The Midwest suffered widespread, destructive winds that has left many homes destroyed, over a quarter of a million people without power, and crops destroyed by the storm, according to the National Weather Service.
John Ross worries about his children returning to their classrooms this fall with coronavirus cases rising in Kentucky, but he feels he doesnβt have much of a choice: His familyβs limited internet access makes it nearly impossible for the kids to keep up with schoolwork from home.
Country music legend Dolly Parton has gone viral for her response to the Black Lives Matter movement.Β The 74-year-old told Billboard during an interview, "Of course Black lives matter.Β Do we think our little white asses are the only ones that matter?Β No!"
Detectives with CMPD say they charged a man for a physical altercation in which he shot another man, and for another assault where he stabbed a man.
Detectives with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department are investigating a shooting that happened at an apartment complex in Uptown Charlotte.Β The shooting was reported just after 12pm on North Graham Street near 7th Street.Β Β
The Southern Christmas Show, a well-known Charlotte holiday staple, announced Friday the cancellation of their 53rd annual event due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Union County authorities are conducting an animal-cruelty investigation involving the deaths of four pregnant Black Angus cows on a Charlotte radio hostβs farm, the Union County Sheriffβs Office announced in a Facebook post on Thursday.
A funeral was held for a 5-year-old boy who was fatally shot in the North Carolina city of Wilson.
The Hickory Police Department say they arrested 25-year-old Craig Ruff on charges related to the homicide of Donald Simpson.Β
The number of Americans applying for unemployment dropped below 1 million last week for the first time since the coronavirus outbreak took hold in the U.S. five months ago, but layoffs are still running extraordinarily high.
Researchers in Thailand have been trekking though the countryside to catch bats in their caves in an effort to trace the murky origins of the coronavirus.
A 20-year veteran Mecklenburg County detention officer died Wednesday due to COVID-19 complications, according to the Mecklenburg County Sheriffβs Office.
Specialists from the University of Memphis are traveling to North Carolina to monitor aftershocks of this past weekendβs 5.1 magnitude earthquake, the school said.
Salisbury Police say a 28-year-old man has been charged after he shot his father Thursday leaving him in critical condition.
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The new Job Retention Grant Program (JRG) is now accepting applications from businesses and nonprofits struggling due to COVID-19, according to a news release.
President Trump held a news conference where he announced the killer of 4-year-old LeGend Taliferro has been found and charged.
Bags of Hope has received a grant from Bank of America that will allow the organization to provide weekend meals for Lake Norman and North Charlotte students who lack reliable access to food, which is important especially during the coronavirus pandemic.
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper and members of the Coronavirus Task Force shared updates on COVID-19 in the state.
Attorney General Josh Stein says he reached an agreement with Boise Disaster Services LLC/Servpro of Boise, an Idaho-based water damage restoration company, after Stein launched a price gouging investigation against the company in wake of Hurricane Florence.
AMC Theatres, the nationβs largest movie theater chain, will reopen in the U.S. on Aug. 20 with retro ticket prices of 15 cents per movie.
Helena Miller listened to teachers, terrified to reenter classrooms, and parents, exhausted from trying to make virtual learning work at home. She heard from school officials who spent hundreds of hours on thousands of details β buses, classrooms, football, arts, special education. She spent countless nights, eyes wide open, her mind wrestling over the safety and education of the 17,000 children she swore to protect.
