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On Tuesday, Montravias King announced that he's suspending his campaign for Charlotte City Council District 3, ending a challenge he launched earlier this year against incumbent Tiawana Brown.

Three Black-owned small businesses at Northlake Mall told The Charlotte Observer that they and other locally-owned shops have been pushed out recently by new ownership of the financially-struggling north Charlotte complex. Just last year, the mall’s prior owner turned to those same locally-owned businesses , many of...

CABARRUS COUNTY, N.C. — It's been about nine months since WCNC Charlotte first shared that the family of a Cabarrus County student spoke out and said a now-former teacher reportedly choked and sat on him. Now, we've learned the family is suing Cabarrus County Schools. The lawsuit was filed...

State officials invested $5 million to upgrade road markings with glass beads across five counties. The project aims to boost nighttime visibility on major highways, with Mecklenburg County among the targeted areas. "It's reflective, so at night, ideally, your headlights should reflect off those glass beads and...

Prominent civil rights leader William Barber II spoke against Charlotte’s proposed 1-cent tax for roads and transit from the pulpit Sunday, saying it would hurt low-income residents who have been negatively impacted by recent property tax increases. Barber became famous last decade leading the Moral Monday movement...

Lasalle Street will be detoured from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. daily from Aug. 11 to the end of the month due to construction work.

CHARLOTTE, NC — The photos are picture perfect on Happy Puppy Universe’s social media pages. However, inside the pet store, things were not as they seemed. An investigation by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services found several violations ranging from failures to maintain vet records, to not disclosing...

This content is free for everyone in an effort toward community engagement and inclusivity. While Pride Month has come and gone for much of the country, in Charlotte, festivities are still to come. Charlotte Pride 2025 will take place on Aug. 16-17 in a new location as it celebrates its 25th year. The parade will...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A 21-year-old was sentenced to prison Tuesday for stealing multiple weapons from a licensed firearms dealer in Charlotte, Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, announced. According to court records, on February 20, 2024, Moses crashed a stolen...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A newly formed grassroots group of Charlotte-area therapists is pushing Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police and Mecklenburg County leaders to fix what they say is a three-year backlog in testing rape kits. The mental health professionals, known as Therapists for Change, say sexual assault...