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24 Hours Of Booty Underway Amid Extreme Heat

"24 Hours of Booty" underway in Myers Park amid extreme heat

Bicyclists are braving the heat in Myers Park, riding for this year's 24 Hours of Booty fundraiser. It's the 24th year for the Charlotte tradition.

STUDY: 72% of teens admit to using AI for companionship

According to a study from Common Sense Media about teens and Artificial Intelligence companions, 72% say they have used some type of AI companion platform like Chai, Character.AI and Replika.

Rep. Ralph Norman set to enter SC governor's race

Republican congressman Ralph Norman, among House's most conservative, is entering South Carolina's 2026 governor's race.

Dalton Hicks Visits Rising To Chat About His Career And Share Unreleased Music

Country artist Dalton Hicks chats about career and performs, "Poison in his veins"

Hicks is performing tonight @8pm at Nickyo's Rodeo

Female HR exec caught on Coldplay cam resigns after embrace with CEO went viral

The executive who was caught on camera embracing the CEO of her company at a Coldplay concert in a moment that went viral has resigned.

The Salvation Army of Greater Charlotte requesting community support during extreme heat advisory

With temperatures forecasted to reach triple digits for the next five days, The Salvation Army of Greater Charlotte’s Center of Hope is executing measures to combat the heat.

Alleged tiger sighting in south Charlotte is debunked

An Uber driver says she saw what looks like a tiger around 2AM Wednesday in some woods behind an apartment complex off Providence Road.

House Dems Want Trump Admin To Release Education Funds

NC Congresswoman leads letter demanding release of $5.5B in approved education funds

North Carolina Congresswoman Alma Adams led the letter, signed by 93 other House Dems. Thursday's letter is a follow-up to the first letter sent on July 10th.

Search Warrant Executed At Classy Critters

Detectives execute search warrant at Classy Critters Pet Resort and Spa one day after an employee is arrested and charged

Iredell County Sheriff's Office detectives executed a search warrant at Classy Critters in Mooresville on Thursday. Detectives say they seized evidence related to the ongoing investigation of animal cruelty at the pet grooming business.

CMPD investigating shooting in south Charlotte that sends one to the hospital with life-threatening injuries

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police are investigating after a shooting in the 2300 block of Sardis Road North in south Charlotte.

Charlotte Fire responds to two-alarm fire in northwest Charlotte

It happened around 8:30pm in the 4300 block of La Brea Drive. Charlotte Fire says it took 40 firefighters about 30 minutes to get the fire under control.

Copper wire thieves force south Charlotte nonprofit to find a new location

A Charlotte woman trying to do some good in her community is dealing with a pretty bad situation. Her nonprofit's building in South End has been burglarized several times this month. Stripped of potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars of copper wiring.

Mecklenburg Co. reminds people about cooling centers to help beat the heat

With extreme high temperatures and heat indices expected over the next week, Charlotte-Mecklenburg government agencies and partners are highlighting services available to help people stay safe.

Healthy Headlines: What to know about hip pain

In today’s Novant Healthy Headlines, Tonya Rivens chats with Dr. Landry Jarvis, a board-certified orthopedic surgeon with Novant Health Orthopedics and Sports Medicine in Ballantyne, about hip pain and what other options may be available to patients besides surgery.