Charlotte News

Charlotte Area Transit System will host two meetings this month, including one Tuesday night, to provide an update on the extension of the light rail line into north Charlotte.

On Tuesday, the North Carolina Department of Transportation will show east Charlotte residents their final plan for Independence Boulevard.

Charlotte City Council members will vote this evening on a controversial residential project for 15 single-family, custom-home lots on nearly 5 acres on the west side of Park South Drive.

Police responded to reports of a bank robbery in east Charlotte Monday morning. The Bank of America on Albemarle Road was held up around 9:06 a.m. Police said the robbers fled down Lawyers Road as Charlotte Mecklenburg police officers chased the getaway car.

Ikea and Walmart are among the retailers heading to Charlotte, N.C., to anchor the Belgate Shopping Center.

A Charlotte woman was recently arrested and charged with trying to obtain prescribed drugs through forgery, according to arrest warrants.

A Charlotte agency is working to keep the doors open at a Cabarrus County facility that helps recovering addicts turn their lives around.

The Deltas of Charlotte Foundation, in conjunction with Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.'s Charlotte Alumnae Chapter, held its 49th annual Debutante Cotillion on March 30 at Halton Arena at UNC Charlotte.

Located in beautiful South Charlotte , this prime property is tucked away in the highly sought-after Providence Springs neighborhood.

The S.A. Gilliam Scholarship Awards Banquet is among the highlights of the celebration.

The Board of County Commissioners appointed Shields to the position at its November 27, 2012 meeting.

Here's an overview of the bills lawmakers in the North Carolina Legislature are considering, which are in various stages of the legislative process: H175: Prevents homeowners associations from foreclosing on homes because a resident has not paid HOA dues.

It's nine o'clock on a Friday night and abnormally cold for May. Four members of Brass Connection are camped out at the intersection of Trade and Tryon, seemingly oblivious to the dozen or so passersby who have now stopped and are waiting for the band to play.

Come join the fun on Saturday, May 18, at The Park Expo Center from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. WBTV aired the details today and it looks to be a free and fun event for pets and humans alike.

$25-$30 . treasurefest.blogspot.com/p/schedule.html . This annual eclectic underground music festival hosts about 70 acts, including Sundials, Secret Hospital, Franz Nicolay , Hectorina, It Looks Sad, and Mineral Girls on Friday and Torchrunner, Whatever Brains, Wymym's Prysyn, Rogue Nations, and Pullman Strike on Saturday.

Across the South, unrest rocked cities. Police jailed more than 700 civil rights protesters in Greensboro, more than 1,000 in Durham.

Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department officers charged 72 people with various offenses at a DWI checkpoint in north Charlotte overnight.

Charlotte's proposal for a second, 2.5 mile CityLYNX Gold Line streetcar leg would begin at Johnson C. Smith University, shown above in a city rendering.

If the enemies of Planned Parenthood wanted to make them look bad, they could not done have a better job than the baby-killing corporation did with its new slogan and ad campaign.

We told you about this last month, but today Charlotte developer Peter Pappas and Ron Terwilliger, the former CEO of Trammel Crow Residential, officially announced a new venture called Terwilliger Pappas Multifamily Partners.