A Mecklenburg County judge paused the case against Michael Edward Barnette, sending him to a jail-based restoration program instead of straight to trial.

A district manager's $20,000 bond was the steepest of four Childcare Network staffers charged in the Maiden case, court records show.

Cindy Priselac, 68, died after a branch struck her near the steps of the Surry County rest stop, which remains closed.

The 6,100-square-foot store near Langtree Road would add a mobile-order window and counter-service restaurant. Fire Station 7 is set to cover it once running.

Philip Rogers, 11, was last seen around 5 p.m. at the Cherry Road Exxon. Police are asking anyone with information to call immediately.

Ilie Nastase, 74, of Hickory died after his Honda ran a stop sign near Vale, troopers say, injuring two others.

The Ohio manufacturer's 580,000-square-foot Davie County plant will pay workers well above the county's average salary.

Firehouse 44's permanent home will be the Southeast's first mass timber fire station, replacing a temporary trailer setup on Dixie River Road.

Drew Owens posted a reduced $75,000 bond and walked free from jail just three days before Charlotte-Mecklenburg students returned to class.

A driver died after a Ford Bronco veered off I-77 and struck trees near Rock Hill — the same mile marker saw a fatal crash just four weeks earlier.

Charlotte Fire's Station 30 traded a converted 1957 residence for the Southeast's first all-electric firehouse on Beam Road.

Bounce houses, food trucks, and a vintage 1957 fire engine greeted crowds at Gaston College's Lincoln Campus for a new police fundraiser.

A Monday vote would strip drivers of a decades-old excuse for parking across public walkways in Charlotte.