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 On  Tuesday morning part of Interstate 485 outer loop in Matthews was closed due to a crash that left one person dead .  More than 1,700 people were killed in car crashes in 2021. The 5% increase from 2020 made 2021 the  deadliest on North Carolina streets in two decades . Officials say so far this year, the trend seems to be leveling out. “The roads have not changed significantly since 2020. Dri...

An eighth grader was arrested by the  Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department  for reportedly making threats of "mass violence" against  Southwest Middle School  in Charlotte, CMPD said. According to police, on Sept. 19, school staff alerted a school resource officer at Southwest Middle School that a massing shooting threat had been posted on Instagram. Officers were able to track the Instagram ac...

It took until Week 3, but the Carolina Panthers have their first win of the season. The Panthers took control of the game early using a strong defense, commendable offense, and undeniable determination to defeat the New Orleans Saints 22-7 at home on Sunday. Both teams traded punts to open the first three possessions but things changed quickly with five minutes left in the 1st Quarter. Alvin Kamar...

Emails released between state officials show that  Gaston County Schools  administrators were advised to not transition to a payroll system that has led to missing paychecks and retirement funds. North Carolina Representative  Kelly Hastings  (R-110) revealed emails between him and Eric Moore, North Carolina General Assembly Fiscal Analyst, that show partially what led to payroll issues impacting...

 New York’s  attorney general  sued former President Donald Trump and his company for fraud on Wednesday, alleging they padded his net worth by billions of dollars by lying about the value of prized assets including golf courses, hotels and his homes at Trump Tower and Mar-a-Lago. Attorney General Letitia James dubbed it: “The art of the steal.” James' lawsuit, filed in state court in New York, is...

The   Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners   has voted to approve guidelines by which all property values in the county are assessed.  It's one of the final steps in the reappraisal process of all 400,000 properties in the county.  The county has been working on reassessing property values for the past two years, which could lead to property taxes going up for thousands of homeowners. The new...

Gaston County school  employees made their voices heard at the  Gaston County Board of Education  meeting on Monday. In a  post  on social media,  NCAE  President Pam Miller called for students, parents and concerned citizens to participate in a rally and walk-in at the BOE meeting Monday evening.  The rally began at 5 p.m., just outside the school district headquarters, with several educators joi...

The  Carowinds  theme park closed early Saturday night, but park officials said unruly guest behavior led to panic inside. The amusement park kicked off the spooky season with Scarowind this weekend. However, a night of thrills turned into a night of horror for families. “We were walking normally then out of nowhere a massive crowd of probably like, between 50 and 100 people running towards us scr...

Mecklenburg County is expanding access to monkeypox vaccination appointments as cases continue to climb in the Charlotte area. Richard DeVayne has details on who is eligible for walk-in appointments as health officials in Charlotte attempt to contain the virus before it spreads even further. Tens of thousands of people are waiting in miles-long lines to pay their final respects to Queen Elizabeth...

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is calling on state lawmakers to pass legislation that would exempt those who have their student loans forgiven from paying state income tax . Under current North Carolina law, forgiven loans are considered income, thus making anyone whose loans are forgiven responsible for around $500 for every $10,000. Wake Up Charlotte's Richard DeVayne has the details on Cooper's...

Upending the political debate, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham introduced a  nationwide abortion ban  Tuesday, sending shockwaves through both parties and igniting fresh debate on a fraught issue weeks before the  midterm elections  that will determine control of Congress. Graham's own Republican Party leaders did not immediately embrace his abortion ban bill, which would prohibit the procedure aft...

The Gaston County Schools Superintendent apologized to staff members with incorrect or missing paychecks during a town hall meeting Monday night.  "I have great regrets that all this is done to different people,"  Jeffrey Booker,  Gaston County Schools Superintendent said.  For months now some employees received incorrect or no paychecks due to a new payroll system. The payroll system, currently a...

 Efforts to curb the violence in  Mecklenburg County  continue with a community event in the Beatties Ford Road community, Saturday afternoon. The  Alternatives to Violence Teams (ATV)  are getting to know the people they are serving through its meet-and-greet event. More importantly, the organization wants the residents to know their faces as they push to stop violence in the area. There was a DJ...

 South Carolina senators  rejected a ban on almost all abortions  Thursday in a special session called in the aftermath of the  U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade . Although Republicans had a majority of votes to pass the ban, Republican Sen. Tom Davis threatened to filibuster and proponents of the ban could not get the extra votes to stop him. Davis, the chief of staff for former...

Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability across much of a turbulent century, died Thursday, Sept 8 after 70 years on the throne. She was 96. The palace announced she died at Balmoral Castle, her summer residence in Scotland, where members of the royal family had rushed to her side after her health took a turn for the worse. A link to the almost-vanished genera...

A woman walking along the  McAlpine Creek Greenway  in Charlotte Thursday morning was assaulted by a suspect who also attempted to rape her, according to the  Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. Around 11 a.m., the woman was walking on the greenway near Margaret Wallace Road, which is located near Independence Boulevard and north of McAlpine Creek Park.  "A male suspect assaulted her and atte...

On Wednesday The South Carolina Senate will debate  a near-total abortion ban  that right now, does not include exceptions for pregnancies caused by rape or incest.  Abortion exceptions for rape and incest up to 12 weeks of pregnancy were removed by a 7-3 vote from a Senate committee Tuesday. Democrats abstained from voting in an effort to prevent the bill from passing through the legislature.  “T...

Charlotte welcomes a new city council on Tuesday, September 6 during a swearing-in ceremony. The new council includes mostly familiar faces with a few new names.   "The priority should be 'let's get back to basics.' We've had a lot of self-inflicted wounds, we really need to go back and think about regular infrastructure, potholes, the job of the city," Tariq Bokhari, district six councilman, said...

Authorities say a man shot at police on Sunday when they approached him about an assault report. On Sunday, the  Gaston County Police Department  released details about a shooting between officers and Matthew Curtis Buford, 33, on Stoney Oaks Drive.  The situation began on Sunday when a resident on Stoney Oaks Drive told police they found a vehicle on their property. Officers arrived and found an...

A suspect is hospitalized in critical condition after being shot by Concord police officers at Concord Mills Mall Wednesday. Two other suspects, who weren't injured during the incident, were also arrested.  Concord police responded to the mall after a shopper called 911 saying her credit cards were stolen. The caller gave the dispatcher a description of the suspects, according to Concord police. ...

Fittingly,  Davidson College  honored its most famous alumnus with a "Curry for 3" ceremony. Steph Curry, who has the most made three-point shots in NBA history, was given a three-part event to celebrate three big accomplishments on Wednesday. Curry, who famously led the Wildcats to the Elite 8 in 2008 and is the school's second all-time leading scorer, had his No. 30 jersey retired and entered Da...

A 14-year-old student is now in juvenile custody after the  Rock Hill Police Department  said the teen aimed a gun at other students during a fight Tuesday morning. This is now the second time within a week a gun was found on a Rock Hill campus. The department said a School Resource Officer was watching students during class transitions just before 9 a.m. when students in the electives hallway yel...

 House Lawmakers are preparing to debate  legislation Tuesday that would outlaw nearly all abortions  in South Carolina except for those needed to save a mother's life. This comes two months after the  U.S. Supreme Court Overturned Roe v. Wade , which left the legality of abortions to state lawmakers to decide.  House Democrats and Republicans are gearing up for a possible two day debate they say...

A Raleigh mother told  WCNC Charlotte  her three-year-old was enrolled at  Tutor Time 's Steele Creek branch last week.  "My daughter is living with her grandmother right now in Charlotte. My son, her brother, is having some health issues," Alyssa Stillwell explained. "They don't know what's going on, but he has severe neutropenia. He cannot get sick. Because he's also in kidney failure, he's at r...

Alder Alfonso Marin-Sotelo, one of two brothers charged in the Aug. 11 murder of a Wake County deputy, was transferred Thursday to a Wake County jail and appeared in court the same afternoon. On Thursday, Marin-Sotelo was appointed a court-appointed attorney. Marin-Sotelo will remain in a Wake County jail without parole. An arraignment or trial date have yet to be scheduled. Before Thursday's cour...