With the season of giving upon us, One Hour Heating & Air and Benjamin Franklin Plumbing are teaming up with On Time Electrical to announce they are working to fight hunger by hosting a food drive for Loaves and Fishes.
The Salvation Army of Greater Charlotte officially launches its 2019 Angel Tree program this week. Major Larry Broome, Area Commander of The Salvation Army of Greater Charlotte, joined Rising to discuss the annual initiative.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is currently searching for three men accused of cutting off their electronic monitoring devices.
Authorities say a Statesville Police officer is on administrative duty with pay after hitting a child, who was in a crosswalk, with her police cruiser Thursday evening.
One suspect has been arrested and police are still trying to identify a second suspect following an attempted murder in east Charlotte last month.
Police have charged four suspects they say are responsible for several armed robberies at local businesses.
The Charlotte Hornets are above .500 seven games into the season and tonight they welcome back the player who helped return the franchise to relevance. Lost in the nostalgia surrounding Kemba's return and the optimism abounding from the Hornets' surprising 4-3 start is the man whose personnel decisions led to this day and will shape the franchise's future for years to come.
Juul Labs said Thursday it will halt sales of its best-selling, mint-flavored electronic cigarettes as it struggles to survive a nationwide backlash against vaping.
Local climate activists will welcome Youth Climate Striker Greta Thunberg to Charlotte on Friday, November 6th.
Most students who committed deadly school attacks over the past decade were badly bullied, had a history of disciplinary trouble and their behavior concerned others but was never reported, according to a U.S. Secret Service study released Thursday.
Planned Parenthood and others on social media blasted T.I. after the rapper said he goes to the gynecologist with his daughter every year to make sure her hymen is “still intact.”
Officials say the driver of a semi-truck that crashed into the back of a Stanly County school bus Thursday morning will face charges.
There was a time when the violence of Mexico’s 2006-2012 drug war shocked Americans, but barely touched them. This time around — like everything else about the country’s renewed cartel conflict — it’s worse.
A NO SWIMMING advisory was lifted today for a cove on Lake Norman.
The Concord Police Department has charged a driver they say was impaired when he crossed into oncoming traffic Saturday, causing an accident that left several people seriously injured.
Harrah's Cherokee Casinos and Carolina Panthers announced a mutli-year agreement on Thursday naming Harrah's an official sponsor of the Charlotte based NFL team.
“Pose” and “Batwoman” are among the shows contributing to a surge in LGBTQ and gender inclusiveness on television, according to a new study by the advocacy group GLAAD.
If you think building positive relationships between community youth and Gastonia Police officers is important and worthwhile, your help is needed.
Millennials - that’s people ages 18 to 34 - do not visit doctors the way other age groups typically do. Here today to discuss this is Dr. Mishal Patel, a Novant Health family practitioner.
CMPD is emphasizing de-escalation and the value of human life as it scraps its old "Use of Force" policy. The change comes after criticism over high-profile, deadly police shootings in Charlotte. Some things won't change, including how an officer can react if they sense an imminent, deadly threat.
The City of Charlotte says CMPD Chief Kerr Putney's plan to retire then return in a temporary role is not against any state or local laws.
A man who police say recently cut off his electronic monitor is now charged with armed robbery at two Iredell County businesses.
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