Mecklenburg County News

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

Mecklenburg County was slated to pay the town of Mint Hill for providing fire services to unincorporated areas around the county.

For M/I Homes Charlotte, the third time was a farm. In its recent push to self-develop raw land into lots, the most-permitted homebuilder last year in Mecklenburg County has won its first of three rezoning battles to develop and build a residential subdivision.

After months of searching, Mecklenburg County's Department of Social Services has a new director.

Mecklenburg County has issued its most valuable building permit of the year - and the largest since January 2012 - worth nearly $52 million, for work on the $85 million South Mint Apartments project.

A suspected murderer hasn't gone to trial three years after he was charged with killing his cousin in south Charlotte.

For a second time, a judge has dismissed DWI charges against Tim Newman. The former head of the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority was arrested in May 2012 and charged with drunken driving.

A bill that would put the Wake County Board of Commissioners in control of area school buildings and land moved closer to passage Wednesday, despite criticism that it was politically motivated.

Commissioner Vilma Leake raises her hand to ask a question during a County Commissioners meeting at the Government Center January 8, 2013.

BGEA says Billy Graham charities target of IRS FBI agents are digging into allegations Wednesday morning of the IRS targeting conservative groups.

Almost a week after a crime spree that started in Mecklenburg County and ended in Anson County, a third and final suspect has been arrested.

After a strong showing last week in Mecklenburg County building permits received, Crescent Communities, the developer based in the city, is doing even better this week.

For more than a decade, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools officials have talked of the need for a new gym at Myers Park High School.

The Charlotte Observer reported that former Mecklenburg County District Judge Bill Belk will face the bar's disciplinary hearing commission in August on charges of lying during a 2009 investigation into possible misconduct in office.

MeckLINK will move its new operations to 42,112 square feet at the Atrium Corporate Center, sparking a turnaround for the three-building office complex on Stuart Andrew Boulevard that went back to its lender last summer.

A Union man sought by authorities in connection with a fatal stabbing Saturday evening is now in custody in North Carolina.

A member of the county chairwoman's own political party has called on her to resign after reading her comments in a Charlotte Business Journal blog from last week.

Members of the North Carolina House of Representatives have an important decision to make.

Summer is almost here and that means it is time to start thinking about summer camps.

Charlotte's public hearing on the stormwater-fee increase will be 7 p.m. Monday at the Government Center, 600 E 4th St.