Charlotte NC

A North Carolina couple has been sentenced to federal prison after prosecutors said they carried out a blackmail and extortion scheme targeting a 37-year-old man with an intellectual disability, which ultimately ended in his death. According to Law&Crime, Trysten Anthony Cullon and Jade Ashlynn Stone, both 27, were...

The first time you see Freedom Park’s playground in Charlotte, North Carolina, your brain might need a moment to process what you’re looking at. This isn’t just big, it’s the kind of massive that makes you wonder if someone accidentally ordered ten times more equipment than they meant to.

A man pleaded guilty in a 2024 killing outside an uptown Charlotte business and was sentenced to at least 15 years in prison, prosecutors said Friday. Laquan Hoe, 32, was convicted in the fatal shooting of Aundrey Brown, 30, during an altercation near the 600 block of North Tryon Street just after 2 a.m. June 8, The...

Romeo Crenshaw says he was at work when Mecklenburg County sheriff’s deputies showed up at his Charlotte apartment in early December to evict him, even though he had been sending rent money to the person managing the lease. He says he never saw the notice the sheriff’s office claimed to have left and recalls being...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - After domestic terrorist attacks at a synagogue in Michigan and at Old Dominion University in Virginia, we are asking the question; how concerned should we be in Charlotte?. “[The general threat level across the country] has been about as high as it’s been since 9/11 and...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In 1954, June Bacon-Bercey became the first black woman to earn a degree in meteorology when she graduated from UCLA. However, she holds many more accolades in the world of encouraging women to enter STEM fields. She was the first Black woman to receive a degree...

Hendrick Motorsports is looking to shift its Charlotte-area footprint into a higher gear, filing a rezoning petition for nearly 23 acres at the northeast corner of Morehead Road and Old Holland Road in Mecklenburg County. The team wants permission to use the property for manufacturing, fabrication and light assembly...

Police identified the victim in an east Charlotte homicide as Evelin Carolina Enamorado-Cisnado, 26, and arrested a 23-year-old woman in connection with the crime.

Great food gets people talking. When a coworker would not stop raving about one restaurant in Charlotte, my curiosity kicked in immediately. The way they described the flavors made it sound less like a casual recommendation and more like a place I needed to try for myself. One visit was all it took to understand the...

DENVER, N.C. — A Lincoln County mother was charged with kidnapping after allegedly taking her two children and one child who was not hers away, Lincoln County Sheriff's Office said. Amber Marie White, 30, and the three children were found at a Motel 6 in Charlotte after Lincoln County...