Mecklenburg County News

Gov. Mike Easley has declared two North Carolina counties state disaster areas by the remnants of Tropical Storm Fay damaged more than 200 structures.

Torrential rain from the remnants of Tropical Storm Fay this week helped pull North Carolina out of the worst category of drought, but a scientist said Friday the drought is far from over.

Heavy rain from remnants of Tropical Storm Fay overwhelmed storm drains, flooded streams and prompted tornado warnings today throughout a wide swath of central North Carolina.

Gaston County Commissioner John Torbett asked county staff to prepare an ordinance banning registered sex offenders from county parks.

Forecasters said rain and thunderstorms still threatened North Carolina on Thursday, but with less intensity than the day before, as remnants of Tropical Storm Fay moved toward the coast.

Record rainfall from the remnants of Tropical Storm Fay is flooding area streets, forcing the evacuations of homes and closing some area schools Wednesday.

ASHEVILLE Remnants of Tropical Storm Fay brought heavy rain and cut power to thousands of customers in Western North Carolina.

Comments on Topix forums : Charlotte The former North Carolina sheriff who quit his post last year for a federal job says he is coming home after less than a year in Washington, but denies it's because of his ...

RALEIGHProsecutors began laying out a case today that former state Rep. Thomas Wright concealed more than $100,000 in campaign contributions over seven years sometimes on purpose so that voters would not know ...

Andy Bunn's first step in treating dirty kitchen grease is to pour it, or "prescreen" it, through cheesecloth.

"This is 911. Do you need police, fire or medic?" It is a call when seconds can save a life or catch a criminal.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police say 18-year-old murder suspect Vanessa Hines turned herself in Friday after being on the run for several days.

A 19-year-old woman accused of shooting and killing a Charlotte teenager earlier this week has surrendered to police.

A third person has been charged for her involvement in a March 4 shooting in Graham that was considered retaliation for a Burlington stabbing the night before.

CHARLOTTE A man has been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted in the 1993 shooting deaths of two teenage girls in Mecklenburg County.

Tasha Lopes and Raylynn Chelton were only teenagers when their lives were cut short in 1993.

Comments on Topix forums : Charlotte Charlotte-Mecklenburg police arrested four drivers and seized six cars after a group of people turned a 13-mile stretch of Interstate 485 into a drag-racing strip.

Today's capture of Octavia Clipper marks 1,000 arrests for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department's Violent Criminal Apprehension Team .

To comment on this story, e-mail Ann Marie O'Keefe . POSTED: 5:00 pm EDT August 13, 2008 UPDATED: 5:31 pm EDT August 13, 2008 CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The gloom outside the Mecklenburg County Courthouse was no ...

Steward Scher, whose career as an aspiring singer was profiled in the Charlotte Observer in 2007, has been charged with possession of child pornography.