5+ hour, 23+ min ago   (318+ words) UNC Charlotte emergency management officials are searching for a suspect in an armed robbery that unfolded near campus Saturday afternoon, with the suspect last seen fleeing in a blue Kia Optima. The university sent out an alert shortly after 2 p.m. Saturday,…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (155+ words) Atrium Health Union West has broken ground on a $116 million patient tower, adding more than 67,000 square feet to a Stallings hospital that opened just four years ago and has already been overwhelmed by demand. The project will bring 88 new patient…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (106+ words) In Cabarrus County, home to both one-star Copperfield and Cabarrus Health and Rehabilitation Center, adults aged 65 and older make up 13.2 percent of the population, compared to 16.3 percent statewide, according to ElderVoice. The county maintains a higher median household income than…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (231+ words) Southwest winds will run around 5 to 8 mph Thursday, with rain chances essentially near zero. Friday looks even warmer, with a high near 93 and a slight chance of showers or thunderstorms after 5 p.m.; some parts of the Charlotte metro could see heat-index…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (194+ words) A man was shot and killed Tuesday afternoon in the 6200 block of Park Road near Archdale Drive in South Charlotte, with paramedics pronouncing him dead at the scene. His identity had not been released as of Tuesday evening, and it…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (151+ words) Maíz Agua Sal served its last meals last Sunday, closing the doors on its Wesley Heights tortilleria and agave bar for good. The West Charlotte restaurant, known for pressing its own heirloom masa tortillas daily and pouring margaritas alongside horchata…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (263+ words) Nine years ago Friday, 20-year-old Abby Lynn Patterson climbed into an older-model brown Buick sedan on East Ninth Street in Lumberton, North Carolina, and was never seen again. She had told her mother she was running errands and would be…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (224+ words) Brown's federal kidnapping charge carried capital punishment eligibility, and prosecutors held jurisdiction because Billie had been transported across state lines from Virginia to North Carolina. In August 2019, federal prosecutors announced they would not seek the death penalty against Brown following…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (359+ words) Alicia Keys' Tony- and Grammy-winning musical Hell's Kitchen runs Sept. 8-13 at Charlotte's Belk Theater, with tickets starting at $47.02. A single mother raising a daughter alone in a cramped one-bedroom apartment in 1990s New York City A neighborhood full of artists who…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (162+ words) A Monroe grandmother is facing a child abuse charge after deputies say she left her 8-month-old granddaughter alone inside a vehicle on a 96-degree day while she went inside an animal shelter to ask about adopting kittens. Dedra McManus was…...