The Charlotte Convention Center gala pairs bestselling authors with a record fundraising push for the library's new Uptown branch.

Plywood covers the windows at 3039 Highway 160 as the shuttered Sonic hits the market amid a $160 million interchange overhaul nearby.

Cedric Tayuhe, 36, was found hanging in a Harrisburg park in June — but word only spread widely in mid-August, stirring questions in Charlotte.

Tomekia Reed says her stomach swelled to the size of a volleyball before four surgeries in four days. She's back coaching the 49ers now.

Shaquina Harris vanished after leaving an Uptown hospital with her dog Sapphire. Six weeks later, she was found dead.

Angela Smith, shot in the hand and thigh in a road-rage attack, says the new arrest brought relief mixed with sadness.

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.

Elijah Bell allegedly shined a flashlight-mounted gun on sleeping Elgin residents before a family member called 911 for his gunshot wound.

Two blue steel trees with wind-swayed leaves now thank Miracle Park's donors by name in Rock Hill.

A Park Avenue break-in left two women hurt, but investigators say a family dog — not a knife — caused the worst injuries.

A Mecklenburg County jury convicted Jamie Briggs six years after he shot Roscoe Wright Sr. dead on Coliseum Drive.

A North Charlotte shooting during evening rush hour sent one victim to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.