Twenty-two bridges in the I-277 corridor between Tenth Street and I-77 at the John Belk Freeway in Charlotte are about to see some improvements as part of a $16.3 million contract awarded to American Contracting and Services, Inc. of Jeffersonville, Indiana by the N.C. Department of Transportation.
Two bridges in Cleveland County and five in Lincoln County will be undergoing replacement, thanks to an $8.5 million contract awarded by the N.C. Department of Transportation to R.E. Burns and Sons Co. of Statesville.
Drivers in Gaston County will soon see improvements to a 1.3 - mile section of N.C. 273 (South Main Street) between Tuckaseege Road at Beatty Drive and Highland Street at A & E Drive in Mount Holly, thanks to a $15.3 million contract awarded by the N.C. Department of Transportation.
A group of 25 middle school aged students from the Elizabeth City area of North Carolina visited the Charlotte Area Transit System to tour the facilities, talk to transit professionals and learn more about careers in STEM through transportation.
Police are investigating the disappearance of about $50,000 from the Charlotte Knights baseball stadium.
Police will be enforcing a new curfew for kids and teens under the age of 16.
Suspects in custody after leading police on a chase in a stolen vehicle Wednesday afternoon and hitting a CMPD officer.
The American Red Cross is facing a critical blood shortage and is issuing an emergency call for eligible blood and platelet donors of all blood types to give now and help save lives.
Shots fired in the middle of a busy intersection in East Charlotte Wednesday afternoon. A man is in the hospital with critical injuries and the shooter is on the loose. Right now police are trying to figure out if that man was targeted or whether this is a case or road rage.
Police warnings joggers to take steps to protect themselves.
There is still no sign of the man who tried to kidnap two women in southwest Charlotte, and then burned his car before police could find him.
Police are still looking for the person that shot a man sitting in his car on Albemarle Road Wednesday afternoon.
Fallen trees, limbs, and other debris were left behind Wednesday afternoon after heavy storms moved through the area.
Longtime Concord Mayor J. Scott Padgett has announced he will not seek re-election after this term.
Check out some of the damage left behind after severe weather pushed through the southern part of the county Wednesday afternoon.
Police say Corey Caldwell's body was found in a wooded area near his home Wednesday afternoon.
Court officials say Alexander Smith received a $25,000 unsecured bond and will have to wear an ankle monitor during Wednesday's court appearance.
With summer officially here, more and more drone operators are heading outdoors to enjoy this technology. An estimated 19,000 North Carolinians now own and operate drones for recreational purposes.
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