Matthews News

Four men have been arrested after a home invasion Friday night on Dave McCracken Road in Siler City in which a man was tied up with duct tape and robbed.

Two men face kidnapping, robbery and burglary charges in a Friday night home invasion in which Chatham County sheriff's deputies say a man who lived on the same road as one of the suspects was bound with duct tape.

Stallings police chief Michael Dummett has been placed on paid administrative leave.

Children's summer camps hosted by the Town of Matthews have a history of filling up quickly.

Valentine's Day is one of the year's top restaurant events in Charlotte with everyone eating out with their sweetie, and nearly every restaurant planning a special menu.

Smalls Food &Spirits: Pan Roasted N.C. Shrimp Salad with House-Made Peppered Buttermilk Dressing__The photo credit should be: Poprock Photography January brings to Charlotte the clever Restaurant Week, giving diners a shot at $30 meals that usually cost more.

Stallings has put its police chief on paid administrative leave while it investigates a complaint against him made by "several departmental employees," Stallings Mayor Lynda Paxton confirmed today.

Dr. Michael Land holds a Marlin 30-30 lever action deer rifle behind his home in Wesley Chapel in this 2008 file photo.

The Charlotte has quite a craft-beer community brewing, as was showcased Saturday night at the Neighborhood Theatre at the Queen City Brewers Festival.

The right lane of inbound Independence Blvd. is blocked at Sardis Rd. North as DOT crews repair traffic signals damaged in an earlier accident.

Chris Matthews, natural resources manager for Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation, recently developed a page, bit.ly/cltcoyotes , where residents can report coyote sightings and find out more about the animal that's been a hot topic for months.

There was a heavy presence of Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers at M.L.K. Middle School Friday afternoon because of rumors that violence might break out.

MF Global Inc. 's brokerage customers can't have the bankruptcy of the company's parent converted to a Chapter 7 liquidation or conduct their own probe into its collapse, a judge ruled U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn denied a request from former commodity customer Sapere Wealth Management LLC in papers filed today in Manhattan bankruptcy court.

Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans was remembered as a vibrant force for good in Durham, in North Carolina and beyond at a funeral attended by some 1,800 mourners today at Duke Chapel.

Mooresville-based Lowe's, Inc. named Dollar General CEO Rick Dreiling to its board of directors on Friday, adding a longtime consumer goods executive to the mix.

The Raleigh Fire Department received a call at 8:20 p.m. about the blaze at an apartment at 2613 McNeill St., near Old Wake Forest Road.

The town of Matthews and the Wake County school board have reached a tentative agreement that should bring a new park to the Rice Road area of Matthews.

Harris Teeter is helping Kelli Fagala, 12, and her sister Micah, 11, 'give back to people who really need it' during a food drive Saturday, Feb.

Matthews-based Family Dollar recently won a round in a discrimination lawsuit brought by female store managers, but the plaintiffs are attempting to appeal a judge's recent ruling denying them class action status.

U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan will kick off a yearlong jobs tour today in Scotland County, which has the highest unemployment rate in the state.