The Carolina Renaissance Festival is calling for actors, entertainers, musicians, performers and colorful personalities of all types to inhabit the Festival’s make-believe Village of Fairhaven.
Gaston County Police say they arrested a North Gaston High School student for communicating threats of mass violence.
Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation’s outdoor pools, spraygrounds and Ramsey Creek Beach will open for the summer season this weekend, just in time for Memorial Day.
The City of Charlotte is gearing up for a fun weekend in the Queen City. The annual Circle K Speed Street presented by Coca-Cola will be in uptown Charlotte Thursday, May 23, through Saturday, May 25, and city government offices will be closed on Monday, May 27, in observance of the Memorial Day holiday.
Small breweries in North Carolina could soon be toasting a new law that would give growing beer-makers in the state more time to sell their products on their own without third-party distributors.
Vice President Mike Pence will visit Charlotte to attend the Charlotte Republican National Convention Kickoff on Wednesday, May 22nd.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department and the Charlotte Department of Transportation want to remind the community about proper use of the Uptown Cycle Track, as the first section of this designated bike lane has now been open for about one month.
South Carolina is getting ready to offer the Carolina Panthers around $120 million in tax breaks to move practice fields and the team’s headquarters to the state from North Carolina.
North Carolina has not killed someone on death row in nearly 15 years, but juries across the state are still sentencing people to death.
Check out the Gaston County mugshots from Monday, May 20th.
Wilson presented his latest 'Wilson's Moment of Good Award' to Lawrence Grandberry, a U.S. Army Veteran who served in Vietnam.
Check out the Mecklenburg County mugshots from Monday, May 20th.
One person died and two others were injured following an accident on I-77 north, early Tuesday morning, according to MEDIC.
Could Northern Mecklenburg County break away from CMS? The fight between suburban town leaders and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board could be heating up again.
Doctors say the 10-year-old suffered a concussion. Her mother says it's the last straw in a string of bullying incidents at Hidden Valley Elementary.
AAA Carolinas projects an estimated 1,300,000 North Carolinians and 615,000 South Carolinians will travel this Memorial Day weekend (a 3.6 percent increase from last year), the highest travel volume on record since AAA began tracking holiday travel volumes in 2000.
Officials say they located the body of the missing boater Monday afternoon.
Jacqueline Gafrarar, the managing director of the 600 Festival joined Rising to discuss the upcoming Speed Week events ahead of the Coca Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
