As April begins, so does Child Abuse Prevention Month and officials with The Lighthouse Children's Advocacy Center say they are planning an awareness campaign complete with placing blue Mylar pinwheels outside buildings in Gaston County.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department have cleared close to a dozen larceny and robbery cases across Charlotte and surrounding areas with the arrests of three suspects.
Troopers say a woman died after she was hit by a vehicle early Thursday morning in Iredell County. The accident happened on NC 901 near Warren Bridge Road around 5:15am on April 1st.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced Thursday that Hall of Fame basketball coach Roy Williams is retiring after a 33-year career that includes three national championships.
A taste of Hollywood in Charlotte. Acting Out Studio helps up-and-coming actors improve their craft to break into the biz. WCCB Charlotte's Alexandra Elich takes inside the award-winning studio in this week's Hidden Gems of Charlotte.
Rain has moved out. Unseasonably cold.
Get out, see the sights, and ride 'Round Town with Rising to Cherry!
We are celebrating national burrito day here on Rising - by making an actual morning-appropriate food - breakfast burritos!
For decades, public and private money, specifically for the arts, has been disbursed to artists, organizations, and cultural programs through the Arts & Science Council. Under Charlotte city council's proposed plan, it would create its own advisory board with an arts, and science coordinator that would distribute the funds instead.
A community is calling for action after a seven-year-old girl was hit by a stray bullet in Northwest Charlotte. Two teens were also shot just blocks away.
Officials with the Blumenthal Performing Arts have announced the 2021 nominees competing for the best actor and best actress in this year's High School Musical Theater Awards, also known as The Blumey Awards, to be presented on PBS Charlotte Tuesday, May 25th at 8 p.m.
Detectives with the Rowan County Sheriff's Office say a man is under arrest for numerous narcotics and weapons violations after a three-month long investigation starting in January of 2021.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police are on the scene after a Honda crashed 20 feet inside an adult arcade called Fish Kiss in east Charlotte.
Friends and family are invited to take a ride on the Village Park Carousel in Kannapolis, North Carolina beginning this Saturday, April 3rd.
Winter makes a comeback!
A Salisbury police officer is facing multiple charges in a fraud investigation, according to the Salisbury Police Department.
A 22-year-old woman wanted for crimes in multiple counties was arrested Monday during a Lincoln County traffic stop.
College baseball returns to Truist Field as the South Carolina Gamecocks take on the North Carolina Tar Heels in Uptown Charlotte on Tuesday, April 6th.
The Hickory Public Library invites anyone looking to practice their Spanish language skills to join its virtual conversational Spanish group meeting through May of 2021.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg detectives are requesting the public's help with identifying a man accused of robbing a west Charlotte fast food restaurant at gunpoint.
PETA released a statement on Wednesday in response to a Salisbury Police Department handler, who was caught on video abusing a K-9 named Zuul, resigning, and asked what law enforcement plans to do to make sure no other K-9s suffer as Zuul did.
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster said Tuesday he will spend $6 million in discretionary COVID-19 relief funds on free community computer labs near broadband deserts statewide.
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