Fatal overdoses surged among Black and Hispanic residents in Mecklenburg County from 2019 through 2023, according to county data released on Thursday. For each of the two groups, the drug-related ...

Tuberculosis is on the rise in Mecklenburg County, but health officials say the overall risk to the public is still low. Channel 9 learned Friday that there are currently 31 reported cases of ...

A Mecklenburg County Grand Jury indicted 25 individuals in October. An indictment is not a verdict of guilt but rather a formal accusation initiating a criminal case. Ronjae Firman of Colonial Heights ...

Mecklenburg County is also a blue county, and while Trump won North Carolina in 2020 in a pretty tight race, it was Biden who won Mecklenburg County’s vote by a landslide with 67 percent of the ...

A child is confirmed to have contracted measles, according to officials with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.The case was reported out of Mecklenburg County.

Former Mecklenburg County Manager Gerald “Jerry” Fox passed away this week, the county announced on Thursday. Jerry Fox served the public in a variety of roles for over 50 years. Sections ...

Starting July 1, all Mecklenburg County employees will be expected to work in their offices or designated workspaces five days a week, the county manager announced.

Mecklenburg County resident Allen Sifford joined the suit last year. Sifford said he was arrested over a 14-year-old, dismissed warrant and spent two days in Gaston County’s jail.

The Charlotte NC Observer girls high school basketball preview for NCHSAA NCISAA CMS teams in Mecklenburg County ... foot-5 center Blanca Thomas (16.6 ... of North Carolina commit (16.6 ppg, 9.6 ...

The Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation Department convened a new community advisory group after missteps in 2021 with a planned Juneteenth event at Latta Place led to the site’s closure. Since ...