Now in his sixth season racing at NASCAR’s top level, Cup Series driver and third-generation racer Corey LaJoie is looking to make an impact off the track as an official ambassador for Speedway Children’s Charities (SCC).
Warning of tough days ahead with surging COVID-19 infections, the director of the National Institutes of Health said Sunday the U.S. could decide in the next couple weeks whether to offer coronavirus booster shots to Americans this fall.
After close to three years, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department has charged two suspects for murder in a south Charlotte homicide case.
Thousands of Afghans rushed onto the tarmac of Kabul’s international airport Monday, some so desperate to escape the Taliban capture of their country that they held onto an American military jet as it took off and plunged to death in chaos that killed at least seven people, U.S. officials said.
President Joe Biden’s administration has approved a significant and permanent increase in the levels of food aid available to needy families — the largest single increase in the program’s history.
Tropical moisture will remain over the area through the week ahead. Remnants of Fred making flooding more likely.
Rain couldn’t dampen the spirits of a packed house at The Dirt Track at Charlotte as fans were treated to an action-packed night at the Circle K Monster Truck Bash that saw Bad Company prevail in head-to-head competition and Toxic take the top spot in freestyle after a fan vote tie-breaker.
A new initiative to curb violence in Charlotte is underway. It’s called Alternatives to Violence. The aim is to cut down on homicides before they happen. The focus right now is on the Beatties Ford corridor.
The death toll from a magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Haiti soared on Sunday as rescuers raced to find survivors amid the rubble ahead of a potential deluge from an approaching tropical storm.
Troopers are investigating a fatal collision in Chester County after a driver lost control of their car and struck several trees on Saturday.
Tropical moisture will remain over the area through the week ahead, which means scattered showers and thunderstorms. Rainfall may be heavy at times.
The City of Charlotte accepted a $1.2 million donation on Tuesday from the Wells Fargo Foundation and GreenLight Fund for the Alternatives to Violence (ATV) program.
Rural America lost more population in the latest census, highlighting an already severe worker shortage in the nation’s farming and ranching regions and drawing calls from those industries for immigration reform to help ease the problem.
Known for its coastlines, mountains and the state that was “first in flight,” North Carolina has also developed a more dubious reputation recently: as a regional destination for adults who want to marry children.
UNBELIEVABLE VIDEO: Lighting struck the mast of a boat at Portman Marina on Lake Hartwell in Anderson County, SC. Stephanie Hazelhurst took video as her husband and their friends tried to tow it in so firefighters could put out the flames.
A wet and stormy weather pattern will set up over the area for the next several days.
17-year-old Hailey Ralston held a movie premiere in Charlotte Friday night for a film she not only wrote but directed, produced, and starred in.
The COVID-19 death toll has started soaring again as the delta variant tears through the nation’s unvaccinated population and fills up hospitals with patients, many of whom are younger than during earlier phases of the pandemic.
Gastonia Police are investigating a shooting that left one man in critical condition on Saturday.
Troopers are investigating a fatal collision in York County after a woman lost control of her car and struck a tree on Friday.
Charlotte Water crews responded to a wastewater overflow near Fircrest Drive in southwest Charlotte on Friday, according to a news release.
A 6.9 earthquake struck off the coast of the Alaskan Peninsula early Saturday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
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