Elle Kehres
Weekend Assignment Editor / Digital Producer
Charlotte, NC
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Updated: Jan. 11, 2020 at 4:23 PM EST
|By Elle Kehres
When it came to moving in 2019, North Carolina had it’s fair share of new tenants.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2020 at 5:15 PM EST
|By Elle Kehres
A resident of Kannapolis, North Carolina was sentenced today in Greensboro federal court for possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2020 at 4:53 PM EST
|By Elle Kehres
One person is dead after being hit by a train in Gaston County Friday.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2020 at 12:01 PM EST
|By Elle Kehres
Gaston County officials confirm their second rabies case of 2020.
Updated: Dec. 30, 2019 at 12:03 AM EST
|By Elle Kehres
Firefighters responded to a large campground fire at Cedar Park Sunday morning.
Updated: Dec. 10, 2019 at 5:12 PM EST
|By Elle Kehres
Lancaster County deputies are investigating after a murder-suicide in the Rich Hill area Saturday night.
Updated: Dec. 9, 2019 at 12:06 AM EST
|By Elle Kehres
Police are searching for two additional suspects after five teens stole a vehicle with a child inside, Sunday.
Updated: Nov. 24, 2019 at 7:25 PM EST
|By Elle Kehres
Concord Police have created a DWI task force with hopes of deterring the majority of impaired drivers.
Updated: Nov. 23, 2019 at 11:36 PM EST
|By Elle Kehres
Charlotte Mecklenburg Police are investigating a crash that left one man dead early Saturday morning.
Updated: Nov. 17, 2019 at 4:08 PM EST
|By Elle Kehres
One woman is dead after an overnight shooting on Reagan Drive early Sunday morning.
Updated: Nov. 17, 2019 at 3:21 PM EST
|By Elle Kehres
Lincoln Co. emergency officials responded to a large fire Sunday afternoon off of Wildale Lane, next to Carpenters Lake.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2019 at 4:35 PM EST
|By Elle Kehres
A van filled with Catawba College students flipped over while en-route to Charlotte for the Panthers game on Sunday.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2019 at 4:46 PM EDT
|By Elle Kehres
Charlotte 49ers Football recognized first responders who flooded UNC Charlotte’s campus in response to April's active shooter incident.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2019 at 9:40 PM EDT
|By Elle Kehres
Two teenagers in a Jeep were T-boned by an off-duty deputy after running a stop sign in Charlotte.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2019 at 10:31 PM EDT
|By Elle Kehres
Gaston County Police are reporting that they found a missing teen who had last been seen earlier in the week.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2019 at 2:45 PM EDT
|By Elle Kehres
Over the course of 6 years Mandy Velez managed to pay off all her loans plus the accumulated interested - a whopping $102,000.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2019 at 12:06 PM EDT
|By Elle Kehres
Highway patrol responded to an overturned diesel truck on Highway 321 early Saturday morning.
Updated: Oct. 18, 2019 at 4:41 PM EDT
|By Elle Kehres
After one fatal fire in East Charlotte overnight, Charlotte Fire Department responded to another fatal fire in West Charlotte.
Updated: Oct. 18, 2019 at 10:24 AM EDT
|By Elle Kehres
Concord Fire Department responded to a two-story house fire off Winecoff School Rd, near Winecoff Elementary School, Friday morning.
Updated: Oct. 18, 2019 at 8:17 AM EDT
|By Elle Kehres
One Lancaster man has died after a shooting that occurred around 7 p.m. yesterday.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2019 at 5:51 PM EDT
|By Elle Kehres
Kimberly Tuttle is the 2019 CMS Teacher of the Year!
Updated: Oct. 13, 2019 at 11:46 AM EDT
|By Elle Kehres
Waxhaw Elementary School principal Yubely Zolke was arrested on Friday for simple assault.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2019 at 4:16 PM EDT
|By Elle Kehres
The North Carolina Sate High Patrol responded to a fatal hit and run on I-77 South Saturday morning.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2019 at 11:51 AM EDT
|By WBTV Web Staff and Elle Kehres
A man was found with gunshot wounds after a fatal shooting on May 6 in east Charlotte - 2 have now been charged with his murder.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2019 at 9:15 PM EDT
|By Elle Kehres
One man has been pronounced deceased on Monday after being shot near The Music Factory early Sunday morning.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2019 at 1:02 PM EDT
|By Elle Kehres
National read a book day is September 6 - WBTV staff gives you some of their recommendations!
Updated: Sep. 4, 2019 at 5:42 PM EDT
|By Elle Kehres
Two men were arrested Tuesday after one accidentally messaged a deputy on Facebook trying to sell drugs.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2019 at 4:14 PM EDT
|By Elle Kehres
Much of Puerto Rico missed the brunt of Dorian as it passed slightly to the east, directly over St. Croix and St. Thomas - only 14 miles to the left of where he was posted on St. John.
Updated: Aug. 28, 2019 at 5:55 PM EDT
|By Elle Kehres
The Charlotte Mecklenberg Police Department responded to a deadly two-vehicle crash on on East Independence Blvd. early Sunday morning.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2019 at 5:29 PM EDT
|By Elle Kehres
Caldwell County confirmed their second rabies case of the year on August 23.
Updated: Aug. 21, 2019 at 5:23 PM EDT
|By Elle Kehres
Marvin Johnson, 55, of Kannapolis has been charged with first degree arson.
Updated: Aug. 14, 2019 at 1:34 PM EDT
|By Elle Kehres
A teenager has been charged in connection with two sexual assault cases that CMPD said could potentially be related to two other incidents.
Updated: Aug. 13, 2019 at 4:46 PM EDT
|By Elle Kehres
A 14-year-old is charged by the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office after threats of gun violence at school.
Updated: Aug. 13, 2019 at 2:39 PM EDT
|By Elle Kehres
Andrew Michael Davis, 22, robbed a Shop and Save #3 Convenience Store in Morganton before being chased and hit by a customers vehicle.
Updated: Aug. 13, 2019 at 10:46 AM EDT
|By Elle Kehres
Deputies charged Roger Ray Hollar, from Alexander County, with numerous counts of sex offenses on Monday.
Updated: Aug. 13, 2019 at 10:03 AM EDT
|By Elle Kehres
Brandon O’Keefe, 26, was arrested on Saturday, August 10, after being caught with 10.4 grams of Methamphetamine.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2019 at 5:53 PM EDT
|By Elle Kehres
Charlotte police are investigating a string of sexual assaults and home break-ins they say may be connected.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2019 at 5:05 PM EDT
|By Elle Kehres
Cornelius Police received several reports last week of vehicle break-ins from the Alexander Chase and Lake Pines areas.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2019 at 4:07 PM EDT
|By Elle Kehres
Nathan Kenneth Black, 24, and Tevan Montez Ikard, 26, were arrested on separate drug charges after accused by the Lincolnton Grand Jury on July 29.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2019 at 6:07 PM EDT
|By Elle Kehres
The Charlotte Ohana put on a demonstration filled with dance, prayer and song to raise awareness about the Mauna Kea protests in Hawaii.
Updated: Aug. 1, 2019 at 3:33 PM EDT
|By Elle Kehres
Two men are accused of robbing a man after meeting up to buy a handgun.
Updated: Jul. 15, 2019 at 3:16 AM EDT
|By Elle Kehres
After 70 years of being on air, WBTV has a lot to reminisce on.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2019 at 12:39 PM EDT
|By Elle Kehres
Man wanted for breaking and entering and larceny.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2019 at 5:14 PM EDT
|By Elle Kehres
Early in the morning, at around 3:30 a.m., a vehicle driving down NC Highway 73 W struck a guard rail and a concrete median, causing the car, with two passengers inside, to roll over.
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