A convicted felon armed with a shotgun and pistol was found in a chair by the river, deputies say, then bonded out in under an hour.

Robert Keith Lovins vanished into the trees off Alfred Hartley Road near Lenoir before deputies tracked him down safe.

One victim suffered life-threatening injuries in the 5400 block near I-77. The road is part of Charlotte's High Injury Network.

Deputies found the two dead inside a Dover Street home late Wednesday; their identities have not been released.

Ronald Hurtado says he needed a metal plate in his face after Uptown Charlotte bouncers kept punching him while he was out cold.

Extra crews rolled in to fight the heat as much as the flames at a Hankins Road auto body shop.

The deadly hit-and-run struck near Woodlawn and Nations Crossing roads, just five weeks after another pedestrian was hospitalized nearby.

The five-year-old vegan drive-thru will shut its South Boulevard doors by November, but its food truck keeps rolling through Charlotte, Raleigh and Columbia.

Firefighters, deputies and civilians will climb 2,200 steps at Uptown's Bank of America Corporate Center on September 12, each carrying a fallen responder's badge.

Charlotte will reach 97 degrees Thursday, with the heat index climbing to 105. Storm chances rise Saturday before cooler weather arrives Sunday.

The Charlotte Italian favorite opens Sept. 7 on Bailey Road with 140 seats and a hand-pulled mozzarella show.

Cheyenne Hines has been arrested more than 10 times, including a 2021 Matthews assault case and a 2023 missing-person report out of Gastonia.

A brief Mayday call went out as crews battled the blaze, but was quickly canceled, officials say.