Laundromat owners use business to keep Border Patrol agents away from customers
Fear and chaos Sunday morning, as Border Patrol agents descended on North Tryon Street.
Police Investigating Homicide at 7th and Davidson Streets in Central Charlotte
On November 14, 2025, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s Homicide Unit began investigating a homicide at 7th Street and Davidson Street in Charlotte’s Central Division. Officers responded to a report of a vehicle collision with injuries shortly before 11:00 p.m. They found a victim with a gunshot wound....
Charlotte neighbors team up as “grocery buddies” to fight food insecurity
Charlotte native Molly Kerrigan recently started a local "Grocery Buddies" Facebook group to help address food insecurity in her hometown. Why it matters: Communities are finding new ways to fight hunger. For some, it's volunteering with nonprofits like Nourish Up or Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina. Being a...
Scout Motors Selects North Carolina for New Corporate Headquarters
Scout Motors announced that it chose Charlotte, North Carolina as the location for its U.S. headquarters. The automaker plans to create create 1,200 jobs at the site over the next five years. Following a multi-state evaluation process, the company will locate its headquarters within Commonwealth, a mixed-use...
Infant Nalaya Crew Found Safe After Abduction as Charlotte Suspects Taken into Custody Following...
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) announced that ten-month-old Nalaya Crew, who was reported abducted earlier this month, has been safely located and returned to her mother. The two individuals involved, Michelle Hemphill and Timothy Lee Smith Jr., have been arrested and are in police custody. An...
Jurors see SWAT arrest, attic evidence in trial over killing of NoDa sandwich shop...
Jurors in a Mecklenburg County courtroom on Friday saw the moment CMPD’s SWAT unit arrested Terry Conner, who is one of two men charged with killing NoDa sandwich shop owner Scott Brooks. TRIAL COVERAGE: DNA link revealed in Scott Brooks murder trial “Stop right there. Turn around for me, Terry. Let me see your...
Chicago-area mayor says Border Patrol terrorized city. Here’s how to fight back, Charlotte |...
The author is mayor of Evanston, Illinois. When federal agents came to my city of Evanston on Halloween this year, it was scary — and not in a fun way. That morning, we received reports of ICE and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents in our neighborhoods. Helicopters circled overhead. CBP Commander Greg Bovino...
North Carolina loses a beloved 66-year-old institution (and Guy Fieri favorite)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A North Carolina legend is officially gone. After 66 years of serving some of the state’s most iconic barbecue and old-school drive-in comfort food, Bar-B-Q King has…
Federal Border Patrol sweep across Charlotte sparks fear, closed shops and protests
After days of growing fear and speculation, masked federal agents swept across Charlotte and its suburbs on Saturday, detaining and arresting people outside restaurants, in parking lots, at a church and along busy roads. The sudden show of force shuttered businesses and sent fear through immigrant communities. The...
Swarm of police responds after shooting reported near Charlotte nightclub
A swarm of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officers was spotted overnight outside of a nightclub on S. Summit Avenue after a reported shooting.
