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Heavy rains last week brought flash flooding to the Carolinas.
The rain also soaked the ground and high winds toppled trees into power lines, cars and homes.
Now the ground remains saturated and many trees are still in danger of falling across Charlotte. More>>
Caffeine and conversation makes a Dilworth coffee shop very popular, not just for coffee drinkers, but for one towing company. More>>
The Lincoln County sheriff will remain in his office at least until the beginning of the new year after a judge denied a petition request on Friday to have him suspended. More>>
North Carolina's unemployment rate rose in October to a disturbing 11 percent adding urgency to a new debate about how much the U.S. government should be doing to get the problem under control. More>>
A large crane is scheduled to be moved in Center City Charlotte on Friday and the street closures could affect your travel plans this weekend. South Church Street and South Tryon Street will close Friday at 9 a.m. between West First and West Stonewall for removal of the last tower crane at the Wachovia Office Tower Complex. More>>
A PTO board member in Iredell County is facing numerous counts of forgery and embezzlement charges. More>>
Health officials say four people in North Carolina have tested positive for a type of swine flu that's resistant to the drug Tamiflu. More>>
Three people were shot at a home in Salisbury late Thursday night. According to the Salisbury Police Department, witnesses said Dennis Alexander, 24, walked into a house on S. Jackson Street and shot Darryl Price and Raylin Woodruff. More>>
Jeremy Mayfield put on a giant auction on Friday with about $5 million worth of items ranging from a home, cars, dirt bikes. More>>
A company that specializes in human DNA testing also claims to be able to tell you what breeds make up your mutt. We put doggie DNA to the test. More>>
Interstate 85 in Virginia is closed after pop star Miley Cyrus' tour bus overturned, killing one person, authorities said Friday. More>>
If you have children, you need to be aware of an epidemic that medical experts say is the greatest threat to America's health. More>>
Recently, WBTV teamed up with researchers from Elon University’s Center for Public Opinion Polling. The poll was designed to examine your views about how well your local government works for you. More>>
Lots of businesses have had to trim staff and change how their they operate in order to remain afloat in this dismal economy. We found one business in Rock Hill that's having to take drastic steps as a result of the lack of customers and business. More>>
Mayor-elect Anthony Foxx has made his presence known in many classrooms across the Charlotte Mecklenburg School district since he won the Charlotte mayoral race in early November. More>>
An employee is accused of embezzling hundreds of dollars in fundraising money from an elementary school in west Charlotte. The theft happened at Hornet's Nest Elementary School on Beatties Ford Road and the money was stolen on Friday, Sept. 25. More>>
Authorities are investigating whether the Fayetteville girl who was raped before being fatally asphyxiated was given to the suspect in her murder by her mother as payment for a drug debt. More>>
A pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle in north Charlotte Thursday night. The accident occurred on North Tryon Street at Pavilion Boulevard around 8:21 p.m. More>>
The FBI Office in Charlotte is looking for a fugitive wanted for an attempted murder which happened in Cary two years ago. Authorities are looking for Phillip Thomas Williams who goes by the nickname "Scoob". More>>
Understanding the need the for building bridges and healing wounds, members of Charlotte's Islamic community went face to face with U.S. representative Sue Myrick. More>>
Police have charged two men after a shooting which left a teen dead in Charlotte's University City area late Thursday night. More>>
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a severely overweight South Carolina man sat down in his recliner in March and stayed there for eight months until shortly before his death this week. Greenwood County More>>
A Charlotte teen claims she was sexually assaulted while riding her school bus for more than a month. The incident involved a 13-year-old girl enrolled at James Martin Middle School which is located on Old Statesville Road. More>>
A truck towing a trailer loaded with Christmas trees flipped over in east Charlotte Friday morning. The accident happened on the ramp from inbound Independence Boulevard to Eastway Drive around 7:15 a.m. More>>
Melanie Mahadeo found a lump on her breast June 6th. The 37-year-old had a medical breast exam on June 9th, a biopsy on June 10th and sent her husband to war on the 14th. More>>
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is hoping surveillance video from a homeowner in the McClintock Woods neighborhood could help them find out who burglarized another home in the east Charlotte community Tuesday morning. More>>
York County authorities are investigating a possible link between the murders of two Gastonia women who were found dead just a few miles apart in York County. More>>
As a three month trial period for road barricades in one Charlotte neighborhood approaches its end, the controversy over them has not gone away. More>>
Throughout our area, thousands of people went to the movies Thursday night for the midnight premiere of 'New Moon.' More>>
From the clever television commercials to in-store displays, it seems like Mac vs. PC is the in-home computer question of our time. WBTV On Your Side helping you decide which is right for you. More>>
Charlotte is among the first cities on the East Coast to receive ATMs developed by Wells Fargo that can accept stacks of cash or checks without envelopes and even sell postage stamps around the clock. More>>
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Los Angeles Sheriff Department Gang Detective Adan Torres talked live with Anchor Molly Granthan on the News at 10:00 on WJZY. More>>
Police have security concerns at a daycare center in north Charlotte following a series of bomb threats. Investigators have shown up three times since September to the Leslee Lloyd Child Development Center on IBM drive which is off W.T. Harris Boulevard. More>>
WBT Radio's Sharon Thorseland was able to confirm that Steve Smith was involved in a fender bender type car crash tonight on his way to BofA stadium for the game. More>>
A major trucking operation is relocating to Kings Mountain and will create 400 new jobs. Bell Lines Inc. LLC owner Charles T. Lohr has purchased the former Carolina Western trucking center on Charles Street. More>>
There are lots of shoppers who would make a cash donation to the Salvation Army this holiday season, but many just don't carry loose bills or change in their wallets anymore. More>>
A Hopewell High School teacher is $25,000 wealthier thanks to the winning of a huge national award. More>>
A mobile food pantry is bringing Thanksgiving joy early to about 200 families in Burke County this week. Mobile food pantry Thanksgiving coming early to many needy in Burke County. More>>
Nearly 70,000 of students enrolled in the Charlotte Mecklenburg School district qualify for free or reduced lunch according to a report released Wednesday. More>>
State officials say dozens of violent North Carolina inmates who thought they were getting out of prison this year can't knock time off their sentences for good behavior. More>>
In the words of a Georgia power engineer, the news crew that was in this WSB satellite truck is “damn lucky.” More>>
Burke County Schools has just received a huge bill from the law firm hired to handle the David Burleson situation as well as the school board's lawsuits against the county. More>>
The Bank of Granite is in trouble with the NASDAQ Stock Exchange. The Caldwell County-based Bank received a letter from NASDAQ last week telling it that because its stock has dipped below the $1 mark, it doesn’t comply with the minimums to stay listed on the exchange. More>>
A man from Durham who was fatally stabbed in August also had his penis cut off after he died, according to an autopsy report. More>>
A Caldwell County teacher has been charged with driving while impaired and hit and run following an accident in Hickory. According to the Hickory Police Department, Susan Clark Mackie, 55, a teacher at Granite Falls Elementary School, was arrested on Sunday at 1 a.m. More>>
Army officials say they fear a book signing will turn into political grandstanding against President Obama. More>>
A toddler died Monday morning after accidentally shooting himself, officials in Onslow County said. More>>
The Federal Aviation Administration says the problem has been fixed, but for the second time in 15 months, a glitch in its flight plan system triggered cancellations and delays which affected flights across the nation on Thursday. More>>
Police are looking for two men who were involved in a home invasion in Mount Holly early Thursday morning. More>>
Police are looking for someone who smashed a store window in east Charlotte and got away with several bottles of boose early Thursday morning.
There wasn't a vacant seat left at Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church as folks jammed into the tiny Pineville church to remember Barbara Ann Springs Wednesday night. More>>
A mobile home fire in Granite Quarry Wednesday afternoon left a mother and her 2-year-old son homeless. More>>
Police say alcohol was a factor in an early morning crash in northwest Charlotte which brought down power lines and closed a portion of a road. More>>
Four students were taken to the hospital following a bus accident involving a pickup truck in Union County Thursday morning. More>>
The man accused of robbing a Charlotte bank Tuesday afternoon and leading highway patrol officers on a dangerous high-speed chase in two counties has also been involved in gangs in Los Angeles, according to authorities. More>>
Red Ventures in Fort Mill is hiring 85 people. They are sales positions, and there are two information sessions today at 10:00 am and 4:00 pm. More>>
The financial technology company, Fiserv is holding its second day of information sessions. More>>
The five things you should never purchase with your credit card. Some experts say credit card companies are keeping an eye on what you're buying and whether you're becoming a credit risk. More>>
A prayer vigil will be held Wednesday night for a Charlotte grandmother who was found dead Tuesday afternoon nearly a week after she was reported missing. More>>
We want you to take a close look and make your best educated guess. Which of the following breeds was MOST prevalent in Oliver’s DNA? More>>
About 230 people are on ankle monitoring bracelets in Mecklenburg County right now. WBTV obtained the names of some of those police label as dangerous. All the names we obtained are repeat offenders in Mecklenburg County who are also documented gang members. More>>
An organization called the Alliance for Excellent Education is encouraging school districts across the country to make drastic changes to reduce their drop-out rates. More>>
We still don't know if Bank of America's headquarters will remain in Charlotte or be moved somewhere else, but the bank continues to invest in the community. More>>
Margaret Sparkman is the kind of woman you want to shrink down and carry in your pocket. More>>
The promise of more than 400 jobs led to packed auditoriums in Hickory Wednesday as customer support company Fiserv held information sessions for prospective workers. More>>
Lawmakers gave tentative approval to a plan Tuesday night that would allow Chester County to build a $500 million trash incinerator on 100 acres of land along Highway 9. More>>
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) -- The spread of H1N1 is making hand sanitizers like a hotter item than ever. Just as hot are rumors of children drinking it and getting drunk. Just last week we told you the story More>>
The latest and apparently final installment of Congress' probe of Bank of America seemed like a slam dunk for Democrats convinced Bank of America manipulated government regulators into giving them taxpayer money to seal its Merrill Lynch deal. More>>
OMG! As of December 1, it will be illegal in North Carolina to text while driving. North Carolina is the 14th state to ban texting behind the wheel. Supporters say the measure was aimed mainly at young drivers, but it does apply to anyone driving on the state's roads. More>>
Police have arrested one man and are looking for two more in connection with deadly stabbing which happened in east Charlotte early Sunday morning. More>>
Police say a 15-year-old Gastonia teen who was reported missing for more than two days has been located and is safe. More>>
Two teenage girls were allegedly raped at a Charlotte church according to a report filed with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. The alleged incidents happened at Morningstar Baptist Church located at 5623 Phillips Street. More>>
Moving forward or waiting, that’s the issue facing the city of Charlotte. The CATS street car could mean spending more than four hundred million taxpayer dollars for the ten miles of track. More>>
The York County Sheriff's Office has identified a woman's body who was found in Kings Mountain State Park this weekend. The body of Randi Dean Saldana, 30, of Shannon Bradley Road in Gastonia, was discovered by a passerby on Sunday, Nov. 15 shortly after noon. More>>
Investigators handling the death of a 5-year-old North Carolina girl say they can't file more charges until they decide where crimes occurred. More>>
A state lawmaker in North Carolina has pleaded guilty to contempt of court for missing a client's trial in 2007. More>>
Police are looking for a man who robbed a Family Dollar Store in Clover late Tuesday night. The robbery was at the store located at 132 South Main Street and happened around 8:36 p.m. More>>
Officials say a fire at an apartment complex in south Charlotte early Wednesday morning was caused by an arsonist. The fire was at the Sun Valley Apartment complex located at 8422 Lodge South Circle and it occurred after midnight. More>>
Police in west Charlotte are looking for a man involving in an early morning stabbing at the Homestead Inn. More>>
Coming up Wednesday on WBTV News at 6 pm, Anchor Molly Grantham has a story you won’t see, read or hear anywhere else. She obtained a list of some of Charlotte’s repeat offenders who were in jail, but were let back out on the street to wear ankle monitoring bracelets. More>>
In this week's Crimestoppers report, a man gets shot in the stomach. He's pretty sure he knows who shot him, but he's not talking. More>>
Tuesday, Burke County authorities showed off $25,000 worth of counterfeit merchandise they seized at a local flea market. More>>
The deposed top attorney of Bank of America Corp. says he played no role in drafting the bank's agreement to allow Merrill Lynch to pay billions of dollars in bonuses to its employees nor in decisions on whether to disclose the bonuses to shareholders. More>>
Highway 421 leading into Boone is getting a major makeover thanks to federal stimulus money according to officials with the North Carolina Department of Transportation. More>>
Leona Newman and Nettie Campbell have lived together for the past 50 years. More>>
In the last four years, officials have discovered five bodies in York County, SC. We want to know why the county has become a dumping ground for mysterious deaths. More>>
WBTV Anchor Tonia Bendickson speaks with a Charlotte expert on controversial new mammogram guidelines for women. More>>
A national non-profit group called the Polaris Project ranks North Carolina in the top ten for laws governing human trafficking. More>>
Charlotte Mecklenburg School officials have decided to cut a high honors program at Bailey Middle School in Cornelius. The district's decision has made some parents extremely upset. Many of them are wondering why CMS didn't know about the program at the school until this year, but the program started a little over a year ago. More>>
A man who was once the mayor of Kannapolis and a current council member passed away on Monday. More>>
Three people were transported to the hospital following multi-vehicle crash on a busy highway in Stanly County Tuesday morning. The accident occurred on NC 24/27 at the intersection of Carriker Road around 11 a.m. More>>
Police say a woman who was thought to have been kidnapped in south Charlotte Tuesday morning was just a complete misunderstanding. More>>
WBTV has uncovered the latest plan Governor Perdue is using to try and secure the millions of dollars needed to replace the Yadkin River Bridge on I-85. Part of the plan includes using a new name for the bridge and involving other states in the effort. More>>
With only 39 days to shop for Christmas we found the four things you need to consider to stretch your shopping dollars. More>>
The founder and majority owner of the Carolina Panthers has given a fully endowed scholarship in the amount of $500,000 to Winthrop University in Rock Hill. More>>
Two teenagers were killed in a boating accident near Shelby Sunday afternoon. Dawayne Allgeyer, 16, and Justin Murphy, 14, were both in the 9th grade, but at different schools. Murphy was enrolled at Shelby High School and Allgeyer attended Crest High School. More>>
A church van full of people, including at least one child, was struck by bullets Sunday afternoon in Salisbury. More>>
The Charlotte city council voted behind closed doors Monday night not to continue further discussions about buying Eastland Mall in East Charlotte. More>>
Rick Kear thought it was worth a try. The Internet ad said using two teeth whitening products together works wonders. The risk seemed minimal because of the low-cost trial offer. More>>
Two women are in trouble with the law after being arrested by Myrtle Beach Police this past weekend in an undercover prostitution sting. More>>
Commissioners in Rowan County unanimously voted to adopt a resolution opposing condemning land for greenways and other public trails, including the Thread Trail. More>>
The leader of a local church made his first court appearance today. His family calls it a conspiracy. Police call it sexual battery. More>>
It has been eight months since a Caldwell Bank realtor was shot inside his Rock Hill office. Police say Jerry O’Neal was shot once in the stomach by a customer. Following the shooting, cops arrested and charged 88-year-old Richard Blow. More>>
Police say they believe a Virginia Tech student missing for nearly a month was hitchhiking after she left a Metallica concert. More>>
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