Their mission is part of "Operation Spartan Shield." The 14-member team will provide construction assistance, guidance and oversight.

The lightning ignited cardboard boxes inside the Carolina Foods building on Toomey Avenue.

A business in Hickory was heavily damaged by a fire early Friday morning.

Mecklenburg County's proposed budget includes increased money for CMS, but not enough to give all district employees a raise.

Local hospital workers handled a very unusual patient Thursday: a deer! It happened Thursday morning at CMC Northeast.

A York County grand jury has indicted a Rock Hill man accused of killing his bed-ridden wife and his young granddaughter.

"@704schools" had more than 1,800 followers and sent out nearly 400 tweets.

CMPD arrested one of its own today. Detective Nvyia E. Keene is accused of falsifying her city time sheets.

County Manager Dena R. Diorio presented her Fiscal Year 2015 Recommended Budget to the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners.

Police say a good samaritan was killed in Burke County late Wednesday night.

A 4-month-old girl, killed in a tragic car accident. The driver is in jail facing several charges, but the girl's family is not blaming him for her death.

A 19-year-old man with a history of arrests is in jail tonight, charged with a murder in northwest Charlotte.

The Democrat has become the first to announce her intentions for the 2015 election.

North Carolina senators are offering veteran teachers the choice between a double-digit pay increase, or keeping their job protections.

Maya Angelou survived the harshest of childhoods to become a world-renowned poet, activist, teacher and artist.

Police say they found the vehicle of a missing Caldwell County couple. The vehicle has been involved in an accident.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education approved a calendar for the 2015-2016 school year at its May 27 meeting.

Former Chair of the Mecklenburg County Commission Jennifer Roberts announced she is running for mayor of Charlotte.