A 2023 overdose death inside a Hickory auto shop led investigators to a Costa Rica-run drug pipeline. The owner now faces two decades behind bars.

Bullets from the breakup-night rampage tore through a floor into an apartment holding a mother and three kids.

Joshua Lynn Whitmire won't start his Catawba County meth trafficking sentence until 2028 — after he finishes time for an earlier offense.

Two suspects sit in California custody awaiting extradition while a Kannapolis man faces charges at home in the 2024 killing of Angelo Markantonakis.

Molly Prescott says she learned about the record from a Facebook post and decided, “I can beat that.”

Malcom Smith will serve up to nearly 17 years for killing Deeaudrey Copeland, a security guard shot near West Sugar Creek Road.

The Charlotte-born taco chain's sixth location lands across from L'Ostrica, with a 70-seat patio and February 2027 opening.

Henry Ronald Emery Jr. must repay nearly $500,000 he pocketed while a telehealth church network used his DEA number to churn out prescriptions.

Johnny Whitley now faces kidnapping and fentanyl charges after a 12-mile chase ended near Belmont with spike strips.

Charlotte faces a 98°F afternoon and heat index up to 107 Monday, with a Heat Advisory lasting through the evening. Storm chances rise later this week.

Charlotte faces a Sunday Heat Advisory with a high near 94 and feels-like temperatures up to 109. Even hotter weather arrives Monday.

The 65-member orchestra lands a 3,000-seat home at Winthrop's restored Byrnes Auditorium, plus student masterclasses each semester.

Natricia Ann Wright, 27, faces manslaughter and child abuse charges after a three-month probe into her infant's May death in Monroe.