Big & Rich will headline Mooresville’s fourth Bands, Brews & BBQ at Liberty Park on Sept. 19. The free, family‑friendly festival runs 4–9 p.m.

Heat Advisory today with highs near 101°F and heat index up to 108°F. Slight chance of late storms and elevated ozone — take precautions.

Engine 28 reported "command smoke showing" at a structure fire on the 6600 block of Lakeview Road; officials released few details. Crews remain on scene.

Upper-90s heat and 100°F+ heat indexes will bake Charlotte through July 4. Plan ahead and check local cooling options.

Multiple downtown streets will be closed and parking restricted ahead of this Friday’s Red, White & Belmont concert and fireworks. Expect staged closures, routed parking and no‑parking zones.

A Charlotte man pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 64–89 months after a Feb. 10, 2024 crash in east Charlotte that killed a passenger. Prosecutors cited impairment and forensic evidence.

Swiss biopharma Octapharma plans a $1.5B headquarters and factory at Palmetto Research Park, promising more than 1,200 jobs and shifting about 300 roles from Charlotte.

Charlotte will be hot this week: highs near 94 today with heat‑index values approaching 100, and hotter conditions into the Fourth of July weekend.

Burke County named Jason Robert Hill to its most‑wanted list, citing multiple forgery and larceny warrants and a Morganton address. Officials asked anyone with information to call (828) 438‑5500.

Boss Hog BBQ in Sherrills Ford will close on July 4 after more than three decades. Owners thanked customers in a Facebook post as the property moves toward a sale.

A Court of Appeals decision in a Smoky Mountain Country Club dispute has homeowner attorneys pressing the North Carolina Supreme Court over how far HOAs can reach with liens and foreclosures. The ruling lands against a backdrop of thousands of HOA foreclosure filings statewide.

A dead eastern hemlock in Nantahala National Forest shelters a small colony of endangered Indiana bats — the first documented maternity roost in North Carolina in 14 years.

Local reporting says Socrates Gomez, 41, was found dead Jan. 1 in a Charlotte hotel; postmortem tests reportedly found fentanyl and cocaine and recall a 2017 $500K bust.