A Conover woman was sentenced to 39 to 50 years after pleading guilty to intentional child abuse involving three children. Local prosecutors say the sentence reflects the gravity of the case.

Three people were shot in Uptown Charlotte Wednesday; a juvenile is in critical condition and police are investigating.

A man wanted in a June 10 I‑40 shooting was arrested Tuesday in Buncombe County after allegedly dragging a sheriff’s lieutenant while resisting. Authorities say he was found with a 9 mm and faces multiple felony counts.

Lucas “Luke” Warner, 26, a former James Madison lineman from Charlotte, died in a Johnston County crash. Authorities say a driver has been charged.

A bomb threat Tuesday evening evacuated the Food Lion on Burkemont Avenue in Morganton; searches found no device and the store reopened.

Homeland Security Investigations arrested a Brazilian man in Mooresville who authorities say once led Brazil’s PCC and Comando Vermelho. Officials allege he held his wife and federal charges are possible.

A 78-year-old woman was struck and killed Tuesday while using a crosswalk in a Concord shopping-center parking lot; police say the driver had a medical emergency.

Gastonia police are searching for a driver after a moped rider, identified as Christopher McAllister, was killed Tuesday near West Walnut and North Ransom.

A pregnant woman was hurt and a man hospitalized after a knife attack outside a northeast Charlotte restaurant, police say.

Johnie Wesley Mason IV died June 14 after a Nov. 1 electric scooter crash on South Tryon; Charlotte-Mecklenburg police say detectives continue to investigate.

Catawba County deputies executed a Hickory search that turned up more than 250 grams of fentanyl, guns and cash; a 33‑year‑old man is jailed on a $3.5M bond.

Local reporting says a Charlotte woman pleaded guilty this month in the Dec. 13, 2024 Archdale Drive shooting and was given a multi‑decade sentence.

A Charlotte man pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 157–201 months for the 2023 Curtiswood Drive shooting that killed Ja’Kez Johnson.