A local teen is recovering after setting himself on fire for a Facebook prank. Charlotte's Fire Marshal is warning parents to make sure kids know the dangers.

The last time the Queen City hosted the game was back in 1991. Charlotte is vying for the 2017 or 2018 game.

Right now, CMS requires volunteers have a driver's license or social security card to volunteer in their children's schools. Advocates say that excludes undocumented parents and people who have prior convictions.

The cases baffled investigators, until they found a common thread. Now a Union County man is behind bars, accused of both killings.

A trusted coach convicted of sex crimes involving students, sentenced to more than 30 years in jail.

Eddie Clyde Helms of Marshville is charged with two murders happening 24 years apart.

Three missionaries who've been working to fight the Ebola virus in Liberia are under quarantine in Charlotte. One of them is the husband of Ebola patient Nancy Writebol .

The Health Director wants to ban smoking outside all government buildings in Mecklenburg County and the use of tobacco at county parks.

A prank video for Facebook landed a Charlotte mom behind bars. CMPD says she filmed her son setting himself on fire with nail polish remover.

Jurors are considering 20 sex charges against Gary "Scott" Goins.

A man wanted on weapons charges in Rowan County is reportedly connected to the terror group ISIS. Federal investigators believe he's involved in trafficking weapons.

Officials say the husband of a Charlotte woman infected with Ebola has returned from Liberia.

Three bodies were found inside a Morganton home. Police are treating it as a homicide investigation.

CMPD issued 30 charges during a DWI checkpoint Saturday night on the 7000 block of Providence Road.

Two people were taken to CMC with life-threatening injuries after a head-on collision on Kilborne Drive near Sudberry Road around 2 p.m. Sunday.

The Mecklenburg County Health Department announced Sunday that missionaries who were in direct contact with patients infected with Ebola in West Africa will return to Charlotte and be quarantined.

Firefighters responded to a house fire showing heavy smoke and flames on Avalon Avenue near Glenwood Drive Saturday just before 10 p.m.

A wild discovery on Lake Wylie. A Charlotte-area family gets an up-close experience with an alligator.

No one was injured after a house fire broke out at 834 6th Ave Drive NW just before 5:30 a.m. Saturday.