Children from Chesterbrook Academy Preschool have collected pajamas and books for donation.

The event draws - and feeds - thousands every year on the fourth Thursday in October.

After assessing damage in the affected areas, it was determined that national resources are not needed, the Charlotte Fire Department tweeted Friday. “Our brave men & women are headed home!”

A woman was touched by this story and offered to pay for them to have broadband internet.

In the next couple of weeks, you’re going to start seeing these colorful fridges pop up around the Charlotte area.

There are about 4,000 homeless students in Charlotte Mecklenburg School (CMS) District. The remote learning has become a challenge for those students. About 20 homeless students are getting shelter at Harvest Center Charlotte.

The glass enclosure has become a saving grace for family members wanting to visit their loved ones but not wanting them to get sick.

Community leader Dee Rankin is concerned the stories of African Americans are not being shared in certain Charlotte Mecklenburg School (CMS) classrooms. The CMS Equity Committee member and Education Chair of the Charlotte Black Political Caucus met with school leaders about the new Language Arts c

The World Worship Church in south Charlotte held a meeting to try to give parents the tools they need to try to reduce their concerns and fears.

A local nonprofit is raising money to transform a motel in a high crime area into an affordable housing campus.

The ongoing battle about a group that stands outside the Mecklenburg County jail and offers resources to those just released from jail has taken another step.

The 74th Novant Health Thanksgiving Day Parade will be virtual (airing on WBTV) this year due to the uncertainty of COVID-19.

The National Urban League released a report called “The 2020 State of Black America, Unmasked.” The report outlines how Blacks are doing when it comes to healthcare, economics, education, social justice, and civil engagement. National Urban League CEO Marc Morial calls it a crisis.

This year’s Southern Christmas Show, scheduled for November, has been canceled due to coronavirus concerns.

The North Carolina city of Asheville is considering removing the names of slave owners and other people associated with discrimination from some streets and a park.

One leader in the Charlotte community says he is thrilled the vice presidential presumptive nominee for the Democratic Party is Kamala Harris.

A Gastonia church congregation is grieving after the death of a beloved member of its community.

Running out of time, and finding no practical way to reschedule to later in the fall, the Yiasou Greek Festival on East Boulevard has been canceled for 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

There's a new principal at Ardrey Kell High School this school year. Jamie Brooks takes over at a time when there have been multiple racial incidents that have happened at the school since the school opened 10 years ago.

The coronavirus has devastated much of the region’s economy, with many workers and businesses barely able to make ends meet.

For the first time in 28 years, the Charlotte Ballet will not hold its annual seasonal performance of “Nutcracker.”

On Aug. 5, Deputy Gainey loaded up a bike in his patrol car that his son no longer needed and delivered it to Sy’Ncire Lockhart.

A 3-year-old boy in Coosa County came home from the hospital Monday to a big surprise.

To be clear, I didn’t want to tell you guys until we were out of the woods. I didn’t want to cause unnecessary alarm.

The George Floyd hologram made a stop at a Confederate monument in Asheville, North Carolina Wednesday night.

Earlier this month, Brandon Lindsey, the founder of Dream On 3, rounded up several Dream Kids to participate in a game of sports trivia.

North Carolina State Fair organizers say the cancellation is due to COVID-19, which they have been monitoring since March.

North Carolina State Highway Patrol Trooper Colby Pridgen was helping the family who were broke down along a busy highway in Johnston County.

When you drive along North College Street in the northern part of uptown Charlotte, you’ll see what’s known as “Tent City”. The rows of tents are where some of Charlotte’s homeless live and call home.

K9 Camden, a 5-year old yellow Labrador retriever and a certified ATF employee, is one of two ATF K9s trained to detect accelerants in North Carolina.

This garden is her way to try and keep young people busy and out of trouble while learning life lessons.

Because of that, you have helped us raise $2 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

The North Carolina State Highway Patrol (NCSHP) trooper paralyzed from the neck down in a motorcycle crash in west Charlotte last year is making progress on his return home to Cramerton.

Former Charlotte police chief Kerr Putney will be joining CPI Security as a community and government relations consultant.

Festival organizers made the cancellation announcement Tuesday for the event, which was set to take place September 25 through September 27 at Freedom Park in Charlotte’s Dilworth area.

The purchase of a ticket is contributing to the hope of the future for children with pediatric cancer, children like John Hagen from right here in Charlotte.

he project may look like just a few signs across a neighborhood, but the association says this is part of a bigger movement, started after protests in Charlotte.

Two years ago, a Tega Cay family was at Carowinds when their 8-year-old son suddenly barely had the energy to walk out of the amusement park. They went to the doctor the next day.

North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) is ready for teachers voices to be heard as politicians come up with plans to reopen schools. The organization will hold a call Wednesday night called SOS: Our Schools, Our Safety, Our Say!!!

We first featured Koltin back in January. He’s from Conover, in Catawba County, and now 6-years old.

Parents are responding to the reassignment of the principal of Ardrey Kell High School David Switzer. Charlotte Mecklenburg School District (CMS) conducted an investigation concerning racial incidents that have happened at the school while Switzer was the principal.

When we first introduced Emerson in a #MollysKids post back in January, his mom said this: “We’re not sure if he’ll live five years, ten years, or if he’ll outlive us… we just don’t know.”

The site, Queen’s Park, will link and center eight neighborhoods of North End Smart District that are now separated by the railyard expansion.

The new owner of the Excelsior Club is looking for a dream team of Black Architects to help redevelop the historic establishment. The club has remained empty for several years, now the owner - Darius Anderson - wants to turn the club into a boutique hotel and other creative space.

In Gaston County, a community continues to mourn the loss of four members of a family - a couple and their two young daughters - killed in a crash on I-485.

Wednesday’s announcement that the Ryder Cup has been postponed from this fall to 2021 will have an immediate and direct impact on the golf calendar at Charlotte’s Quail Hollow Club:

About 80 small businesses in Charlotte are getting a check for either $10,000 or $25,000 to help them survive during Coronavirus. Charlotte received $30 million from the federal CARES Act funding.

The Plaza Midwood Neighborhood Association is talking about race. The association wanted to have a discussion that could help neighbors understand better the life of Blacks who live in Plaza Midwood and surrounding areas.

Organizers of the Carolina Renaissance Festival say they have made the difficult decision to cancel this year’s festival over coronavirus concerns.

There will still be teams. There will still be a big kick-off that you can watch live. The main difference this year is Komen Charlotte is asking all participants to: “Race where you are.”

Eighteen-year-old Aaron recently got his diploma from Kings Mountain High School.

A piece of Charlotte’s history is officially shut down, a theater more than 7 decades old, now gutted.

An uptown dry cleaning business owner says the pandemic took him from 100 customers a day to five.

Now, 10 years later, Randyn’s extended family is reaching back out. No request for help; just a sincere note to give us a proud update.

Charlotte Mecklenburg School (CMS) teachers are responding to CMS’ back to school plan. It was unveiled Wednesday night. It includes three plans.

Community members gathered by vehicle to celebrate a man who has been in the Rock Hill area for decades.

The top leaders for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools sat down to talk with students about what they can do better in the district, and what students would like to see changed.

Schools in North Carolina are supposed to start back Aug. 17. There’s no word if schools will reopen through remote learning or if students will return physically back to their schools.