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By Sarah Okeson Carolina Journal CHARLOTTE - Charlotte plans to go after landlords of rental properties with some of the city's highest reported instances of crimes in a program city officials tout as a way to fight crime.

A federal grand jury in West Virginia has linked five more people to an international scam that allegedly tricked government agencies in several states into paying at least $3.3 million to bogus companies with names that sounded like legitimate firms.

It wasn't too many years ago that Shelby's crime rate was something not to be proud of.

Bank of America says it will sell the long-term asset management business of one of its units to Ameriprise Financial.

After years of planning, new manufacturing plant officially opened Tuesday. Malt-O-Meal's new plant in Asheboro employs about 130 workers who make cereal.

More than 50,000 people are expected to attend Western Carolina University's Mountain Heritage Day this weekend as hundreds of crafters, musicians, Native American stickball players, shaped note singers, woodcarvers, potters, food vendors and a 'who's who' of traditional regional culture spread across the campus.

Food banks across the country are being stretched by a recession-fueled surge in first time users, according to a survey released on Monday.

The Wilson Police Department has been recognized by its international peers for the community policing initiatives in the Snowden Drive area in 2008.

Jazzy Art and Poetry Night is presented monthly by the Rowan Arts Council, located at 413 N. Lee St.

Tim Funk writes on faith and values for The Charlotte Observer. His column appears each Saturday.

A black woman is suing the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, saying she was abruptly fired after complaining that the organization was not reaching out to African-American churches.

The Downtown Statesville Development Corporation is encouraging Statesville residents to spend $50 a month in locally owned businesses to spur the Buy Local initiative.

As a recent amputee, every day I seem to meet a different challenge. In this recent heat that we have been experiencing this liner that I must wear sure makes me hot.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder warned on Wednesday of increased "radicalization" of Americans in recent months, two days after seven people were arrested in North Carolina for allegedly plotting attacks overseas.

The economy is showing signs of stabilizing in some regions of the country, especially in parts of the Northeast and Midwest, bolstering hopes of a broader recovery this year.

The mantra is freshness at Jamil Kadoura's restaurant, Mediterranean Deli, or "Med Deli" as the locals call it in Chapel Hill.

Spring has arrived in the craggy, fog-shrouded mountains of North Carolina - but entire hillsides of spruce fir and hemlock trees won't awaken from their winter rest.

Debi Faubion wipes a tear during a commercial break, Erica Bryant on left co-anchor Vince Coakley on right .Debbie Faubion has been at Channel 9 anchor since 1990,signed off the 6PM newscast Thursday.