In our area, some of the worst impacts from Idalia will be seen to the south and east of Charlotte. In the South Carolina Pee Dee and Sandhills, crews are preparing for heavy rainfall and possible flooding.
Police say alcohol and excessive speed were factors in a crash that killed a woman and injured another person in east Charlotte.
A man is facing child sexual assault charges in connection with incidents that occurred in early August in Lincoln County.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper and emergency officials held a news conference to discuss the state's plans to prep for Hurricane Idalia.Β
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster and emergency officials held a news conference to discuss the state's plans to prep for Hurricane Idalia.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Emergency Management Office (CMEMO), Mecklenburg County, the City of Charlotte are working together to monitor Hurricane Idalia and any potential impacts to Mecklenburg County.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg SchoolsΒ is closely monitoring Hurricane Idalia's impact on the community.Β The forecast for heavy rains and potential flooding from the storm will impact CMS after school activities on Wednesday, Aug. 30.
Hurricane IdaliaΒ made landfall Wednesday in FloridaΒ as a Category 3 stormΒ and unleashed devastation along a wide stretch of the Gulf Coast, submerging homes and vehicles, turning streets into rivers, unmooring small boats and downing power lines before sweeping into Georgia.
Charlotte Motor Speedway is opening their campgrounds for hurricane evacuees as Hurricane Idalia moves through the southeastern coastal region.
Some UNC Charlotte students are still on edge after a deadly shooting on the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill campus Monday.Β Β
Police in CMPD's South Division are investigating another string of brazen home break-ins. Neighbors say the burglars are in and out in a matter of minutes, stealing thousands of dollars worth of goods.
A judge has ordered a University of North Carolina graduate student held without bond on charges alleging that he shot and killed his faculty advisor.
Police are on the scene of a SWAT situation in west Charlotte.
Officials have released the cause of a house explosion that killed the father of Tennessee Titans' CB Caleb Farley near Lake Norman.
Police in a Columbus suburb fatally shot a pregnant woman in an Ohio supermarket parking lot after she accelerated her car toward an officer, police officials said.
Adam Wurtzel got to chat with country music superstar Randy Travis, and his wife Mary about an exciting tribute concert, and his North Carolina roots.
A three-week-old baby was seriously injured after being hit by a fly ball at a Crawdads' game in Hickory.
A University of North Carolina official says that a faculty member was shot and killed in a campus building. UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz said the shooting was in Caudill Laboratories, and there is no longer a threat to the public.
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There is another local family hoping they can get the same news Allisha Watts' family got last week. Police still haven't found Deidre Reid's body.
Kelli Simoneau faces charges of embezzlement after investigators say she lied and had the county pay for her personal cat's surgical procedure.
Jacksonville's sheriff says a white gunman who killed three people at a Dollar General store was racially motivated and hated Black people.
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