Union County News

If Indian Trail is to transform into the shining star of Union County, the practice of conducting town business in a converted garage is an act some local leaders would like to end.

Thanks to the Piedmont cluster schools, a Dominican teen and his family are the proud owners of a brand new home.

An occupant of the home fired the shot, the sheriff's office says. Union County authorities say the man shot to death when he allegedly broke into a home early Thursday was a 25-year-old from Monroe.

North Carolina officials are charging a Union County man with parading into a bar dressed in a stolen police uniform, complete with Taser and handcuffs.

The State Bureau of Investigations told WBTV that it is working with the North Carolina Board of Pharmacy to investigate a former Union County EMS paramedic.

A home invasion in Union County turned deadly when the people inside shot and killed the armed intruder.

One person was shot and killed early Thursday morning during an attempted burglary at a house in eastern Union County, the sheriff's office says.

One person was shot and killed during a burglary in Marshville early Thursday morning.

Authorities in Union County arrested a man they say stole a police uniform, taser and handcuffs and walked into a bar posing as an officer.

Leaders in Indian Trail will get their chance later this month to make amendments to a $12.3 million proposed budget that as of now has no tax increase but does earmark $35,000 to determine if the town needs more Union County Sheriff's Office deputies.

After nearly seven years of deliberation about a site for the new Weddington water tower, town council members voted unanimously this week on a resolution in favor of putting it on Hemby Road.

Union County sheriff's investigators say the suspect in a stabbing death last weekend had been found in a Charlotte, N.C., hospital.

Sheriffs Eddie Cathy of Union County, David Carpenter of Lincoln, and Terry Johnson of Alamance, among others, criticize what they consider a lack of border security.

Residents from Marvin and Weddington had their chance this week to learn more about a planned power line, voicing health and aesthetic concerns about the line's path.

First Book-Charlotte, founded in 2006 by Erin McClure and Colleen Ludington, is part of the First Book national organization.

Among them is a proposal to hire retired BellSouth executive Krista Tillman to help guide the county in the search for a new manager and to lead a study on effectiveness and efficiency of government operations.

Union County resident Bea Colson. In 1985, she led the fight to get the county to approve changing the name of Negro Head Creek.

Another North Carolina county is being warned about a possible lawsuit because county commissioners frequently open public meetings with Christian prayers.

Monroe, N.C. -- PETA has fired off a letter to Ronnie Parker, general manager of Monroe, N.C.-based Circle S Ranch, Inc., asking him to institute a policy immediately against hiring and contracting with drivers who have a record of driving-related offenses or who have been found to have been at fault in an accident.

Crews are hard at work cleaning up the mess in Monroe after a cargo train collided with a big rig in Union County on Tuesday.