About 100 people gathered in First Ward Park to mourn two men killed during separate ICE operations and to press for independent investigations and accountability. Activists also raised alarms about a planned 1,400‑bed detention center in Hertford County.

One person died and two were injured in a July 2 crash on I-485 northbound near Albemarle Road, adding to a summer run of serious collisions on the loop.

A Gastonia woman who bought her first scratch-off won $100,000 and will take home roughly $71,000 after taxes.

Union County deputies and ATF say they seized about 11.5 pounds of suspected fentanyl bound for Monroe. A man was arrested and is being held on a $1 million bond.

Neva Helms resigned after weeks of staffing and security complaints; the N.C. State Board of Elections has opened a review and sent staff to assist.

Video shows a tow operator hauling a car with two women inside at a Mount Holly gas station; the driver faces felony counts and a habitual‑felon indictment.

Three teens are facing murder warrants after a July 14 shooting in west Charlotte that left a 14‑year‑old dead; arrests were made this week and the investigation is active.

A Fort Mill man was arrested after investigators say devices contained child sexual‑abuse material. State and federal ICAC partners are involved as prosecutors prepare charges.

Neighbors say Northwood Ravin's 1200 Metropolitan construction has filled Cherry's streets with workers' cars, prompting parking restrictions and calls for off‑site staging.

Police have classified 16‑year‑old Juliana Nzita’s May death as a suicide, but her family ordered an independent autopsy and is pushing for 911 recordings and files. Community members want answers.

A viral video shows employees doing hair inside a Charlotte Crumbl while cookies were being prepared; the chain temporarily closed the shop and cleaned up.

A Charlotte man was sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to running a multi‑kilogram meth trafficking operation, prosecutors said.

WCCB's gallery of Mecklenburg County mugshots lists 37 bookings from July 20, including a suspect tied to a fatal hit-and-run and an alleged assault-by-strangulation.