Schools across the Carolinas can win up to $2,500 for painting their spirit rocks Panthers-themed before September 4.

Johnny Whitley now faces kidnapping and fentanyl charges after a 12-mile chase ended near Belmont with spike strips.

Fans still tour Henry River Mill Village's District 12 sites, but leaky roofs and rot threaten the 1905 company store.

A detention officer found the inmate unresponsive at 8:30 p.m. Friday, the jail's third in-custody death of 2026.

Charlotte faces a 98°F afternoon and heat index up to 107 Monday, with a Heat Advisory lasting through the evening. Storm chances rise later this week.

No officers were injured Sunday night on Alda Drive, but police have not said who was hurt or what led to gunfire.

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.