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A late-night stop at a southwest Charlotte Circle K turned into a terrifying ordeal when, according to police, a 44-year-old woman drove off in an 18-year-old man's Mini Cooper with him still inside. The teen, who has autism, stayed on the phone with his family as the driver allegedly took him on a miles-long ride acro

Charlotte’s trash day rules may not sound like headline news until the cart is still...

The Town of Fort Mill will hold two Independence Day celebrations on Friday, July 3, and Saturday, July 4, 2026, marking the 250th anniversary of the United States with live […]

Concord is one of North Carolina’s most quietly compelling cities — a place where NASCAR engines roar at the speedway, where historic mills anchor revitalised districts, where suburban neighbourhoods stretch toward Charlotte, and where the food culture blends Southern comfort with a growing wave of modern, family‑frien

Union County sheriff’s deputies say they arrested a break-in suspect not long after the crime, thanks to the victim’s detailed story.

A new county health assessment unveiled Friday put hard numbers on a problem many Charlotte families already know too well: Latino residents in Mecklenburg County are far less likely to have a go-to doctor. Roughly four in ten Latino residents say they do not have a regular primary care provider, a shortfall that publi

Afrocentric beauty has historically been overlooked as mainstream media and art forms chose to favor a Eurocentric standard of beauty. In his new photo essay book "Black Woman As Muse," Charlotte photographer Jerry Taliaferro attempts to refute that norm with a series of more than 100 black-and-white photographs that e

A quiet north Charlotte block turned into a deadly crime scene before dawn Monday when gunfire left one man dead and rattled a Holly Street neighborhood already on edge. Authorities identified the victim as 46-year-old Jahbir Rolando Fowle, who was found with life-threatening injuries on the 2100 block of Holly Street

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA — The Storm Prediction Center has expanded its severe weather risk area for Saturday June 27, 2026, upgrading much of North Carolina and parts of South Carolina to a Level 2 of 5 Medium risk as an upper-level storm complex approaches from the west. The expanded zone places Charlotte and the ea

On New Year’s Day, a 41-year-old man once linked to a major Steele Creek drug bust was found dead in an east Charlotte hotel room, and toxicology tests later showed fentanyl and cocaine in his system. Hotel staff at the Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott at 8540 E....