The City of Charlotte Arts and Culture Advisory Board is distributing nearly $1.2 million to local artists and arts and cultural groups via Opportunity Fund grants, bringing the total of the Opportunity Fundβs investments to more than $2.7 million in the last two years.
Comedian Christian Johnson stops by Rising to joke around
Efforts to host Pride events in Pineville fall on deaf ears at town council, one business owner tells WCCB. What she is doing to continue to push for LGBTQ+ recognition.
The mayor projects the city will continue to add about 1,000 people per year for the next decade. He believes within 20 years, the city's population will hit 100,000.
A new agreementΒ between Russia and North KoreaΒ reached by their leaders requires the countries to use all available means to provide immediate military assistance in the event of war.
The Salvation Army says it will transition its emergency homeless shelter program to a homelessness prevention program.
North Carolina senators are pushing to legalize medical marijuana again, but itβs unclear if the state House will approve it.
A suspect is on the run after leading a chase and exchanging gunfire with deputies in a stolen vehicle on Wednesday.
Cedar Fair, the parent company of Carowinds, announced Tuesday that it expects its planned merger with Six Flags to be complete by July 1.
Donna Smith won a huge lottery prize over the weekend. She bought a $10 777 ticket from the Run-In convenience store on Gilead Road Sunday morning.
A York County man was sentenced to 13 years in prison after robbing three fast food businesses in Charlotte in June of 2022.
A new statewide survey shows that about a third of North Carolina's child care centers are at risk of closing their doors when COVID-era funding expires this month.
A convicted felon was arrested after deputies said they found five firearms and approximately 77 grams of narcotics at his residence in Catawba County.
A 49-year-old Charlotte man will serve the next 34 years in prison for committing an armed robbery on his former employer in July of 2021.
Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom.
A court in Russiaβs far eastern city of Vladivostok convicted a visiting American soldier of stealing and making threats of murder, and it sentenced him to three years and nine months in prison.
Donna Smith of Huntersville could barely contain her excited Sunday morning after winning a $700,000 top prize.
This year's Juneteenth lineup focuses on the artistic perspectives of our youth, modern conversations surrounding the cross-cultural impact of Blackness, and the importance of positive exchange as a form of community care.
An 18-year-old and 17-year-old were charged with offenses relating to breaking in to Piedmont High and Middle Schools.
A North Carolina appeals court has decided that a gun must be loaded for someone to be convicted of failing to properly store the weapon at home to protect minors living there.
U.S. Army Veteran Jacob Schanck and his family were surprised with a mortgage-free home at a Charlotte Knights game.
Joe Duncan is getting his big shot! Ahead of his performance of the National Anthem tonight for the Charlotte Knights, he spent the morning at the ballpark with Homer the Dragon and Knights VP of Communications Tommy Viola.
