Union County

Mark Watson brings several decades of civil service and management experience to Monroe.

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.

Deputies found the boy suffering from a gunshot wound to his leg on Saturday.

Dylan Conley Leonard was arrested earlier this week in connection to the teen’s death.

Deputies said the body of Alison Thomas was found in Jackson County, N.C. earlier this week.

According to Monroe Police, all lanes are shut down at U.S. 74 at Highway 601 South following the crash.

Tractor trailers continue to get stuck on these tracks. In some cases, trains are actually slamming into those trucks.

Union County school leaders are expected to vote tonight on a plan to help them recruit and retain teachers. It’s a continuation of a bonus plan put into place last year.

He’s a suspect in five other agencies’ investigations.

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.