Lisa Worf

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police continue to look for suspects in the shooting of 3-year-old Asiah Figueroa. They say they still believe them to be teenagers. Many students stayed home last week out of fear after CMPD connected their high schools to the shooting.

Charlotte Mecklenburg police believe a series of recent shootings have some relation to Hopewell, North Mecklenburg and Chambers high schools. Those schools and West Mecklenburg High School are on a modified lockdown at least through Friday.

Powerhouse Clemson fell to the Georgia Bulldogs at Bank of America Stadium on Saturday during the Duke’s Mayo Classic, but the bigger local news happened a few miles north when the Charlotte 49ers beat Duke University 31-28.

The department store Belk is filing for bankruptcy. The retailer is headquartered in Charlotte, and the Belk family name has been a mainstay around here for decades. The first store opened in Monroe in 1888, and Belk now operates 300 stores across the Southeast. But like many other department stores, Belk has struggled recently.

Businesses can begin applying for another round of Paycheck Protection Program loans this week. Only a small fraction of Black-owned businesses have received loans as part of the CARES act.

On Tuesday, Mecklenburg County's health director issued a new directive: utilize full-virtual options where possible. What does that mean for businesses that are still permitted to be open, though? The Charlotte Ledger's Tony Mecia talks about that and more in the latest business news in this week's BizWorthy.

Racial justice marches in the Alamance County town of Graham have put a spotlight on the county's legal system. Three news organizations have appealed to open access to the courts. Brooks Fuller is the director of the North Carolina Open Government Coalition, and joins WFAE's Lisa Worf to talk about that case.

Last week, North Carolina's Health Secretary Mandy Cohen said there have been more COVID-19 deaths in the state this year than there have been flu deaths in the last 10 years combined. Is that true?

As jury trials resume in North Carolina, courts are trying to figure out how to accommodate COVID-19 safety measures to keep court employees safe.

WFAE's "Work It" podcast debuts Friday. The podcast explores people's relationship with their jobs and how it shapes their view of the world. The hosts are Stephanie Hale and Jill Bjers, who pitched their idea through WFAE's Queen City PodQuest last year and won a chance to work with WFAE to develop the podcast.