Jessa O'Connor
Jessa O’Connor was an assistant digital news editor and Sunday reporter for WFAE.
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Only Republican candidates will be on the ballot for the primary, which takes place May 14. Candidates for the Democratic, Libertarian and Green parties…
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Population has boomed in the Lake Norman area towns of Davidson, Huntersville and Cornelius. In 1990, the three towns had a total population of about…
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Protesters gathered peacefully around Charlotte Monday night in response to the body-cam video CMPD released earlier in the day, capturing the fatal…
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Updated: 7:50 p.m.Video of the fatal police shooting of 27-year-old Danquirs Franklin on March 25 shows that he did have a gun, but it appears it was not…
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Video of the fatal police shooting of 27-year-old Danquirs Franklin on March 25 shows he had a gun he was holding was not point591ed at officers or a person next to him.
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In Durham Thursday, multiple streets remain closed after a gas explosion rocked the city's downtown Wednesday morning.
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Backed by North Carolina Republican lawmakers, a bill that would require local sheriff's offices hold immigrant defendants in county jails is advancing through the General Assembly.
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Former UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol Folt will become the first female president of the University of Southern California.
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Here's some background on the murder trial of Rayquan Borum in the shooting death of protester Justin Carr.
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A Mecklenburg jury found Rayquan Borum guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting death of 26-year-old Justin Carr.