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Charlotte leaders held a special meeting Tuesday afternoon about the proposed one-cent sales tax to pay for transit and road projects and gave an update on purchasing the tracks needed for the Red Line commuter train to Lake Norman.   Charlotte City Council's transportation committee discussed draft legislation language enabling a countywide 1% sales tax to fund these projects and create a regiona...

On Monday, Matthews town leaders voted against a new sales tax proposal to fund new regional transportation. "While intended to improve regional transit, this plan fails to provide fair benefits to all communities," Matthews Town Commissioner Ken McCool wrote on social media this weekend.   Matthews officials had been optimistic that a long-discussed Silver Line train would run through east Charlo...

Thousands of students in Iredell County are heading back to school Monday.  The Iredell-Statesville School District will welcome back students two weeks before most other districts in the state. Students and staff can expect some new safety upgrades when they return to class. WCNC Charlotte is taking a closer look. More news: https://www.wcnc.com/local Watch WCNC Charlotte each weekday morning fro...

A Delta flight carrying Carolina Panthers players was met with emergency vehicles after it ran off the runway at Charlotte Douglas International Airport early Friday morning, the airline said. The plane, Delta Flight 8860, landed on taxiway 36R closest to the Billy Graham Parkway around 2:35 a.m., before it went into mud, the airline said.  No injuries were reported following the incident, accordi...

Tropical Storm Debby made landfall in South Carolina early Thursday morning and is bringing the impacts of heavy rain and flash flooding to North Carolina. Chief Meteorologist Brad Panovich said while we can't rule out severe weather from Debby in the Charlotte area, the biggest impact so far is flooding. This threat is made worse by how slow Debby is moving north. Because it's crawling, the storm...

It will be a few more years before Charlotteans begin to see buildings go up for the long-awaited Brooklyn Village development. The project, a long time coming, still has a long way to go. On Wednesday, the developers will give the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners an update on the $700 million project's progress. The entire project will bring more than 1,200 apartments, including affordab...

A Gold Line station in Charlotte's Elizabeth neighborhood was destroyed by a crash over the weekend, transit officials said.   The crash happened around 4:30 a.m. Sunday at the intersection of East Eighth Street and Hawthorne Avenue, according to the Charlotte Area Transit System. The impact was so violent that the only things left standing were steel guardrails and the concrete platform. Glass fr...

Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas could see impacts in the days ahead from Hurricane Debby. This is the fourth storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season.  With the positioning of a high-pressure system to the west combined with a cold front to the north, Debby made landfall in Steinhatchee, Florida early Monday as a Category 1 hurricane. Debby gained strength Sunday, becoming a hurricane before...

After a years-long debate over outer carrier vests, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is now allowing patrol officers to wear them without a doctor's note.   The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Fraternal Order of Police said Police Chief Johnny Jennings has denied its requests to let patrol officers wear outer carrier vests for years. Only specialized units are allowed to wear the vests, and patro...

Clover School District students and staff return to the classroom this Thursday, and the number of students continues to grow each year. Because of this growth, students at Clover High School will see some new renovations and ongoing construction is taking place to prepare for three new school in two years.  Superintendent Dr. Sheila Quinn said a lot of preparing for this school year has coincided...

A day after confirming he wouldn’t be a candidate for Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said Tuesday at a public event that he’s excited that Democrats “have a lot of great options for her to choose from.” Speaking in coastal Brunswick County with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan to celebrate federal funding for land conserva...

Federal Medicaid regulators have signed off on a proposal by North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper 's administration to offer scores of hospitals in the state a financial incentive to eliminate patients' medical debt and carry out policies that discourage future liabilities. Cooper’s office said Monday that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services late last week approved the plan submitted by the s...

The Olympics are in Paris but one of the games' hottest events is almost 10,000 miles away.   Olympic surfing is being hosted in the small island nation of Tahiti. Paris officials say the decision to hold surfing there aligns with their goal of spreading the games across France.  Tahiti is the largest nation in French Polynesia and one of France's most well-known territories. The village where sur...

The Summer Olympics will officially kick off Friday with a first-of-its-kind Opening Ceremony in the heart of Paris, France.   The event is expected to last nearly four hours and will feature dozens of boats floating down the Seine River carrying thousands of Olympic athletes to the Eiffel Tower. The French weather service said Thursday rain showers could hit the Paris region when the ceremony tak...

After weeks of high temperatures and dry conditions, a wet pattern has settled over the Charlotte area, bringing inches of much-needed rain to the region.   The WCNC Weather Impact Team wants the Charlotte area to stay Weather Aware on Thursday due to the the threat of flash flooding and excessive rain. Read more: https://www.wcnc.com/article/weather/weather-impact/flash-flooding-risk-rain-charlot...

Former President Donald Trump is visiting Charlotte on Wednesday for a campaign rally. It comes just one day after the director of the Secret Service resigned in the aftermath of the assassination attempt against Trump. Last Thursday, the last night of the Republican National Convention, Trump formally accepted the Republican nomination for president and gave a lengthy speech, the longest speech a...

An updated look at Charlotte's crime trend data on Monday shows the city is still facing an increased number of crimes committed by juveniles.   In 2023, there was a historic spike in crimes involving juveniles, according to the police department. That trend continued into 2024. Read more: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/crime/charlotte-police-crime-trends/275-0cfdbaf4-8abe-464f-880b-619e086b745...

President Joe Biden's decision to drop his 2024 reelection bid comes at a difficult time for the Democratic party, and leaves an open question about who will replace him less than four months before the election.   For weeks, many Democrats had been pushing Biden to exit the race. But as the pressure mounted, so did questions about how the Democratic party would move forward without the de facto n...

A widespread Microsoft outage that disrupted flights, banks, media outlets and companies around the world on Friday trickled into local systems as well. Major disruptions were reported by airlines and airports grew as the outage permeated the nation. The FAA said the airlines United, American, Delta and Allegiant were all been grounded due to the issue.  WCNC Charlotte is keeping a running list an...

With short supply and eroded savings, buying a home continues to stay out of reach for many Americans.   "It leaves you feeling stressed and hopeless," Charlotte resident Lapri Holmes said. "To find affordable housing in Charlotte is slim to none." Holmes knows all too well the challenge of buying a home before she was given a brand-new home from Habitat from Humanity of the Charlotte Region last...

Raphael Wright, the man charged with raping and killing a woman in northwest Charlotte in June, saw his bond raised when he appeared in court Tuesday afternoon. Judge Reggie McKnight agreed with the prosecution's argument that Wright shouldn't be allowed to be free during the trial, raising his total bond on both rape and murder charges to $850,000 total. Wright's defense attorney tried to argue h...

Some CMS summer school teachers are spending the summer swimming in a pool of debt after they didn't get their paychecks on time. One of those teachers is Bethina Thomas, who suffered for weeks before finally speaking up .  The good news is Thomas did get her paycheck, but she's still paying the price.  FULL STORY: https://www.wcnc.com/article/money/mecklenburg-county-summer-teacher-pay/275-467019...

President Joe Biden on Sunday urged Americans to reject political violence and recommit themselves to resolving their differences peacefully, saying the upcoming presidential election will be a “time of testing” in the aftermath of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump . NBC's Jay Gray joins us from Pennsylvania with the latest on the investigation, including new details abo...

There have been multiple claims about a shooting spree in Charlotte, North Carolina.  WCNC Charlotte has seen so many claims on social media. Many of these videos have incorrect information so before you share something you need to make sure it's correct. READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/verify/charlotte-north-carolina-shooting-spree-crime/275-7428fd2d-16ea-47d7-916d-94dc6e09cb24 Watch...

York County officials have meetings scheduled for July 16 and July 18 to discuss expanding the county's transit system. The director of RFATS in York County, David Hooper, said with the growth the area has seen, the conversation of expanding roadways and transit was inevitable. “This area is growing," Hooper told WCNC Charlotte. "We have a lot of new people coming into the area, businesses coming...