The new year has started, but gas prices in the Carolinas are trending more expensive on the week, although they are still off to their lowest start to a new year since 2019. Pump price stability at the end of the year is credited to consistent crude oil prices in late December, combined with low demand.
Someone remodeling a house in an old mill town in South Carolina found bones from a baby inside a wall, a county coroner said.
North Carolina education officials recently estimated that educators can’t account for about 10,000 to 15,000 public school students this school year amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
A busy week ahead as the outcome of the Georgia runoff election will determine which party controls the U.S. Senate. Then Wednesday, a showdown in Washington, as a dozen Republican senators vow not to certify Joe Biden's victory, until there's an emergency investigation into the election.
Nancy Pelosi was narrowly reelected Sunday as speaker, giving her the reins of Democrats’ slender House majority as President-elect Joe Biden sets a challenging course of producing legislation to tackle the pandemic, revive the economy and address other party priorities.
President Donald Trump badgered and pleaded with Georgia’s election chief to overturn Joe Biden’s win in the state, suggesting in a telephone call that the official “find” enough votes to hand Trump the victory.
Former CNN talk show host Larry King has been hospitalized with COVID-19 for more than a week, the news channel reported Saturday.
Vandals lashed out at the leaders of the U.S. House and Senate over the holiday weekend, blighting their homes with graffiti and in one case a pig’s head as Congress failed to approve an increase in the amount of money being sent to individuals to help cope with the coronavirus pandemic.
Expect rain, mainly east of Charlotte, overnight Saturday into Sunday before sunshine returns for the week ahead.
A coalition of 11 Republican senators announced Saturday it will challenge the outcome of the presidential election by voting to reject electors from some states when Congress meets next week to certify the Electoral College results that confirmed President-elect Joe Biden won.
Hundreds turned out to attend a service Saturday and Sunday at the Beatties Ford Road location.
The Gastonia Police Department is asking for the public’s help to identify a suspect vehicle in a hit-and-run on Christmas Eve that killed 33-year-old James Marshall Nichols of Kings Mountain.
Farmers looking to grow hemp in South Carolina can start applying for state permits beginning Jan. 1.
An offender housed at Alexander Correctional Institution who tested positive for COVID-19 has died at the hospital as a result of pre-existing medical conditions complicated by the novel coronavirus.
A family tradition of playing scratch-off tickets during the holidays delivered a gift of $100,000 to Joshua Brackett of Stanley.
Peloton has added Elvis songs to their catalog of music for the new year.
Experts say your pets can help you achieve your goals in the new year. Will you use them as motivating factors?
Beginning Friday, January 8th health officials say Gaston County residents 75-years-old or older are invited to get vaccinated for coronavirus at a clinic located at the Gastonia Farmer's Market.
The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is issuing a warning to consumers to not purchase or let their dogs or cats consume certain lot codes and types of Sportmix brand dog and cat foods due to high levels of aflatoxin found in the products during testing.
A homeowner has been charged for discharging his firearm into an occupied vehicle, and three teens are facing burglary charges after officers say they forced their way into a home in Taylorsville demanding money and other items.
Detectives with CMPD say the fatal shooting of 16-year-old Vontairius Doster in south Charlotte has been classified as a justified homicide.
Officials with Mecklenburg County Public Health, Atrium Health, Novant Health, and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Emergency Management say they jointly support everyone over the age of 75 in getting the COVID-19 vaccination as soon as it becomes available to them.
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