The Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office will be traveling to Washington D.C. to help with security for the presidential inauguration.

An investigation began Nov. 6, 2020 after deputies received a tip regarding the sexual assault of a child under 16 years old who knew Johnson.

Michael Beller, a contracts lawyer, was recorded offering political opinions in what appeared to be a barroom conversation with a woman.

Joshua Clark of Rowan County will spend at least the next 38 years in prison for the murder of his grandmother in March 2018.

Officials say more than 45,000 vaccines are expected to be given through these events for people currently eligible to be vaccinated.

The N.C. Watchdog Reporting Network surveyed local health departments across the state to find out why North Carolina has ranked near the bottom of states in administering the COVID-19 vaccine. We found a lack of manpower, technical problems and logistical hurdles.

Dorothy “Dot” Cole, who enlisted as one of the earliest female Marine reservists in response to the 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor and was widely celebrated around her birthday in September as the country’s oldest living Marine, died of a heart attack last Thursday at her daughter’s home in Kannapolis

A person was killed Thursday morning in a fatal hit-and-run crash in Chester County, South Carolina troopers say.

Rowan-Cabarrus Community College and the University of North Carolina Wilmington recently celebrated the success of the “Pathway to Excellence” program that guarantees admission to Rowan-Cabarrus students who wish to transfer to the four-year university.

Starting Friday, drivers taking Dale Earnhardt Boulevard to Interstate 85 South will be able to take a new flyover ramp as part of the I-85 widening project in Cabarrus County.

After a controversial assignment gained national attention last month, the niece of the playwright also shared her concerns.

The crash happened on North Sharon Amity Road near Wilora Road, according to police.

He did not announce any new executive orders, directives, or COVID-19 mitigation strategies.

Holly Wilson, a nurse at a long-term care facility in Matthews, said she received her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday. Wilson spoke to WBTV via Zoom as she was receiving the shot.

Two police officers in Rocky Mount, Virginia are facing federal charges in the January 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol.

Corporations and industry groups have donated at least $170 million in recent years to Republicans who voted to reject President-elect Joe Biden’s victory over President Donald Trump.

Multiple emergency crews are on the scene.

Rice previously objected to the Electoral College's count following last week's riot at the Capitol.

Chapel Hill has become the third in North Carolina to pass LGBTQ nondiscrimination protections since the end of House Bill 142.

The shooting happened around 2:30 p.m. at TCS Designs, on 9th Avenue NE.

Water in some homes in the Dukeville area of Rowan County contains lead, according to recently completed tests.

This comes as North Carolina struggles to complete vaccinating its current groups of frontline healthcare workers, longterm care facility residents and workers, and people age 75 and older.

Mecklenburg County Public Health director Gibbie Harris is asking that schools keep students remote for the next three weeks in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Appalachian and other resorts have restricted the number of visitors.

North Carolina’s governor is sending more than 500 National Guard troops to the nation’s capital and Raleigh to assist with upcoming security needs.

Vaccination appointments for people 70 years and older started on Wednesday in South Carolina.DHEC says that population is more than 670,000 that are now eligible to get the vaccine.To make an appointment you can call the DHEC Care Line at 1-855-472-3432 for assistance with scheduling an appointme

The upper school will remain remote until Tuesday, Jan. 19.

In the first 12 days of 2021, the Grand Strand and Pee Dee lost three law enforcement officers in the line of duty.

In Granite Quarry, the fire department has just earned a rating of 1 from the Insurance Service Office.

Two Rocky Mount Police Department officers have been charged by federal authorities with misdemeanors stemming from their presence at violent protests in Washington, D.C. January 6, 2021.

Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) have recovered a grenade sold at a Shallotte thrift store last year in neighboring Horry County, South Carolina.

The student has not been identified by university officials. However, UofSC did issue a statement regarding the investigation.

Johnathan Lewis Goldsmith, 36, was taken into custody by agents of the S.C. Law Enforcement Division in Kershaw County.

Many of those have already received their second dose and an additional 1,300 are slated to be vaccinated between Wednesday and Saturday.

Olsen, who recently finished his 14th season in the NFL, went to social media to plead for the City of Charlotte government and Gov. Roy Cooper to open up the schools.

A Brooks County couple married for 61 years will be laid to rest Saturday after they died from COVID-19 on the same day.

Police in Sunset Beach are hoping a wildly popular “Star Wars”-themed television show will help encourage residents to be vigilant about their mask-wearing.

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is continuing to track confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths.

A 22-year-old died of COVID-19 in the Mecklenburg County area, health leaders announced Wednesday morning, becoming the county’s youngest virus death.

A truck crash that injured one person closed part of SC-97 in Lancaster County Wednesday morning.

The Salisbury-based Three Rivers Land Trust (TRLT) has announced the conservation of a 27-acre property located in Montgomery County.

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control is calling on qualified individuals to help support COVID-19 vaccination efforts in the state.

After Tuesday’s rain, skies cleared overnight and as temps fell below freezing overnight, patches of dense / freezing fog have developed.

The Horry County Police Department announced that one of their own has died in the line of duty in a crash along Highway 22.

A Grand Strand teenager is receiving support from across the country after she contracted COVID-19 and then learned that she had leukemia.

Mecklenburg County’s Public Health director has issued a directive asking residents to stay home as much as possible for the next three weeks as the fight continues against COVID-19.

Many in Congress are mulling whether to impeach the sitting president and Senator Tim Scott (R-South Carolina) believes a vote to impeach Trump will do more harm than good.

As the pandemic continues, there is another glaring need across Mecklenburg County.

A new video featuring several prominent North Carolinians encourages seniors to get vaccinated for the coronavirus.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is set to allow students to return to in-person learning starting next week.

The inmate was a male in his mid-70s who had underlying health conditions.

“What if you’re getting attacked? What are you supposed to do then?” she wondered.

Computers collected Tuesday will be processed, cleared of all private data, and could be ready for distribution as early as the end of February.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police says they are now considering the death of a man in Oct. 2020 as “justified”.

Charlotte police officers have arrested a CMPD employee for driving while impaired.

As COVID-19 numbers continue to increase, hospitals are continuing to feel the impacts including fuller ICUs and more strain on their staff.Here in Mecklenburg County, hospitals are keeping a close eye on their ICU’s and making constant adjustments to bed capacity and their staffing where they see

Some teachers have also expressed concern for not having paid sick leave or time off if they get the virus or have to quarantine.

In Avery County, the case count is at 168, according to County Manager Phillip Barrier, with 30 of those cases at a local prison.