Just after noon, and with no warning, the staff at Creative Loafing Charlotte received a visit from their publisher, who informed them that the paper was shutting down, they no longer had jobs, and they had five minutes to collect their things and make way for the movers.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr Putney is beginning a series of guided conversations intended to close gaps among constituencies in advance of the RNC in 2020. ‘Hardening the target,’ he calls it.

After a fatal shooting Monday morning at Butler High in Matthews, parents were reduced to accepting the death of only one student, as opposed to more, as a twisted blessing.

'To build; that will be their consolation'

In the age of information, how much do we actually know?

Coach Frank McKinney looks to build a winning lineup

Can Charlotte benefit from a more robust network of colleges and universities?

After sweeping the primaries and running unopposed in the general election, the D.A. gets another four years

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