Charlotte NC

Immigration enforcement is an ugly business. It’s never going to look like a ribbon-cutting or Main Street parade. But what’s happening in Charlotte right now feels foreign in a different way. People are asking whether they should be afraid of federal law enforcement coming to town, and local leaders are parsing...

BURGAW, NC (WWAY) — A Charlotte man is facing numerous charges after allegedly running from police U.S. Highway 117 during a traffic stop. According to the magistrate’s orders, an officer with the Burgaw Police Department attempted to stop the vehicle on Wednesday for a traffic violation. At the...

In a wooded area behind the Wallace Terrace Apartments in east Charlotte’s Grier Heights neighborhood, there’s a man who’s been working on a grave for weeks. Now 72 years old, Wayne Johnson has been coming to the grave of his great-grandfather Nelson Walker since he was 5 years old, when his dad would walk him and...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The parents of Ariana Baldwin, a 6-year-old girl who died after being found unresponsive in a backyard pool in Gastonia last year, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit in connection with her death. The announcement was made in Uptown on Wednesday. The lawsuit was filed against...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - The deadline for homeowners in Mecklenburg County to apply for economic assistance to help cover housing costs is quickly approaching. Homeowners in Mecklenburg County have until Nov. 21 to apply for assistance in covering housing costs through the Helping Out Mecklenburg homeowners with...

A tale of one city, and an unincorporated area that functions like one, continue to play out in Lancaster County over new homes . While Indian Land residents fight to keep a residential moratorium intact , the city of Lancaster welcomes new homes. “We are in a growth mode, and I would say probably in an annexation...

Police departments across North Carolina are putting eyes in the sky, using drones as first responders. Cities like Winston-Salem, which first deployed drones for on-scene patrols seven years ago, launched their Drones as First Responder program last year. From tracking suspects to locating missing people, the drones...

Some find out the hard way that your Homeowners Association can get a lien on your home and even sell it out from under you.

"Very lazy and largely ineffective." Resident sparks outrage with photo of obnoxious trend in neighborhood: 'I despise' first appeared on The Cool Down .

When Charlotte resident Claudia Charles grew tired of dealing with opaque and often unaccountable homeowners’ association boards, she didn’t just complain —… The post Woman Launches Nation’s First Black-Owned HOA Management Company To Push Transparency, Fairness appeared first on Shine My Crown .