2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (360+ words) Authorities say a Walmart receipt led them to identify the 28-year-old suspect accused of shooting a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer on Wednesday. Dionte Antonio McCracking is charged with attempted murder of a law enforcement officer and possession of a firearm by…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (369+ words) Given President Trump’s glaring unpopularity, many Republicans decided to stay away from their party’s unorthodox midterm convention in Dallas this week. Michael Whatley did not. At this point, Whatley doesn’t have much to lose by appearing at the convention, but it’s…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (480+ words) A former office tower will now become uptown Charlotte’s newest luxury hotel. Marriott Bonvoy’s W Hotel brand will take over the former Wachovia Center at 400 S. Tryon St., according to a news release Wednesday from New York-based developer Spandrel Development....

4+ day, 35+ min ago   (258+ words) A police officer remains in a hospital after being shot by a suspect in a northwest Charlotte residential neighborhood, CMPD said. The officer’s identity and details of his injuries have not been released. Investigators say the shooting happened just before…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (221+ words) Three firefighters were hurt, and a fire engine was heavily damaged during a “challenging” 24-hour period for first responders in North Carolina’s Rowan County. The firefighters were hurt while battling a fire Tuesday that destroyed a home in the West…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (753+ words) Another piece of Charlotte’s architectural history has been torn down. A larger data center will replace it. The more than 100-year-old Court Arcade building at 725 E. Trade St. in uptown Charlotte was demolished Monday. As of Tuesday, the site was…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (66+ words) charlotteobserver.com The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is investigating a shooting involving an officer Tuesday afternoon in the University City neighborhood, a CMPD alert stated. The shooting occurred in the 4200 block of Autumn Frost Trail, CMPD said. Details of what happened…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (335+ words) A Charlotte interfaith group called on its members Tuesday “to stand visibly” with a Mooresville mosque that a crowd pilloried at a recent town board meeting. “Religious liberty is more than a legal protection,” Nima Nematollahi, president of the Mecklenburg…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (1328+ words) In May, Dan Crawford and Dean Forbis saw the renovations going on at a house across the street on Woodruff Place in Charlotte’s Wesley Heights neighborhood. “I thought it was going to look really nice, and I noticed, what a…...