John Cominsky

A group of North Carolina Republicans are joining a growing list of politicians and voters across the country who are blurring party lines ahead of the 2020 Presidential Election.

A close call was caught on camera Tuesday when a paramedic in Lincoln County was nearly struck by an alleged impaired driver while leaving his house.

The family-owned general store has become a staple for anyone travelling the country roads and looking for a bite to eat, a cold drink or just some friendly conversation around the old stove.

The family-owned general store has become a staple for anyone travelling the country roads and looking for a bite to eat, a cold drink or just some friendly conversation around the old stove.

Rodney Smith Jr. has traveled across the country to serve people in all 50 states by mowing their lawns.

A German shepherd who will remain “puppy-sized” for life due to a condition called Pituitary Dwarfism has become a sensation online.

A Kannapolis church is raising eyebrows again with another controversial sign involving the political divide among Americans.

The internet has a new, adorable superstar - a puppy with a tail growing out of his head now appropriately named “Narwhal.”

CMPD said Thursday morning that the department understands there is concern about safety at theaters when the moving is screened.

Earnhardt Jr. released the statement on social media Monday afternoon.

Retired NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr and his family were on board an airplane that crashed near an airport in Tennessee Thursday afternoon.

Investigators said Wednesday that a home explosion in Charlotte’s Ballantyne neighborhood that left a woman dead and her husband seriously injured Tuesday was caused by an interior gas leak.

A woman was found dead and a man was seriously injured after an explosion destroyed a home in Ballantyne Tuesday afternoon.

Riley Howell died a hero one day before the petition was filed when he tackled a gunman who had opened fire in a classroom on the UNCC campus, delaying the shooter and saving lives.

21-year-old Riley Howell was shot and killed, but his actions delayed the shooter, giving police more time to respond and fellow students a chance to escape.

Doctors didn’t think he’d live... and if he did by some chance survive, they didn’t think he’d ever walk or speak again. Now 21 months later, not only is Jackson walking on his own - he sounded out his first words since the 2017 crash.

The two-piece bedroom suite, “handcarved in the 1950s," was posted on the store’s Facebook page Tuesday afternoon. However, one of the pieces comes with a ghostly warning from the previous owner... the highboy is haunted.

Alben G. Marcus was last seen on Jan. 21 getting on a CATS bus near Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center south of uptown.

"You never know - the impossible might be possible. My girls are living proof of that. They are living miracles.”

Keiry Nalleli Serrano was last seen Sunday evening at her home on Whisperwhood Drive in Salisbury. She is believed to be with her boyfriend, 22-year-old Eduardo Carlos Mendez.

According to a press release from CMPD on Wednesday, the gun recovered at the scene was an Ekol Sava Magnum 9mm PAK.

Sydney Elizabeth Morrison, 15, was last seen on the 170 block of Wood Acre Drive in Mooresville. A Silver Alert was issued for her Monday afternoon.

Deputies say he picked up a 13-year-old girl under the pretense that he was taking her and others out to eat. However, before picking up the other members of their party he reportedly took the girl back to his home.

According to the warrant, he hosted children at his home in Gastonia on numerous occasions. The warrant states he has a basketball court, trampoline, pool and “other toys seemingly to attract children to his residence.”

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) announced Wednesday that classes would be canceled Thursday and Friday as Hurricane Florence gets closer to the Carolinas.

The shooting happened around 2 p.m. at the Exxon “On the Run” station at the intersection of Hwy 5 and Hwy 161.

Councilman Tariq Bokhari says he requested the ride-along because it was Police Week, and because of negative coverage surrounding fellow council member LaWana Mayfield's recent social media post.

The video shows the man, identified by CMPD as 26-year-old Alex William Freudenberg, launch off the end of the canopy, landing on his back on a white sedan before sliding off the car into the street as cars drive by.

The committee, appointed by House Speaker Tim Moore in February, planned to make a formal, public introduction of its proposal on Thursday but previewed their recommendations exclusively with WBTV during On Your Side Tonight with Jamie Boll.

Davis, who has been with the team for over ten years, made the announcement on Twitter at 5:42 p.m.

In his statement, NC Senate Leader Phil Berger called on Governor Cooper and Speaker Moore to join him in defending NC's fight against bad barbecue.

"And just like that I am reminded (in the midst of all the turmoil in our education system right now) why I go to school everyday; why I love my job."

No charges have been filed in Erica's death. But that could soon change, according to Rowan County Sheriff's Office Captain John Sifford.

The autopsy states Parsons' cause of death was "homicidal violence of undetermined means." The coroner wrote "we cannot exclude the possibility of a terminal blunt force injury, suffocation or strangulation."

A video of a mother and son dancing in a talent show at a Charlotte high school is going viral after the school posted it to social media. The video shows Myers Park High School guidance counselor Ginny Jenkins and her son Scott dancing for the talent show Thursday night benefiting Susan G. Komen. Jenkins says she can't believe the reaction the video is receiving online.  As of 4 p.m. Friday, the video already had more than 19,000 shares, 10,000 interactions and 1,300 comments...

The study, published in Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, focuses on the number of neurons in the cerebral cortex of several carnivores, including cats and dogs.

Jadarius Irving McCall, 26, in wanted in connection to the shooting death of 33-year-old Deon Davis.

Officer Matthew Watts is charged with communicating threats.

The Forest Service said they will monitor the area over the next few weeks to "determine when to reopen the area to overnight camping. The area remains open for day use."

Jacob Matthew Morgan, 17, was arrested and charged with one count of murder and one count of first degree arson. The fire happened at a home in the Lesslie community on Catawba Church Road around 8:30 a.m. Friday morning.. Fourteen-month-old Joshua Hill was killed in the fire.

Appalachian State University Police are reminding the public of safety precautions after an alleged incident where a man posing as a police officer pulled over a student.

A man wanted in Virginia for murdering his wife and burying her in a cemetery was arrested in Mecklenburg County after a two-week manhunt, according to a report from the U.S. Marshals Service.

Ronald Billings, 38, was last seen at approximately 2:45 p.m. at a work location in Lincolnton, officials said.

A Charlotte man pleaded guilty for his role in a multi-million dollar fraud scheme, The U.S. Attorney's Office announced Thursday.

A Hickory man was convicted in Catawba County Criminal Superior Court on two drug charges stemming from a traffic stop that occurred in 2011.

A man wanted for the sexual assault of a disabled woman in Connecticut was arrested in Charlotte, according to a release from the U.S. Marshals Service.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is asking for the public's assistance in locating a man they say cut off his electronic monitoring device.

A man was arrested in Statesville for breaking into the City Garage and burglarizing City vehicles, according to a release from the Statesville Police Department.

A fatal accident on I-77 has forced officials to shut down all four southbound lanes of the interstate near exit 17, Sunset Road, according to the North Carolina Department of Transportation.

Authorities in Charlotte have arrested a man they say robbed a local bank and a local credit union, one while dressed as a woman, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.