Charlotte-Mecklenburg detectives say 20-year-old Jalen Thomas and a 16-year-old boy have been charged for the murder of Cinquay Jamario Farre after a fatal north Charlotte shooting back in December.
Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose vaccine offers strong protection against severe COVID-19, according to an analysis released Wednesday by U.S. regulators that sets the stage for a final decision on a new and easier-to-use shot to help tame the pandemic.
Teachers, grocery store employees and other frontline essential workers in South Carolina could be eligible for the coronavirus vaccine in two to three weeks, the state’s top health official told lawmakers Tuesday.
North Carolina’s agriculture commissioner declared Wednesday that there will be state fairs this fall, and he encouraged people to get vaccinated to ensure the events will be safe in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and will lead to record attendance.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper and state health officials announced a plan Wednesday to allow outdoor sports venues, including Charlotte Motor Speedway, to host events with fans up to 30 percent of their capacity, beginning Feb. 26.
A Charlotte woman who lied to get a coronavirus relief loan spent the money on shopping excursions to Nieman Marcus, Nordstrom, Louis Vuitton and diamond stores, federal prosecutors said.
Novant Health today announced a new primary location for COVID-19 vaccination appointments located in east Charlotte’s Triangle Shopping Center. This 43,000-square-foot space will serve as a permanent site with the ability to accommodate up to 3,000 appointments a day, as supply allows.
Your local elected leaders might get to extend their current term. 2021 municipal elections will likely be delayed in North Carolina. Census data isn't ready yet, meaning new districts can't be drawn.
Golf star Tiger Woods suffered leg injuries Tuesday in a vehicle rollover in suburban Los Angeles and was undergoing surgery, authorities and his manager said.
House members spent more than an hour Tuesday listening to testimony on a bill in South Carolina that would prevent transgender students from playing on girls’ sports teams in middle and high school.
Concealed weapon permit holders could carry handguns on North Carolina private school campuses when separate church services are happening onsite in legislation approved on Tuesday by a state Senate committee.
Superman & Lois stars Tyler Hoechlin & Elizabeth Tulloch's real-life friendship translates in their roles as fan favorites, Clark Kent & Lois Lane. Watch the 2-hour series premiere event of Superman & Lois, 8 PM Tuesday February 23rd on WCCB Charlotte’s CW.
According to officials, an investigation is underway after a 1-year-old baby died in Lancaster, South Carolina on Monday.
North Carolina’s top elections administrator on Tuesday urged state lawmakers to move all of this year’s municipal elections to 2022 and bump back next year’s primaries from March to May due to delayed Census data.
Authorities in North Carolina say that a woman has been charged after she claimed to have the coronavirus and blew into a sheriff deputy’s face.
When Ernesto Sorzano picked up his favorite Chinese take-out of fried rice and shrimp recently, he also got a Fortune cookie with a set of lucky numbers that won him a $500,000 Powerball prize.
Gaston County Police say three people, including a juvenile, have been charged in connection to a double homicide that happened on a rural road in Gaston County last week.
The Carolina Panthers have agreed to one-year contracts with restricted free agent wide receivers Brandon Zylstra and Keith Kirkwood, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press.
One popular movie theater in Indian Land shut down a month after reopening.
The adoptive parents of a missing Kannapolis teen worry someone may have lured her over the internet. 14-year-old Trenity Boland left home four weeks ago and could be somewhere in Charlotte.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services updated the COVID-19 County Alert System, which shows 27 red counties — a decrease from 61 red counties on the previous Feb. 4 County Alert System — and the fewest red counties in the state since the start of the County Alert System.
Nico Amortegui, born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia, says his art is rooted in the experience of being an immigrant as he focuses on painting portraits of people who have defied the odds.
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