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Tiawana Brown was pregnant and in her 20s when she was imprisoned on felony fraud charges in the 1990s. She says the experience was a defining moment in her life that eventually led her to run for and win a seat last month on the Charlotte City Council.

After 17 years, Charlotte Hornets President and Vice Chairman Fred Whitfield is departing organization to focus on his health and family.

State authorities say they’re getting complaints from consumers about health plans they never signed up for and bills for medical equipment they never used. These scams can be detrimental to the legal status of immigrant residents.

For the first time since the team's founding, the Carolina Panthers said Wednesday that they won't hold next season's training camp at Wofford College in South Carolina. Instead, the team will hold its training camp at home in Charlotte.

Mecklenburg Democratic state House member Kelly Alexander joins other Mecklenburg Democratic lawmakers who are leaving at the end of their terms. House member John Autry is also retiring, while Wesley Harris is running for state treasurer. Rachel Hunt is leaving the Senate to run for lieutenant governor.

Over the past few years, the population of homeless people has grown — and become more visible — in Charlotte, and helping to solve the problem won’t be quick, simple or cheap. But local experts say the costs of action should be weighed against the cost of doing nothing.

Almost 80 years after his P-51 Mustang went missing on a mission over Italy during World War II, Second Lt. Fred Brewer is being laid to rest in Salisbury on Wednesday. Brewer grew up in Charlotte’s Brooklyn neighborhood and graduated from Shaw University.

In July, the news organizations that make up CJC decided to explore the Habitat model to better understand how it works, its benefits and its limitations. This comes on the heels of local reporting on the 2023 Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project, which built 27 new homes at the Meadows at Plato Place, a community in west Charlotte. It also coincides with the 40-year anniversary of the local Habitat affiliate.

Nissim Black shares his inspiring story — from his days as a 12-year-old selling drugs on the streets of Seattle, to a conversion that led him to Israel, Judaism and hip-hop.

North Carolina's revival as a major source of lithium will take another step forward early next year. Albemarle Corp. expects to obtain permits and begin draining water in the next few months from the 168-foot deep lake at the former mine off I-85 in Kings Mountain.

This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Mississippi journalist Ellen Ann Fentress, who has two fascinating projects: her new memoir, called “The Steps We Take,” and her website documenting the history of segregation academies in the South.

We explore a study from the Urban Institute on the barriers immigrants face when accessing health care in North Carolina and how that compares to the rest of the country.