The Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office is urging visitors and staff at the courthouse to comply with security rules. It comes following a recent rise in weapons confiscations.

Danasia Elder was one of the victims in a collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C. in late January.

Elder was among 67 others who were killed in the collision between American Airlines Flight 5342 and an Army Black Hawk helicopter on Jan. 29.

Elder was one of the victims in a collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter near Washington ...

A Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer has been charged with child abuse after an investigation by the Iredell County Sheriff ...

A Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer was arrested and charged with child abuse in Iredell County on Wednesday. Officer ...

Danasia Elder was one of the victims in a collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C. in late January.

Charlotte’s $25 billion transit plan depends on federal funding, but the new administration aims to steer transit money to cities with high birth and marriage rates; How Charlotte might fare.

Mecklenburg County employs more than 800 people who earn at least $100,000 — and 39 who make more than $200,000.

The 25 best-paid county employees all make more than $225,000, data show. The highest-paid makes more than $464,000.