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A Charlotte Area Transit System bus driver was hospitalized this week after being attacked on the job, police said. This comes just two months after another driver, Ethan Rivera, was shot and killed in what police described as a road rage incident on the job.

In the latest installment of Still Here, our series about resiliency, WFAE's Sarah Delia speaks to the owner of a Charlotte music venue about surviving the pandemic and two break-ins — one at his place of business, and the other at his own home.

It’s been about two months since protests first erupted in Charlotte over the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Here, across the U.S. and the…

Get ready folks, the 2017 election season is now officially underway. Which means dozens and dozens (and dozens) of candidates and their campaigns are…

How does pain play a role in your work and, by proxy, your life? In this premiere episode of the Work It podcast, we're taking a deeper look at pain through the eyes of a piercer, a doula and a lawyer.

It's been almost a year since Rev. Mary Frances Comer was first diagnosed with COVID-19. She recently decided to step away from ministry for the time being to focus on her health. She's trying to rebuild her life, her home and her calling as a minister while still suffering from the effects of long COVID.

We hear from Aimy Steele, founder and executive director of the New North Carolina Project. Then, Chris Cooper, a political scientist at Western Carolina University, joins us to talk about the rise of the unaffiliated voter in North Carolina.

Crisis describes North Carolina’s mental health system. It is harder to access mental health care here than most other states, and that affects everyone — particularly the most vulnerable. Like inmates who are too sick to stand trial. They often wait months in custody for the treatment they need just to be well enough to go to court.

No charges will be filed against a Pineville police sergeant who shot and killed an unarmed man. A pilot program from Mecklenburg County strives to help people returning to society from prison. Officials discover two leatherback sea turtle nests at Cape Hatteras. Former Charlotte Hornets great Kemba Walker retires.

Matthews commissioners vote unanimously against Charlotte's new transportation plan. Third-party candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. can appear on the N.C. ballot. UNC Charlotte disbands three DEI offices. Catawba College receives an anonymous $200 million endowment.

The North Carolina Board of Elections voted unanimously to make casting a ballot easier for residents in western counties that were devastated by flooding. State emergency management officials are advising residents and pilots to be mindful of misinformation when it comes to aerial recovery efforts. The city of Charlotte appears to be moving closer toward supporting a public-private partnership that would build toll lanes to expand I-77 South. Music students at several CMS schools got exclusive concerts from members of the Sphinx Virtuosi.

The FBI offers a reward for information leading to an arrest in the mass shooting Sunday in Catawba County. The Cornelius Bound of Commissioners unanimously rejects a major rezoning request on Bailey Road. A Mecklenburg County jail employee has been fired after stabbing another employee.

Charlotte-by-way-of-Jamaica songwriter Sanya N'Kanta shares his experience navigating race, religion and reggae music in America.

For the first time, North Carolina has more registered Republicans than Democrats. The meat continues to be in the middle with unaffiliated voters — the largest group of voters. We’re also witnessing more candidates change their party affiliation. How will all that, plus gerrymandered maps, impact the midterms in our state? We examine this changing landscape.

Since the shooting death of Renee Nicole Good by ICE agents in Minneapolis last week, people in the Twin Cities and across the nation have taken to the streets to protest what they view as unnecessarily violent and un-American tactics by federal agents. Shocked by what they’re witnessing, protestors are calling for accountability. We look at who these ICE agents are, how they are recruited and trained, what they can and cannot do, and hear about your rights as well.

On this "Charlotte Talks," we listen to the candidate forum WFAE hosted Tuesday evening with two of the men running for sheriff in Mecklenburg County. Both are Democrats — no Republican is running. Incumbent Garry McFadden and challenger Antwain Nance were unavailable, so we hear from retired Chief Deputy Sheriff Rodney Collins and retired CMPD Sgt. Ricky Robbins.

Police are investigating after a Charlotte Area Transit System bus driver was shot and killed in uptown on Friday night. The driver was one of three people to die by homicide in Charlotte this weekend, police said.

Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé topped the box office over the weekend but took in far less than Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour did in its opening weekend. Doesn't matter — theater owners still win.

Leaders from Denmark and Greenland will meet with top U.S. officials in Washington on Wednesday to try to find a way out of a crisis caused by President Trump repeated demands to annex Greenland.

Updated: 7:10 p.m. TuesdayUNC Charlotte has named Will Healy as its next head football coach. The school confirmed the new hire in a news release Tuesday…