The N.C. Department of Transportation has awarded 30 highway and rail contracts valued at $165.9 million, including eight projects funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Siemens Energy on Thursday will announce an expansion - its second in Charlotte in less than a year - that should bring more than 800 jobs and at least $170 million in local investment over five years.

Police say a 15-year-old girl was shot in the leg while walking home from school Wednesday afternoon.

Police are looking for suspects in a pair of drive-by shootings overnight in Charlotte, including one incident in which someone fired into a residence occupied by a child.

Officers are searching for the man who shot a man in east Charlotte Tuesday afternoon.

Firefighters say they had to rescued at least six people during a four-alarm apartment fire early Tuesday morning.

Real estate transactions represent transfer of real property recorded with the Gaston County Register of Deeds.

Police say they've arrested two men who led them on a high-speed chase through two counties early Monday morning.

Jason Lewis, former drive time host of Charlotte's WBT radio and current host on KTLK in Minneopolis when not filling in for Rush Limbaugh, will be in Charlotte on Friday, March 5, for a luncheon honoring SC-5 Congressional candidate Sen.

Someone hit and killed a man walking across Eastway Drive in Charlotte Saturday night.

A high-end fish market is headed to Crosland's Tranquil Court on Selwyn. Clean Catch Fish Market specializes in responsibly fished and caught seafood, according to the company.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police's North Division teamed up with the Mecklenburg ABC Unit to hold a DWI checking station from 11 p.m. Friday until 3 a.m. Saturday.

Investigators are questioning two men in connection with a robbery and a separate home invasion in east Charlotte, Thursday evening.

A driver was arrested early this morning after his car got struck on railroad tracks in the University area and was struck by a train.

Two toddlers killed in a house fire will be laid to rest this Saturday. The children -- 14-month-old Gabriel and 2-year-old Josiah Hawthorne -- died when their west Charlotte home caught fire Sunday morning.

Police have identified a man whose skeletal remains were found in the woods near the Buster Boyd Bridge last month.

President Barack Obama surprised diners at Mrs. Wilkes' Dining Room, 107 W. Jones St., in the heart of Savannah's picturesque historic district.

A man charged with shooting and killing his ex-girlfriend early Sunday morning in west Charlotte was arrested overnight in Detroit, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police announced this morning.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police searched for a minivan involved in three robberies Tuesday.

Police are investigating human skeletal remains found in a wooded area off Strollaway Road, near the Buster Boyd bridge and Lake Wylie.