Before a solution was reached, the situation was reminiscent of the Tent City crisis a year ago when egos got in the way of transporting people in need from a dangerous situation.
A man was assaulted and arrested while taking video of an incident involving Lincoln County sheriff’s deputies and other first responders inside a brewery. When he got his phone back, the video he'd taken was gone.
A Mecklenburg County judge was accused, in a court filing, of domestic violence. Weeks later, the judge asked for the filed to be sealed. That request was denied but the court file was still kept from the public.
WBTV Investigates: The messages come from Mecklenburg Manager Dena Diorio during the removal of 150 homeless people from Tent City last February because of a rat infestation
Out of 10 complaints filed with the North Carolina Attorney General’s Office against Lasership over the past year, eight of them are about a missing game console like XBOX or PlayStation or Nike shoes.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools will release the report and recommendations of the Title IX Task Force on Tuesday, according to a spokesman for Superintendent Earnest Winston. The report is being released the same day that two top NC Senators sent a new letter to Winston demanding he provide answers and documents surrounding the district's handling of reported sexual violence.
North Carolina schools have $316 million in federal funding to spend by June to conduct preventative COVID-19 testing this school year, but many schools’ testing programs are just getting started
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools board will meet in closed session on Tuesday to discuss the performance of Superintendent Earnest Winston. Tuesday's special meeting comes as Winston is under fire from board leadership and lawmakers in Raleigh over his handling of reported sexual violence at CMS schools.
Records obtained by WBTV from lawsuits in Ohio and South Carolina show there were concerns about the finances at Greens of Rock Hill long before the former CFO was hired and charged with embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars.
CMS Superintendent Earnest Winston is under fire and facing new questions from state lawmakers as well as the chairwoman of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board, according to new documents obtained by WBTV. The questions related to Winston's claims and recently-announced policy changes regarding how the district handles reported rapes and sexual assaults.
During the Charlotte City Council meeting Monday evening, Republican Councilman Tariq Bokhari made allegations that City Manager Marcus Jones and Mayor Vi Lyles conspired on a vote for council to hurriedly approve federal covid dollars in order to move forward with the Mayor’s Racial Equity Initiative, which was announced just a week later.
WBTV Investigates first told you this spring about the science called “Microscopic Hair Comparison” which has been discredited with then-FBI Director Jim Comey
WBTV Investigates: Emails and text messages between department leaders show that a response to the massive water main break and Frequently Asked Questions were only being drafted and finalized past midnight the day of the break, nearly eight hours after it happened
WBTV Investigates: There has been a rash of staff assaults at the Mecklenburg County Detention Center resulting in corrections officers being attacked and hospitalized
An attorney for current and former students at Hawthorne Academy and Myers Park high schools has asked the U.S. Department of Education to open a new investigation into Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools over the district's handling of reported sexual violence. The call for a new investigation comes amidst an ongoing WBTV investigation into the school district.
McCrae Dowless, the political operative at the center of the 9th Congressional District scandal in 2018, pleaded not guilty to charges related to election fraud in Wake County court on Monday. His trial set set for late August.
This comes more than a week after WBTV first reported on a sophomore student who said she was punished after she reported she had been sexually assaulted by a male classmate
A student at Hawthorne Academy High School said she was forced to sign a nondisclosure agreement after reporting being sexually assaulted by a classmate in 2019. Her story comes one week after WBTV first revealed a Hawthorne Academy student who was suspended after reporting a sexual assault. CMS leaders refuse to answer questions.
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough visited the Salisbury VA Medical Center on Friday to speak with staff, union officials and tour facilities.
An Appalachian State University employee has been arrested and charged for recording women inside a campus dorm bathroom, according to warrants obtained by WBTV.
WBTV Investigates: Water main break along Remount Road shut down businesses, cut off the water supply and forced a Boil Water Advisory for thousands of residents
WBTV Investigates: The raises and inflated salaries at the state’s education office come as classroom teachers continue their years-long wait to see increase in pay
WBTV Investigates: Homeowners at Rocky River in Harrisburg said they had been enduring problems with their utility Water Resources Inc. for years before finally taking action
Myers Park High School Principal Mark Bosco stepped down as the school’s top administrator Wednesday. He has been reassigned to an administrative role within CMS. The move comes after Bosco was suspended in early August as the district investigated Bosco's handling of reported rapes and sexual assaults at the school.
