The North Carolina DMV says it will make changes to prevent noncitizens from being registered to vote, following an investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s office in Charlotte.

A U.S. citizen detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection will face only one of the felonies he was originally charged with after a judge threw out the more severe of the two.

Local leaders say they are mostly prepared for Iryna’s Law, which takes effect Monday. House Bill 307 was passed in response to the August killing of Iryna Zarutska on Charlotte’s light rail system, and it tightens pretrial release conditions for people who are arrested — particularly those with mental health concerns.

President Trump said the suspected shooter came to the U.S. from Afghanistan in 2021. The administration plans to send 500 more Guard personnel to the nation's capital in response to the attack.

The felony case against a woman accused of assaulting a federal officer outside Charlotte’s ICE office was dismissed Monday, only for prosecutors to file a new set of misdemeanor charges Tuesday.

A Mecklenburg County jury on Monday found two men guilty of killing Scott Brooks, the longtime co-owner of Brooks Sandwich House near NoDa. Brooks, 61, was opening the restaurant in the early morning hours in December 2019 when he was robbed and fatally shot.The defendants, Terry Connor Jr. and Steven Staples, were charged with first-degree murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon. After the jury returned guilty verdicts, both men were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.Brooks and his brother, David, co-owned the popular sandwich shop, which has been a Charlotte staple for decades.

The Cornelius Police Department says it's still actively searching for Madalina Cojocari, who disappeared Nov. 21, 2022. The 11-year-old was last seen getting off a schoolbus near her house.

The shooting that disrupted Concord’s annual Tree Lighting Ceremony on Friday was not a random attack on the public but stemmed from a conflict between two people who knew each other, police said Saturday.

A Charlotte woman who was protesting outside the Charlotte U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office on Sunday has been charged with assaulting a federal officer.

The treasurer of a Parent Teacher Student Organization in Union County has been charged with embezzlement. The Union County Sheriff’s Office says 53-year-old Rachel Cluna had been improperly diverting funds from the PTSO at Cuthbertson High School in Waxhaw for use on online gambling platforms. It said early findings revealed 61 transactions totaling approximately $85,000 linked to the sites. Detectives say they identified a larger pattern of unauthorized activity, uncovering a total of more than $300,000 in misappropriated funds. The sheriff’s office says Cluna was released on a $100,000 bond.