Crime

Cedric Dean has led the nonprofit Cedric Dean Homes since being released from federal prison last decade.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police released third-quarter crime statistics. They show overall decreases despite a rash of high-profile incidents in uptown.

The proposed ordinance would shorten park hours, ban large bags and prohibit camping in all 83 city parks. Some city leaders worry the proposal could unfairly impact people experiencing homelessness.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police say a four-year-old boy was fatally shot inside a Charlotte townhouse early Wednesday as someone attempted to steal a car outside the home. CMPD Maj. Ryan Kendall called the shooting "absolutely tragic," saying the residents did nothing to provoke the attack.

The nonprofit Historic West End Partners has been a driving force trying to improve Charlotte’s mostly Black communities, such as Beatties Ford Road. In part one of a two-part series, WFAE explores the group's latest initiative that aims to help small businesses. And how business owners and residents are pushing back on long-standing narratives about safety in the corridor and why they love it here.

One person is dead and five others were wounded in a shooting early Sunday at a row of nightclubs in uptown Charlotte between East 6th and 7th streets.

Charlotte City Council member Tiawana Brown and her two adult daughters were indicted in May. The U.S. Attorney's Office says the women fraudulently obtained $124,000 in COVID-relief loans.

The shooting occurred in a parking lot outside Truist Stadium. Law enforcement officials are pointing toward the "chaos" caused by unaccompanied minors in downtown Winston-Salem.