Lisa Worf

A run-down motel that has served as a home for dozens of people in west Charlotte is being ordered to close in December. City officials have deemed it unsafe and say the owner has ignored housing code violations — and even blocked access for repairs.

It's time for a fact-check of another claim to surface in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. A man who calls himself the Appalachian Prepper on TikTok posted a video last week noting the recent closure of Red Cross shelters in the western part of the state.

Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden has apologized for racial slurs that were secretly recorded — and published last week.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools board will vote later this month on student assignment changes that largely impact magnet schools. Tuesday night a few dozen parents and students signed up to weigh in.

Charter school leaders hoping to open Trinitas Academy in Mooresville finally got a state review Monday. Its leaders tried to bypass the state’s review process for charters and go straight to the legislature.

The percentage of students passing math in North Carolina and in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools continued to inch up last year as schools recovered after the coronavirus pandemic disrupted instruction. But math scores are still well below pre-pandemic levels, and reading scores have been harder to move.

North Carolina threatens the safety of foster children by failing to supervise county departments of social services — that’s the claim of a federal class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of nine children in the state’s foster care system.

The former owner of Charlotte’s Scorpio nightclub has pleaded guilty to money laundering conspiracy charges involving an auto dealership and the club.

Mecklenburg County District Attorney Spencer Merriweather released a review Thursday of the the shooting that killed four law enforcement officers in east Charlotte this spring, in the deadliest day for law enforcement in the city's history.

A person died early Monday morning in east Charlotte after a tree fell on an apartment building.