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Southeast Charlotte has transformed into one of the region's bustling centers for business, housing and development. We explore how it got here, how the area is changing and what comes next. We’ll also look at the push to create communities where people can live, work, shop and spend time without getting in a car.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board will consider removing Stephanie Sneed as chair at its next meeting.

Blumenthal Arts says the Charlotte International Arts Festival will not return to uptown Charlotte this month due to funding constraints.

President Trump will campaign with North Carolina Republican Senate candidate Michael Whatley in Gastonia on Wednesday night, the White House announced.

CMS Superintendent Crystal Hill tells “Charlotte Talks” that the investigation into her found no wrongdoing. As the school board approaches a deadline for a decision, towns around Charlotte are deciding how to vote on the I-77 South toll lanes, Mooresville Mayor Chris Carney announces he’ll retire, and North Carolina’s mail-in ballots are out.

The Sept. 11, 2001 terror attack was the first major world disaster most millennials can remember. Twenty-five years later, Charlotte-area millennials reflect on what they remember — and how 9/11 still shapes their lives.

Students, veterans, office workers and volunteers planted 2,977 American flags in the shape of the twin towers Thursday as Charlotte prepared to mark the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

It’s time for football. The Panthers open their regular season at 1 o’clock Sunday, when they host the Chicago Bears at Bank of America Stadium. Expectations are high after last season, when they won the NFC South for the first time in a decade; it was their first playoff appearance since 2017. For a preview, WCNC Sports Director Nick Carbone joined WFAE’s Marshall Terry.

Immigration judges at Charlotte’s immigration court ordered more than 18,000 removals from January through August, more than twice the number ordered during the same period in 2024.

Three top officials at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools are leaving the district. The departures come after a tumultuous summer for CMS leadership, as the school board suspended and investigated Superintendent Crystal Hill for two months.

On Sept. 11, 2001, four planes were hijacked. Two flew into the World Trade Center, one into the Pentagon, and the fourth crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. Then, everything changed. Those who are old enough will never forget where they were that day, but to a growing number of people, it is history. We look back on our immediate reaction and the lasting impact of those terrorist attacks.

After months of twists, here’s what to watch as the I-77 toll-lane fight reaches its final days.