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Charlotte-Mecklenburg police say they expect to be ready for any problems at Speed Street this weekend.

"Substantially, what you saw last year is going to be what you see this year, with some refinements," said Deputy Chief Harold Medlock on Wednesday.

Speed Street opens on Thursday and runs through the weekend in uptown Charlott...Read More

Sam Spencer walked through what his life will be like in early September in uptown on Wednesday.

He's president of the Young Democrats of North Carolina, and was just elected as one of the state's delegates at the Democratic National Convention. It's a list that includes the governor and members of Congress.

"A lot of what the de...Read More

The Ku Klux Klan plans to hold a rally this weekend in Iredell County.

The town of Harmony is a farming community north of Statesville. People taking a break for lunch Wednesday were talking about the planned rally.

While many don't agree with their views, they don't think it can or should be stopped.

“Everybody get...Read More

Prosecutors and a judge both said a Ponzi scheme is worst financial crime they've ever seen.

Shuffling into the federal courthouse, Keith Simmons was a long way from the jet-setting swindler prosecutors say he once was.

With a Ponzi scheme running through a company called Black Diamond, court documents say Simmons “fed his ...Read More

The French woman accused of causing a security scare on a Charlotte-bound plane Tuesday will not be charged.

Federal officials said there is not enough evidence to support charges against the woman.

The plane was diverted to Maine after authorities said the woman told a flight attendant that she had a device inside her.

T...Read More

A national group thinks a Maiden church should lose its tax-exempt status after the pastor gave a controversial sermon that included comments on President Obama.

During the May 13 sermon, Pastor Charles Worley also said gay people should be kept inside a fence. His comments have drawn national attention.  

“If somebody...Read More

With tens of thousands of people expected to pack Charlotte for the Democratic National Convention, local hospitals are preparing for every type of emergency possible.

One thing they will be using during the event is an emergency room on wheels. CMC's MED-1 will be ready to help at a moment's notice.

"To both provide urgent care,...Read More

Last week, Dr. Luke J. Byrnes and the team at Catawba Valley Medical Center’s Heart Catheterization Lab performed the region’s first-ever radial heart catheterization -- a revolutionary diagnostic and treatment technique for coronary artery disease.

The method, which goes through the wrist as opposed through the femoral arter...Read More

A woman has been charged with second-degree kidnapping after deputies say she took her 18-month-old niece from the child's home.

Iredell County deputies were called to a Statesville home on Monday after the child had been taken from her mother. The child’s aunt had walked into the home without permission, grabbed the child and walk...Read More

A Cleveland County couple is accused of leaving their horses in the middle of a field with no food.

Three weeks ago, someone mowing grass around a gas line in Grover noticed the horses and called Animal Control.

Animal Control discovered the horse owners lived in Rutherfordton.

“The owners just left them there for s...Read More