A contract, obtained through a public record request, reveals the city entered into an agreement with a consulting company to provide advice on how councilmembers could operate more efficiently together.
A backlog of child support cases at the Mecklenburg County courthouse has left hundreds of families in limbo. The courthouse claims it has nothing to do with the backlog, but the child support enforcement office says it can only schedule appointments allowed by the courts.
Although the findings clear any councilmember of direct violations of the city’s ethics guidelines, the review made several recommendations, many of which have been the center of a years-long WBTV investigation into city council ethics.
A WBTV Investigation finds that proposed sidewalks stay on the waiting list for decades and that the rankings for those projects are updated so infrequently they often don’t reflect the changing landscape of communities.
Most of us go to the doctor or a hospital for treatment and pay the bill and figure it’s all taken care of. However, a Charlotte man tonight wants to know why over a year and a half after he paid his bill, a second bill arrived.
Officials said they were “disgusted” about the absence of communication from Mecklenburg County Manager Dena Diorio leading up to the order and said how it continued to unfold was “terrible.”
Two crime reduction units within the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department are stopping, searching and arresting Black people at a disproportionate rate. Data shows 92% of people arrested by the two units in a 12-month period were Black.
There have been dozens of cases across the state of people skipping the line and getting the COVID-19 vaccine earlier than they were supposed to. The line skipping comes as many North Carolinians 65 and older still wait to be inoculated.
The N.C. HOPE Grant program has only spent $42 million of $160 million set aside to help people pay their rent and utility bills. State officials have approved a total of $120 million in grant awards but cannot explain why it's taking so long to get checks cut.
WBTV Investigates has been able to help our viewers save more than $177,000 in less than a year. Out of that, almost half was related to surprise medical bills.
It’s been years since the City of Charlotte actively pursued a nuisance abatement strategy on troubled properties, but the lessons of the past will be pertinent to finding success today.
Commissioner Susan Rodriguez-McDowell says Charlotte and local towns will have to pass their own non-discrimination legislation to make a bigger impact that’s actually enforceable.
A computer program built by the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services is being blamed by hospitals and health departments across the state as a reason why COVID-19 vaccine distribution is moving slowly. The state has spent $7 million on the system, when the government version was free.
When you require surgery or hospitalization, most of us look for an in network hospital covered by our insurance. An Indian Trail woman says she followed all the rules and went to an in network hospital - only to be hit with a huge bill.
A Charlotte area woman is trying to figure out how she ended up with a huge bill for a minor medical issue - all because she went to the wrong office and nobody told her until she got a huge bill!
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.
A Matthews man was arrested in Washington, D.C. Wednesday as part of the violent group of pro-Trump supporters that stormed the United States Capitol, causing chaos and bloodshed. He's one of seven arrested on Wednesday with North Carolina ties.
Atrium Health is scheduling non-critical employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, despite state regulations aimed at ensuring those who interact with COVID-19 patients and the elderly are inoculated first.
Not only is he grieving the loss, he’s dealing with another problem - constant harassment from collection agencies, hounding him to pay off his dead wife’s credit card debt.
A North Carolina accounting firm has come under fire from the state board that licenses certified public accountants for its practice of providing financial consulting and auditing services to the same clients.
As jobless North Carolinians start running out of their state unemployment benefits, more of them are starting to apply for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance. Some of those people tell WBTV they’ve been waiting on a determination for their claims for months.
The proposal comes after more than a year of reporting by WBTV that highlighted the shortcomings of the current ethics disclosure forms and the lack of enforcement for violating the guidelines.
Finding elected officials in North Mecklenburg County who are supportive of the proposed one-cent sales tax increase is like trying to find a surviving member of the Stark family.
She was quoted a price for a surgical procedure but got a bill for thousands of dollars more months later! A Charlotte woman has spent the past six months trying to get her bill straightened out but is getting nowhere.
As the first doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine arrives in North Carolina, the hospitals charged with administering the vaccine have provided few specific details about how the first doses will be distributed.
The city is considering brining nuisance abatement cases against some property owners, what City Attorney Patrick Baker called a tool of “last resort.”
The North Carolina prison system is pushing process an influx of new inmates into state prisons from county jails by year end, according to documents obtained by WBTV.
A man moved his family into a luxury apartment complex, hoping for a luxury experience. But he’s had nothing but issues and no follow ups to get the issues resolved.
he North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services tells WBTV 176,574 people have had some or all of the cost of testing covered because of coronavirus relief funds.
New video obtained by WBTV shows deputies working at the Lincoln County courthouse restraining and trying to handcuff a 19-year-old who was having an apparent seizure. The teen suffered a broken wrist, in addition to being treated for altered mental state and a seizure.
A visit to the Charlotte area, a trip to the emergency room, and a surprise bill for thousands of dollars have all added up to a big headache for one woman.
Gantt has been leading the Charlotte Moves Task Force since May and sat down with WBTV for a one-on-one interview after the committee concluded its final meeting.
A judge ordered an outside expert, known as a special master, to oversee the North Carolina prison system’s response to COVID-19. He also ordered regular, ongoing testing for prison staff.
Court cases across North Carolina are in flux, after more than eight months with limited function. As a result, district attorneys are having to make tough decisions on how to handle criminal cases.
If you’re a utility customer at Duke Energy, it could be a pricey holiday season if you’re not careful.The company is reporting more than 25,000 customer scam attempts this year – the highest year on record.
Three state prisons have been closed, with hundreds of inmates being transferred to other facilities across the state, as COVID-19 continues to spike within the prison system.
Emails obtained by WBTV show top regulators at N.C. Department of Health and Human Services helped Cardinal Innovations respond to concerns from Mecklenburg County and sent Cardinal an advanced copy of a response letter to the county, to which Cardinal suggested edits.
While the North Carolina Division of Employment Security says it’s taken steps to improve the quality, customers still call WBTV to complain consistently.
One text message obtained by WBTV says “I just spoke with Jack – we legally can’t prohibit them from entering the terminal” although the person was required to follow North Carolina’s mask mandate.
North Carolina handed out millions of dollars in job retention grants to country clubs, special interest groups and one airline that also received $171 million in federal funding.
Surgeons in our area are bracing for cutbacks in payment from the federal government, they say, could impact the care you receive. This comes as the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid prepare to implement a massive cut in reimbursement rates nationwide.
Thousands of North Carolinians have been forced from their homes this year, despite a pair of orders from the Governor banning evictions Leegraciea Lewis, who was forced from her apartment and is now living in an extended stay hotel, is one of them.
An ongoing lawsuit stemming from the disappearance and death of a Cleveland County woman in 2008 is highlighting the regulatory failures of N.C. DHHS to keep seniors and those with cognitive disabilities safe.
The North Carolina State Board of Elections said Friday it was reviewing video taken inside the Anson County Board of Elections building showing people voting.The video, which was first published by WBTV on Thursday.
Video obtained by WBTV shows the husband of a candidate for local office in Anson County repeatedly escorting voters into cast their ballot. The video surfaced after county elections officials denied any existed for more than two weeks and after some video was deleted.
On the back of a dramatic year of weather, the Charlotte area has seen a 50 percent jump in weather related power outages events in 2020, according to Duke Energy.
A memo from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Johnny Jennings says the City of Charlotte spent approximately $17 million on the Republican National Convention. The memo does not provide any details on how the money was spent but does include a timeline for releasing more information.
The N.C. Medical Board refused to review the file of a man whose brother says was hooked on opioids after years of being prescribed them without the proper supervision from his doctor.
