Union County News

The environmental impact statement for the Monroe Connector/Bypass says the new expressway won't have any effect on the region's poor air quality, and that it won't cause people to drive more miles.

Whether to give discounts to groups that pay tuition for University of North Carolina students who excel on the field or in the classroom still isn't settled four years after the practice began.

A Union County dentist has been arrested on multiple charges related to the discovery of 54 marijuana plants at his home, the sheriff's office says.

CONCORD a ' Tom Dillard will retire July 30 from his position as director of the four-branch Cabarrus County Public Library system.

Stuff the Bus: The homeless needs have increased drastically within the last couple of months.

Strong thunderstorms are pounding the Charlotte area again this evening, producing a host of warnings but few reports of actual damage.

Bev Perdue speaks at Elizabeth Traditional Elementary School about her education priorities as state budget negotiations aproceed in the General Assembly.

Officers in Union County are investigating an attempted child abduction. A 9-year-old girl told her parents that two black men in a van pulled up to her in the Somerset neighborhood and asked her to get inside.

Officers in Union County are investigating an attempted child abduction. A 9-year-old girl told her parents that two black men in a van pulled up to her in the Somerset neighborhood and asked her to get inside.

MONROE A new 43-mile natural gas pipeline, which has caused rancorous land negotiations in northern Union County, consternation in neighboring Cabarrus County and a pending N.C. Utilities Commission complaint, is about one-fifth done and moving forward.

Union County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Ed Davis is the 2009-2010 N.C. Southwest Regional Superintendent of the Year.

Three months ago, a Union County girl called 911 when her mother had an emergency.

Shoppers pick through the fresh vegetables at the Meeting Street Market at Cedar Walk in south Charlotte Tuesday.

MONROE Union County Schools like many other school systems in the south Charlotte suburbs are preparing for budget shortfalls that could mean teacher layoffs, larger classes and postponing maintenance work for older schools.

Union County Sheriff's deputies are looking for a man wanted in connection with the fatal stabbing of a neighbor Tuesday night.

Heather Thompson's blackened and bloodied face has served as a warning to battered women in North Carolina.

Denise Whitley, a former mayor and current councilwoman in this small Union County town, is charged with forgery and obtaining property under false pretences.

A Union County Commission proposal could scuttle a planned volunteer fire station.

Improvements to the intersection of Faith Church Road and Unionville-Indian Trail Road, one of the area's most dangerous, may start in a few weeks.

A third lawyer has agreed to plead guilty in a mortgage fraud operation involving six pricey Union County neighborhoods and Charlotte's Piper Glen golf course community.