State Auditor Dave Boliek made an unannounced visit to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools headquarters on Wednesday amid ongoing turmoil at the district, after the board took a 5-4 vote to fire Superintendent Crystal Hill the night before.

A driver who struck and killed a former Queens University student-athlete in Charlotte’s NoDa neighborhood earlier this year pleaded guilty Tuesday in Mecklenburg County Superior Court.

The Carolina Panthers are expected to place running back Jonathon Brooks on injured reserve after he undergoes surgery Wednesday to repair a core muscle injury, according to ESPN.

The Charlotte Hornets are trading recently acquired forward Dorian Finney-Smith to the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for guards Buddy Hield and Ryan Nembhard, along with cash, according to ESPN.

A coalition of left-leaning groups is suing to block new absentee ballot guidelines approved by the State Board of Elections, arguing that mail-in voters could be disenfranchised.

Former Charlotte City Council member Tiawana Brown has been sentenced to 10 months in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining COVID-19 relief funds.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools board fired Superintendent Crystal Hill on Tuesday night, with a 5-4 vote.Hill was not present at the dais. The board offered no detailed explanation, but said the motion to fire Hill was for convenience, not cause. Hill was reinstated last month after a two-month investigation and suspension.

Mecklenburg County Commissioners might delay their net-zero goal for carbon emissions, as costs increase and budgets tighten, they said at a meeting Tuesday.

North Carolina’s Supreme Court currently has a 5-to-2 Republican majority, and just one of those seats will be on the ballot this November. Justice Anita Earls, a Democrat, faces former N.C. Rep. Sarah Stevens, a Republican who stepped down from the legislature earlier this year.

Charlotte City Council members voted 7-4 Monday to support the state's plans to add toll lanes to Interstate 77, a move that makes the controversial $4 billion project virtually certain to move forward.