Sarah Delia
Crime & Justice ReporterSarah Delia covers criminal justice and the arts for WFAE. Sarah joined the WFAE news team in 2014. An Edward R. Murrow Award-winning journalist, Sarah has lived and told stories from Maine, New York, Indiana, Alabama, Virginia and North Carolina. Sarah received her B.A. in English and Art history from James Madison University, where she began her broadcast career at college radio station WXJM. Sarah has interned and worked at NPR in Washington DC, interned and freelanced for WNYC, and attended the Salt Institute for Radio Documentary Studies.
Sarah is the lead reporter of She Says, an investigative award winning podcast that follows the journey of a sexual assault survivor as she navigates her way through the criminal justice system. She is also the host of the award winning series The List, which examines the child sex abuse crisis in the Catholic Diocese of Charlotte.
She enjoys finding stories off the beaten path.
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Steamer's, a Charlotte sports bar, made news this week. Not for breaking COVID-19 protocols, but because members of the extremist group the Proud Boys, recently gathered there. The Proud Boys have been labeled as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, and some members have been arrested for their involvement in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol earlier this month. -
There's a lot going on in Washington, but that doesn't mean sports news has stopped churning. For starters, high school sports at CMS is in doubt for the rest of the school year. The Carolina Panthers have a new general manager, a traditional ACC power is struggling in college basketball and the CIAA is coming up with a new way to hold a tournament.
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North Carolina health officials say providers that have the ability can start giving COVID-19 vaccines to all health care workers and any residents 65 and older.
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The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department says it’s keeping an eye on local security as next week’s inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden inches closer.
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The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department says it will be sending officers to Washington, D.C., to help with security for the Jan. 20 inauguration of Joe Biden as president.
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As COVID-19 deaths continue to climb throughout the country, some morgues fear they may soon run out of room to store the dead. A South Carolina coroner tells WFAE that bodies may be sent to neighboring counties or kept in refrigeration trucks should her worst fears come true.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg police Chief Johnny Jennings reviewed the 2020 crime report Thursday, which found that property crime was down, while violent crime went up.
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The Pineville Police Department responded to multiple 911 calls on Christmas Eve with reports of shots fired from inside the Carolina Place Mall.
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Two teenagers are Charlotte’s latest homicide victims in 2020: 16-year-old Katherine Roxana Lopez Cruz and 13-year-old Michelle Avila Robles.
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In our final Social Distancing installment of the year, WFAE’s Sarah Delia speaks to a local actor about keeping the holiday spirit alive with a re-envisioned Christmas classic.
