The city of Charlotte has pledged to end all traffic deaths by 2030. It’s an ambitious goal that’s part of the city’s Vision Zero plan, adopted in 2019. But so far, it seems the opposite is actually happening. Shannon Binns is the founder of the group Sustain Charlotte, and he joined WFAE’s Marshall Terry to talk about what his group is calling on the city to do.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police are investigating a hit-and-run Wednesday evening that left one person dead at The Plaza and 36th Street.

A Superior Court judge on Thursday dismissed a petition seeking to remove Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden from office, but ruled that the effort could move forward later if approved by the district attorney.

It happened Tuesday afternoon near Tarawa Terrace Elementary School.

Advocates have pushed for the detention center to reopen since it was closed in 2022. Despite broad agreement that a local facility would be beneficial, staffing challenges are the main barrier.

Greensboro's Department of Transportation is studying where to place five new red light cameras to help improve safety at the most dangerous intersections in the city.

The family of Dennis Bodden, a Charlotte man fatally shot by an off-duty Pineville police officer in 2024, has filed a $10 million lawsuit against the town and two officers involved in the shooting.

Democratic leaders in Minneapolis and D.C. say there appears to be no justification for the use of force in Wednesday's fatal ICE shooting and are calling for a thorough investigation of the incident.

Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden is pushing back against a petition seeking his removal from office, calling the effort politically motivated and filled with false allegations.