The proposed ordinance would shorten park hours, ban large bags and prohibit camping in all 83 city parks. Some city leaders worry the proposal could unfairly impact people experiencing homelessness.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police are investigating two deadly shootings — one Sunday night in north Charlotte and another Monday morning in SouthPark.

Authorities in Beaufort County, South Carolina, are investigating a mass shooting that left four people dead and at least 20 others injured early Sunday morning on St. Helena Island.

The High Point lawmaker was arrested and charged with sexual offenses on Wednesday.

A former CMS teacher serving time for statutory rape has been killed in prison. The NC Department of Adult Corrections said this week that 60-year-old Ernest Nichols was found unresponsive at Greene Correctional Institution, outside Goldsboro. The death is being investigated as a homicide. Nichols was a teacher at Ranson Middle School prior to his 2011 conviction.Greene Correctional is a minimum-security prison facility for inmates nearing the end of their sentences. Nichols was projected to be released in two years.

The Brooklyn Nightclub and Lounge in uptown Charlotte has surrendered its alcohol permits following two deadly shootouts at the club in recent months. In July, two people were killed in a shooting outside the club on Caldwell Street, and in September, another person was killed in a shootout between two groups. The club has been closed since Oct. 3.

Rep. Cecil Brockman is facing four felony charges related to alleged indecent liberties with a child and statutory rape of a 15-year-old.

Brockman, a Democrat, represents a Guilford County district that includes High Point.

Governor Josh Stein announced Wednesday that the state will offer rewards for help solving two local murder cases. North Carolina is offering $25,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for the murders of 80-year-old Charles Williams and three-year-old Myisha Angle in Salisbury last August. They were asleep when more than 30 shots were fired into their house, killing them both.In Stanly County, the state is offering a $25,000 reward for information in the murder of six-year-old Chance Douglas Smith near Locust in 2003. He was found in a horse pasture with a head wound after being reported missing and died shortly after.