Lisa Worf

A person died early Monday morning in east Charlotte after a tree fell on an apartment building.

Two teenagers have been arrested and charged in connection with a series of shootings that killed one person early Tuesday morning. Officers arrested a 16-year-old early Thursday morning and Carlos Roberto Diaz, 18, Thursday afternoon.

The lawsuit brought this week by Russell Fincham's parents says the Mecklenburg sheriff's “policy of deliberate indifference” to the safety and medical needs of inmates resulted in their son’s death. It claims the pattern was so widespread that it became the department’s “unwritten policy.” It also says McFadden told staff he has to “cover it up” when he receives delayed reports of issues in the jail.

The Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office says there’s been a notable rise in suicide attempts at the jail. So far, 15 attempts have been reported this year.

A federal lawsuit accuses the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office of ”deliberate indifference” in the death of a jail inmate three years ago and a pattern of such indifference that’s gone on for years.

Inmates with mental illness often wait months for care to give them a shot at being deemed capable to assist in their defense. Disability Rights North Carolina wants a judge to order the state’s Department of Health and Human Services to take immediate steps to drastically reduce those times.

A federal appellate court has found Charlotte Catholic High School was within its rights to fire a teacher after school leaders learned he was planning to marry his same-sex partner. That overturns the lower court’s ruling.

Four officers were killed and four more injured Monday in an hourslong shooting and standoff, in what amounts to the worst single day for law enforcement in Charlotte's history.

Charlotte City Council will vote Monday on turning over that property to developers planning to build townhomes where the dilapidated motel one stood.

The North Carolina Department of Labor last week fined a farm in Nash County $187,509 after the death of a seasonal farm worker from apparent heat exhaustion last September. The department cited Barnes Farming with what’s called a “willful serious violation” along with two other “serious” violations.