Mecklenburg News

A federal judge sent Royce Mitchell back to prison for 30 months Wednesday, a day after hearing taped testimony that Mitchell twice had sex with his adopted teenage sister, who was fatally shot in September.

It's surely true that many hands make light work. They also make for fun work if Darren and Beth McGee are in charge.

In a corner of Germany cloaked from the West for 40 years lies a fairy-tale land of lakes and castles.

Rita Kellogg is a tiny slip of a woman, probably no more than 100 pounds soaking wet.

Several Finger Lakes Farmstead Cheese makers will open their doors to the public from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct.

Faced with layoffs at the city's big banks and the potential loss of Bank of America's headquarters to New York, Mecklenburg leaders have been quietly recruiting energy-related firms to the region.

Standing in front of jurors Monday, Glenn Cole turned away and pointed at Seyi Odueso.

Four years ago, Christy Ann Galvin was found slain in her bed. The 26-year-old former UNC Charlotte volleyball star had been strangled and her left wrist cut.

Bel Canto alpaca farm is hosting a fall festival from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday on Buck Hill Road in Trumansburg.

CHARLOTTE Federal prosecutors are preparing documents to revoke Royce Mitchell's probation, which means he'll stay in the Mecklenburg jail until state charges of raping his 15-year-old adopted sister are dealt with, authorities said.

As dusk settled around a tidy suburban house one recent evening, an unexpected sound spilled from the front door: the smooth, soulful notes of a gospel song, spiraling into the steamy, late-summer air.

Wine and cheese in the Finger Lakes? Increasingly, yes, thanks to family dairy farms in the region that are finding a way to meet growing demand for all foods local.

CHARLOTTE Charlotte-Mecklenburg police say they've broken up a professional burglary ring that targeted south Charlotte homes over holiday weekends and sent the stolen goods to New York and South America.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said they've uncovered a professional burglary ring with national and international ties in south Charlotte.

CHARLOTTE Charlotte-Mecklenburg police say they've broken up a professional burglary ring that targeted south Charlotte homes over holiday weekends and sent the stolen goods to New York and South America.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police say they've helped crack an East Coast burglary ring that targeted south Charlotte homes and shipped some of the stolen goods to South America.

A bill allowing the Onslow Water and Sewer Authority to pump treated wastewater into aquifers won't pass this session.

ULYSSES - Investigators are trying to determine what caused a fire that leveled a large barn at the Houghton Farm Monday afternoon.

Upcoming events at the Cayuga Nature Center: * An in-service training, 'Flying WILD' through the Department of Environmental Conservation, is scheduled for 4-7 p.m. Thursday for teachers and interested community members.

The best teachers tend to leave when their schools experience an influx of African-American students, according to a study of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg, N.C., school district published today.