The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools board voted in late April to approve selling the property to the county for $4.5 million.

The request to rezone 58 acres of land could lead to a data center next door to a nature preserve and residential homes.

In the months after the Border Patrol’s surge on Charlotte, ICE arrested thousands of immigrants statewide.

President Donald Trump made a lengthy post on social media calling Pope Leo “weak on crime” and “terrible for foreign policy.”

Mecklenburg County prosecutors are OK with delaying the case, according to court documents.

The court ruling last week overturned a decision that would have required NC legislators to transfer hundreds of millions to public schools.

“We have to look for real long-lasting solutions,” an NC Democrat said, “not bandaids.”

Residents are required to license their cats and dogs with Animal Care and Control, but few actually do it. Many don’t know they have to.

Has Sen. Thom Tillis changed since bowing out of his reelection campaign? His fellow senators don’t think so.

PowerSchool was hacked in 2024, which exposed personal data of students and teachers nationwide.

Gaston County Schools Superintendent Morgen Houchard said without the money, he would have to lay off people on Friday.

The university received a lackluster health inspection in January and an improved one in February before other student concerns emerged.

“Those in the room who are on the Republican committee didn’t vote for me,” one Republican primary winner said. “They threw knives.”

For the Charlotte Museum of History, getting added to a list that currently contains 32 organizations feels like navigating a bureaucratic loop.

Nearby residents have organized a petition against the nine-building data center complex.

The yearlong project will improve water quality and reduce flood risk along one of the largest watersheds in Mecklenburg County.

Morris McAdoo won a three-person Democratic primary for an open seat on the Mecklenburg County Commission.

“We’ll get you out of that cage,” Habekah Cannon’s attorney website read. Unofficial results show she won a Democratic primary for Mecklenburg District Court judge.

Carla Cunningham, a seven-term incumbent, lost a Democratic primary Tuesday after months of uproar over comments about immigrants.

Democrat Nasif Majeed in north Charlotte faced pushback for helping Republicans override a Gov. Josh Stein veto.

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Charlotte purchased the custom truck to navigate tight streets in the growing city. It’s not the only truck in need of repairs.

The 159-year-old Concord HBCU has its eyes on a comeback, despite running out of money in January.

City Council is talking about a tax increase to help pay for public safety improvements and raises for police officers.

Newsom faces backlash for comments made at an earlier tour stop that Republicans have described as patronizing to Black audience members.

Lyles spent more than four times more than her Republican during her campaign for a fifth term last election.

A judge set a removal hearing for the incumbent clerk of court just days before the primary election.

The region’s population is growing quickly and a combination of factors could require water conservation steps later this year if conditions don’t improve, the Catawba Riverkeeper says.

Years before Iryna Zarutska’s fatal stabbing on a Blue Line train in Charlotte, the man charged with her murder was released two days after his minimum release date, according to state officials.

During outages, Duke Energy prioritizes hospitals first, then “lines that serve the largest number of customers.”

The petition alleged widespread misconduct, threats and retaliation.

When the number of vaccinated children drop too low in a school, the risk of infection increases there and in the wider community, experts say.

A court filing on Monday accuses McFadden of misconduct, threats and retaliation.

Kenyon Dobie, who was in the hospital recovering from the Dec. 5 stabbing, was arrested on Wednesday, according to jail records.

The Charlotte City Council approved the contract Monday — just a few days after a second stabbing on the city’s Blue Line light rail.

The Honduran man charged with stabbing an injuring a man on Friday aboard a train had previously been banned from the light rail, a prosecutor said.

The video of the surprise at Providence High has gotten over 11 million views on TikTok.