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A drunk passenger peed on another’s luggage during a flight from Chicago to Charlotte, Charlotte Observer news partner WBTV reported, citing a police report. In […]

A missing Charlotte woman’s Mercedes-Benz was found abandoned on Friday at a Lake Wylie marina, police said. Family and friends of 39-year-old Vatsla Watkins have […]

Digital signs for the Interstate 77 toll lanes project are scheduled to flash messages beginning Monday in the Lake Norman area, but don’t let that […]

Officials at Cape Hatteras National Seashore say a suspicious fire that burned more than an acre of the national park in Frisco, NC, on Friday […]

A North Carolina company specializing in vacuum-packed pork skins is recalling three of its most popular spicy products because of what the USDA termed a […]

The gruesome case of a South Carolina woman “eaten” by her own dogs took an unexpected turn Friday, when the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office said […]

The UNC Board of Governors should consider having universities cosign student loans so the schools have a vested interest in helping their students succeed, a […]

The leader of a Charlotte hip-hop group was sentenced to nine years in prison this week for his role in a $1.2 million bank and […]

State lawmakers could overhaul the way North Carolina’s public school students are tested, resulting in fewer exams being given by the state and local school […]

The spring equinox and a supermoon combined this week to play havoc with North Carolina’s fragile Outer Banks barrier islands. Cape Lookout National Seashore posted […]

A 64-year-old Georgia man described by police as a “serial rapist” was arrested after a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police cold case unit matched his DNA in two […]

This article was originally published by The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system. Over the past decade, laboratories and […]

Investigations into a baffling number of thyroid cancers in southern Iredell County are picking up momentum, even as answers so far elude researchers. Some of […]

A York County bomb squad was dispatched to a Rock Hill bank after a man said he a bomb that would kill everyone in the […]

After months of negotiation, the Charlotte City Council agreed to give Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr Putney nearly $6 million for new officers in summer 2016. […]

CMPD Capt. Dave Johnson, a leader of the department’s recruitment and hiring efforts, talks about the challenges the department faces to fill its openings. … […]

An image of what seemed to be an extremely fat squirrel was posted on social media this week by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, […]

The Charlotte Observer won 35 awards in the annual N.C. Press Association competition Thursday, including 17 first-place awards, 10 second-place awards and eight seven third-place […]

The North Carolina State Board of Elections voted Thursday to allow a hearing on whether a candidate for Columbus County sheriff lives in the county […]

Salisbury police are searching for two persons of interest in the vandalism of a monument to Confederate soldiers. The statue “Fame” was vandalized early Wednesday […]

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools launched a social media campaign Thursday as part of its strategy to keep weapons out of schools. The Guns Can’t campaign aims to […]

A Dale Earnhardt Sr. race car billed at auction as “one of the most famous cars in the history of NASCAR” is not the original, […]

It’s true that the men’s NCAA basketball tournament gets more attention, but the women’s games are just as exciting and fun to watch. Plus, we […]

Going to Carowinds and climbing into the chair of a roller coaster pretty much makes me feel like a kid again every time, and when […]

North Carolina is failing to protect children from drinking lead-contaminated water in schools, advocacy groups warn, prompting state lawmakers to push for testing at public […]

Lifeway Christian Resources announced on Wednesday that it will close all 170 brick-and-mortar Lifeway Christian Bookstores in the United States. Lifeway has 12 stores in […]

Charlotte is about to trade a car lane for a bicycle lane uptown. It will be the city’s first permanent, protected bicycle lane, with cars […]

Even if a rape case makes it to trial, it can still be tough to convince juries — especially if the perpetrator says it wasn’t […]

An Army ranger stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia, was killed Friday “during routine military free-fall training” at a site in Arizona, the U.S. Army said […]

A bullet came out of nowhere and struck a worker operating a crane at Lake Norman Quarry late Wednesday, according to a release from the […]

A thrift store worker in the North Carolina mountains figured buying a scratch-off lottery ticket each day would eventually score him a win. But $4 […]

A 24-year-old Charlotte man admitted he helped dupe hundreds of U.S. residents into paying money to clean non-existent malware from their suddenly frozen computers, prosecutors […]

Leah McGuirk said when she reported to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police that someone had drugged her drink at a Charlotte bar, the closest criminal offense police could […]

An uncharacteristically giddy bison in North Carolina won a social media following Wednesday, after the N.C. Zoo posted video of it doing a “happy dance” […]

Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden said Wednesday that he plans to keep enforcing traffic laws in the county, after a speeding enforcement operation raised questions […]

A 63-year-old Charlotte store owner on Wednesday admitted to buying stolen merchandise and selling it on eBay to pay his daily living expenses, federal prosecutors […]

A just-released list of the 100 “Fattest Cities in America” is not kind to the Carolinas, unless you live in Raleigh. The state capital came […]

After almost two years, the 9th District congressional race feels like a marathon, but it’s going to finish in a sprint, with just weeks before […]

The scowling 13-year-old had threatened to shoot another student. Now he was standing in a cramped cell at the Mecklenburg County jail, listening to a […]

Great white sharks love to linger off the Carolinas, and data posted this week by OCEARCH reveals the large predators are deliberate in their prowling […]

Sometimes the right evidence can make or break a sexual assault case. Even when that evidence exists forensically or through witness testimony, the right circumstances […]

Yet another humpback whale has been discovered washed up along the Carolinas coast, with a video posted on Facebook showing it tumbling in the surf […]

Mecklenburg County commissioners heard Tuesday that plans are moving forward for Brooklyn Village, the $683 million development that’s supposed to drastically change a chunk of […]

A woman said she was “terrified” after finding a spy camera in the tanning bed room of her North Carolina gym. In spite of that, […]

A 22-year-old man shot during an argument outside an apartment near the University of North Carolina at Charlotte on Monday night died at a hospital […]

The North Carolina Zoo welcomed a new baby chimp on Monday, and while it’s not clear yet whether it’s a boy or a girl, the […]

An inmate at an eastern North Carolina prison has been charged with attempted murder after repeatedly stabbing an officer with a homemade weapon, police said. […]

Residents in Cornelius were surprised last month on a Sunday afternoon to see a dozen Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office deputies writing tickets on Jetton Road. […]

North Carolina lawmakers moved a step closer Tuesday toward banning the state’s public schools from using corporal punishment to discipline students. The House Education Committee […]

Drone footage shows the transition from August 2018 to March 2019. An N.C. Transportation Department Advisory Board is frustrated with the pace of construction. … […]