felony charge she faces. The arrest happened Sunday morning, Nov. 16, at the ICE office on Tyvola Centre Drive in Charlotte. Federal prosecutors said in...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has officially entered North Carolina for their raids. Their primary focus was on the city of Charlotte last weekend before moving into Raleigh Nov. 18 and 19. Whilst in Charlotte, the federal agents detained more than 200 people in just three days. According to reports,...

Charlotte, North Carolina has been heating up recently because of the noticeable presence of DHS and ICE agents throughout the area. Many residents have expressed fear and discomfort, worried that agents might start arresting people left and right. Even with this tension in the air, some people from the community...

The Salvation Army of Greater Charlotte broke ground Wednesday on an expansion project at its Center of Hope shelter on Spratt Street, aiming to enhance services for women, children, and veterans experiencing homelessness.

One of Charlotte’s most exclusive neighborhoods has a new record-setting home sale. The sale of Shaq Thompon’s home for $9 million is the highest priced sale ever for Carmel Park and it’s the third highest sale in Charlotte through MLS, according to Elise Ramer of Premier Sotheby’s International Realty, which listed...

STEELE CREEK (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – A student has been arrested after displaying a weapon to others at a Palisades High School bus stop Thursday morning, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools said. A witness alerted Charlotte law enforcement, who eventually took the juvenile suspect into custody and confiscated the weapon....

Charlotte businesses are on edge following the launch of the Department of Homeland Security's "Operation Charlotte's Web," a surge of Customs and Border Patrol (CBP)/Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity that began over the weekend. The results so far have been immediate: lost revenue, shuttered...