The couples are suing for the right to marry. The religious leaders are suing for a different, but related, issue.

Ahead of game 4 against the Heat, Bobcats players and fans spoke out about alleged racist remarks made by Clippers owner Donald Sterling.

Over the next five years, Red Ventures plans to invest more then $2 million at its Charlotte location.

Investigators found 19-year-old Demonta Gaither's body in a pond off Billingsly Road, near the Health Department.

The latest round of severe weather comes as people in Statesville clean up damage from a storm on Friday.

The Charlotte Fire Department Dive Team recovered a body early this afternoon from a pond near Billingsley Rd in South-East Charlotte.

Elliot Smith, 45, was arrested and charged with six counts of Felony Breaking and Entering and six counts of Larceny after Breaking and Entering.

The Tennessee Highway Patrol and members of the Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) have announced that the bus crash that killed eight people in Jefferson County on October, 2 2013 was a tragic accident.

A memorial is growing at the site of a deadly wreck in Shelby. Two grandparents were killed and their grandson is in the hospital.

The Shelby Police Department have released the names of the two victims killed in Saturday's fatal accident.

The Charlotte Bobcats couldn't beat the Heat tonight. Still, thousands of fans packed the cable box to see big names.

The Gastonia Police Department have arrested 31-year-old Jerry Kent Orrell of Belmont in connection with the hit-and-run death of 53-year-old John Wayne King of Gastonia.

Merry Oaks Elementary school parents we talked to were split on how the district handled the scary situation.

Storms rolled through the area Friday afternoon, leaving people with a big mess to cleanup this weekend.

A man who fired a rifle outside a business in East Charlotte led to a massive response from CMPD Friday afternoon.

The task force reports 3 people died in crashes involving drunk drivers between January and March, down from 7 during the same time last year.

More than 700 middle school students from CMS middle schools got to hang out with the Panthers' starting quarterback Friday.

The state superintendent is now optimistic they'll get their wish.

Check out this exclusive video of CMPD SWAT as investigate where possible shots where fired at the Super Lube on Eastway Drive.