The Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office is urging visitors and staff at the courthouse to comply with security rules. It comes following a recent rise in weapons confiscations.

The 18-year-old got “preferential treatment,” prosecutors said, and a magistrate was “wholly inappropriate” in not requesting bond payment.

Perez, charged with the first-degree murder of Donquavious Davis, began today in Mecklenburg County, drawing emotional ...

A 33-year-old man was sentenced to 6-17 months in prison after a jury in Charlotte found him guilty of attacking a woman he ...

District Court Judge Fritz Mercer ... the first time local police have called attention to low bonds set by Mecklenburg County magistrates. In June, Charlotte Police Chief Johnny Jennings said ...

The goal of the center is to serve as a hub for a range of services, including counseling and emotional well-being support ...

The legal battle between Florida State University and the Atlantic Coast Conference is ratcheting up as the ACC is trying to ...

"We're in a belt-tightening spot this fiscal year ... and so it is what it is unless we want to consider a tax increase," said Commissioner Mark Jerrell at the commission's annual retreat.