Agents did not want to share body-camera footage with the doctor in charge of figuring out how a Charlotte man died in police custody.

ICE took the Trump mass deportation campaign into NC’s mountain wilderness. A relative of one man says he had no criminal record.

A California woman says in her lawsuit that she trusted the man because he was an “old friend” from high school. She’s out $80,000.

In May, 16-year-old Juliana Nzita was found dead in a Charlotte churchyard. CMPD called it a suicide. Her family isn’t so sure.

A new home for formerly incarcerated women is one of a handful in the state to help the women reenter society.

Rep. Tricia Cotham, who made waves for switching parties in 2023, is leading a lawsuit against her father’s former lover over millions in family assets.

City Council members were frustrated that city staff didn’t inform them or the broader public about the group.

Rep. Tricia Cotham, who made waves for switching parties in 2023, is leading a lawsuit against her father’s former lover over millions in family assets.

Many say the Queen City doesn’t have a singular gay neighborhood, but rather a few gay-centric spots.

Former customers of American Log Homes and Cabins who are owed funds will receive none of the business’ remaining assets, the firm said.

Previously exiled federal inmates could be coming back to Charlotte jails — potentially bringing millions of dollars with them.

CATS bus drivers are three times as likely to be physically or verbally assaulted than the average bus driver nationwide, an Observer analysis found.

The city of Charlotte announced money available for people who needed help, but required them to be documented - so no one got any help.

Half a million in Charlotte taxpayer dollars went toward fighting a discrimination lawsuit filed by the police chief’s husband.

Ardrey’s famous sign was stolen in 2005, but he bought another one and kept selling hot dogs at his Rock Hill restaurant.

Dozens of customers nationwide together lost nearly $2 million they paid toward log home kits before a Charlotte-area business shuttered.

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said a nationwide warrant has been issued in the first criminal charges against an ICE agent for on-duty actions during the surge.

The fast-paced, whistle-stop tour included 47 stops in eight states, after Lady Bird Johnson’s husband signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

“Justice requires the case be dismissed,” Mecklenburg prosecutors wrote in a motion tossing the murder and armed robbery charges.

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

“Public trust is not an option,” one town commissioner said, to applause from the audience. “It is the foundation of local government.”

One commissioner said she would raise the issue after a man was arrested while dropping his pregnant wife off at a county health office.

In an exclusive interview with The Charlotte Observer, the man’s pregnant wife talks about losing her husband, who provided for the family.

It happened in early March and has left the family without income and at risk of losing their housing, an advocacy group said.

Pets who have died are honored along a rail-trail in Lincolnton, N.C.

Usually, coming together for the Persian New Year is joyful. This year, a pall of sadness permeated instead.

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Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez faced more than 20 years in prison on charges of assaulting ICE and Border Patrol agents in Charlotte.

He reportedly told federal agents to look at his REAL ID, but they ignored him before finally doing so and seeing he was a citizen.

The plant manager at Silfab Solar suggested the plant wants to reopen today, but an S.C. senator said the state would fight that.

Glenn Cole, III, retired Friday after nearly 30 years trying some of Charlotte’s toughest cases.

“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.

The FBI director gutted a specialized, global espionage unit of counterintelligence agents, just days before Operation Epic Fury.

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said her office is already investigating 17 incidents involving potential unlawful conduct by federal agents.

Charlotte attorneys say Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s deputies helped with the courthouse arrests.

Luis Duque was driving his parter, Oscar, to work Wednesday when ICE agents stopped them and took Oscar.

A small but popular NC ice cream parlor found itself in the middle of a controversy it directly addressed.

A fatal attack and a second stabbing in 2025 steered much attention to safety on light rail transport. But the serious crimes happen more frequently elsewhere.

Five people in N.C. who were either United States citizens or a visa holder were attacked or detained without probable cause, a lawsuit alleges.

Five people in N.C. who were either United States citizens or a visa holder were attacked or detained without probable cause, a lawsuit alleges.

So many restaurants that helped shape the Charlotte food scene of today. Here’s what you miss the most about 36 of them.

Former patients and their loved ones say North Carolina doctor with a string of malpractice settlements should face more accountability.

Drivers delivering food and water during the pandemic had boots placed on their trucks, had to pay $4,000, N.C. attorney general said.

Jackson frequented North Carolina and the Charlotte region throughout his life for conferences, church events and get-out-the-vote rallies.

The company wants to hold people for Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a closed private prison in Eastern North Carolina.