Charles Ruland, 69, had no permanent address and had been missing more than a day when he was found near South Jefferson Avenue.

A Cabarrus County mom says her son arrived to find the bus already gone. A neighbor says fire trucks couldn't get into her subdivision on day one.

Mark Benge, 55, is held without bond after deputies say he shot his son with a 9mm pistol near Conover.

Crews controlled the Heathstead Place fire in about 20 minutes, but one resident suffered life-threatening injuries.

MEDIC rushed a stabbing victim from Clanton Road to a hospital Saturday afternoon; no suspect details have emerged yet.

Anna Baldwin was bitten, choked, and dragged over a stretcher — now she is leaving EMS work for good, even as her attacker avoids state prison time.

Gastonia wants federal disaster money to fix sewer lines wrecked by Hurricane Helene, and residents get a say before the city applies.

New Charlotte units lost 40 square feet over a decade even as inflation-adjusted rent climbed. Renters are paying more for less room.

The Charlotte soul food favorite is taking over a former donut shop on Dobys Bridge Road, with entrees up to $25.

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.