Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles addressed the recent revelations of problems facing the Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) --- and said the ‘shortcomings’ were unknown to City Council and the Metropolitan Transit Commission --- until a report was made public detailing concerns with the system.
Newly released police video shows the tense moments officers chased a man carrying a pistol with extended magazine after stopping the vehicle because it was stolen. Officers ended up shooting at the suspect, who was not hit. CMPD Chief Johnny Jennings said the case raises questions about the local court system's practice of issuing low bonds to suspects charged in violent cases.
Officials from NCDOT who reviewed the report offered blistering critiques of some of CATS’ initial findings and found that failure to immediately perform midlife and truck overhauls of the trains was “not acceptable.”
The chairwoman of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education refused to answer questions about how the district handled two recent reports from five-year-old students who said they were sexually assaulted by male classmates.
The WBTV Investigates Team has been telling your stories about crippling medical debt for years. Now, those stories are getting the attention of local and state leaders who want to protect patients.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board Vice Chair Stephanie Sneed made the first comments in response to recent reports by two five-year-old girls that they were sexually assaulted by male classmates. "I just want you to know that I hear you," she said.
Although Charlotte city councilmembers only recently learned about the derailment, public records show the “midlife overhaul” plan to prevent this type of derailment from happening, was delayed again and again.
The father of a fifth-grade student at Union Elementary School called WBTV for help after spending weeks frustrated at how the school was handling his daughter’s reported sexual assault. Administrators waited more than a month after the report to place the teacher on administrative leave.
The city of Charlotte has become less transparent with the public and media, giving fewer opportunities for reporters to interview high-level officials, and leaving records requests unfulfilled for years.
A city spokesperson confirms Allen Smith is no longer the Chief Operating Officer of CATS, making him the third top CATS official to be removed from a post in the last five months.
The Chair of the Waxhaw Police Foundation wrote in a statement that they will work with an attorney on winding down and dissolving the charity. The decision came a little more than a month after Town of Waxhaw elected officials decided voted to force financial transparency from the Foundation.
The interim superintendent of CMS abruptly ended an interview with WBTV after refusing to answer questions about the district's handling of a student's report that she was sexually assaulted on the school bus.
Billionaire insurance magnate Greg Lindberg has been indicted again by a federal grand jury. This second indictment is for charges related to alleged fraud Lindberg and his employees carried out through his network of insurance companies. He was previously indicted on bribery charges.
WBTV spoke with the President of the Colorado HOA Forum about how the group organized and advocated for changes in state statute to protect homeowners.
The WBTV Investigates Team is uncovering the scope and impact of developer-controlled associations, called declarant control. It allows developers to profit off the sale of new homes while simultaneously appointing HOA board members to manage the homeowner fees.
A spokeswoman for the N.C. Department of Transportation told WBTV on Thursday that new, paid toll lanes are definitely coming to I-77 from mile marker 11 to the South Carolina state line.The question, the spokeswoman said, wasn’t whether any new lanes would be tolled but “how they will be delivered.”
Toia Potts was visiting her three-year-old son at the Community Family Life Recreation Center. A court had mandated that the visit be supervised by a social worker.
More whistleblowers are coming forward to detail allegations of fraud and financial mismanagement at CW Williams Community Health Center. A former doctor and a former chief financial officer at the clinic spoke with WBTV about what they experienced working there. And a third former employee has filed a lawsuit alleging she was fired minutes before she was scheduled to detail her concerns to the board.
A current and former deputy with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office have been charged with assault for their actions in a violent arrest last May. The charges came to light after the North Carolina SBI opened an investigation following a WBTV investigation.
Charlotte Mayor pro Tem Braxton Winston reiterated his call to re-evaluate how ambulances are dispatched in the wake of MEDIC’s response in the case of Jovontay Williams, who struggled to breathe while he waited more than 20 minutes for EMTs to response to a call for medical aid.
A medida que la población hispana/latina crece rápidamente en Carolina del Norte, una investigación de WBTV revela que las barreras lingüísticas para los hablantes limitados de inglés continúan persistiendo en el gobierno local y estatal.
US Census data shows the Hispanic/Latino non-English speaking population has progressively grown in Mecklenburg County. In 2010, the number of Latinos who spoke English “not well” or “not at all” was roughly 30,000. In 2020, the number was closer to 43,000.
The trial began Tuesday in the case of a former Myers Park High School student who reported being led into the woods adjacent to campus and sexually assaulted by a male classmate.
The actions of Myers Park High School administrators and officers at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department in the wake of a student’s reported rape will go on trial Tuesday. The case involves a student who reported being forced into the woods adjacent to the school’s campus and sexually assaulted by a male classmate. The incident was reported in early November 2015.
In most cases, patients with mental disabilities must be evaluated by doctors and get approval from their legal guardians before a “Do Not Resuscitate” order is approved. InvestigateTV uncovered that doesn’t always happen. The result: when a patient has an emergency, medical staff are not allowed to intervene with potentially-life-saving treatments.
A Pineville nursing home saw its rating drop dramatically following a WBTV investigation. In October, WBTV investigated Pineville Rehabilitation and Living Center, which still had a five-star rating from federal regulators. After our story, that rating dropped to one-star.
Unemployment payments kept many Americans afloat during the pandemic, but con artists were also running scams to steal taxpayer dollars. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, over two years nearly $900 billion in emergency assistance was paid out, but among that aid was billions of dollars lost to potential fraud. Consumer investigator Caresse Jackman investigates where the money went and what’s being done to protect your tax dollars in the future.
During a news briefing Friday, city officials said CATS CFO Blanche Sherman resigned but claimed the resignation was unrelated to the assesssment or any other review.
The investigation into Councilmember James "Smuggie" Mitchell's potential conflict of interest is completed by the North Carolina State Bereau Investigate. Now it’s up to the District Attorney to decide if a crime is being committed.
A top executive for billionaire insurance magnate Greg Lindberg has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States. Court documents unsealed on Thursday detailed the case against the executive, Christopher Herwig.
Two children were illegally taken from their school in the Rock Hill school district, six months apart. Both were recovered when their father was stopped by N.C. State Highway Patrol on Monday. Now their mom is speaking only with WBTV to question why the system that was supposed to safeguard her children failed not once but twice.
