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Local companies have created more than 7,300 jobs in Mecklenburg County this year, according to a quarterly report by the Charlotte Chamber, although the tally does not include job cuts.

A woman is attacked and nearly sexually assaulted in the greeting card aisle of a grocery store as customers shopped nearby.

Charlotte's United Way edged closer to finding its new leader today as a search panel narrowed the field to a short list of final contenders.

Lincoln County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Barry Taylor has been suspended with pay, Sheriff Tim Daugherty announced Friday.

Iredell-Statesville Schools Superintendent Terry Holliday was named Kentucky's commissioner of education this morning after a vote by the Kentucky Board of Education.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Jeremy Mayfield feels some sense of vindication. “We’re very excited about the results,” he told NewsChannel 36 after an independent lab, LabCorp, sent results to Mayfield’s attorneys showing he tested negative for meth.

HARRISBURG, N.C. -- “For Sale by Owner.” The signs are up at house after house after house in the Litchfield Village subdivision off Robinson Church Road in Cabarrus County. In fact, on some streets, more than half of the homes appear to be for sale.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- He led us to Saigon, to Jonestown, to Selma, to Attica. He escorted us to all corners of the Earth, then he showed us to the moon.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Jeremy Mayfield's attorneys told NewsChannel 36 late Friday afternoon that an independent test shows no trace of methamphetamines in Mayfield's system.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Are you fed up with all the traffic on the main roads you drive each day? Chances are it won't get better any time soon. That's because a number of road projects are being pushed back -- way back -- in part because of the economic crunch.

Walter Cronkite was considered the most trusted figured in America during his time as the CBS Evening News anchor, and Winthrop University broadcast journalism professor Haney Howell can attest to that.

A York man who turned himself in to police Friday morning and confessed to the vandalism at historic

York, Chester and Lancaster counties saw an increase in unemployment during June, according to numbe

Neighbors sent a clear message this week to a sports bar owner trying to win their consent to stay o

She was born July 30, 1946, in York County, to the late Smith Shealy Sr. and Elizabeth Wilmore Shealy. She was a member of St. Paul Baptist Church and served in the usher board.

CHARLOTTE – The North Carolina Judicial Standards Commission is charging Judge Bill Belk with inappropriate conduct. Belk is defending his actions after coming under fire for the second time this year.

CHARLOTTE – Drivers in north Mecklenburg County are going to have to wait a bit longer before the last strip of I-485 is paved. In February, Gov. Bev Perdue announced work on the road would start sooner than expected and would be complete in the next three years.

CABARRUS COUNTY, N.C. – Cabarrus County is getting more creative in how they recruit volunteer firefighters. The department is seeing a decline in the number of volunteers as the demands of a full-time job and the training requirements make it more difficult for people to serve.

SALISBURY – A First Bank branch in Salisbury that was targeted by robbers now has bulletproof metal detector doors that customers have to pass through to enter.

MOUNT HOLLY, N.C. -- A volunteer Gaston County firefighter pulled a sleeping teenager from a house fire Friday morning in Mount Holly, and officials say the breathing apparatus he was wearing might have saved the boy’s life.

Eyewitness News discovered the number of businesses closing in Charlotte surpassed the number of start-ups during the past three months. The number of businesses shutting down in the second quarter of 2009 was 2,352. That was almost three times the 857 closings during the same period in 2008.

MOUNT HOLLY, N.C. -- A Mount Holly teen is thanking firefighters for saving his life Friday. Joshua Knapp, 18, was asleep upstairs when his home caught on fire Friday morning. His mother said she thought he was dead after the fire broke out.

Local leaders are losing patience with Gov. Bev Perdue when it comes to Interstate 485.

YORK, S.C. -- Nine tombstones were toppled at Rose Hill Cemetery in York this week, and that made plenty of people angry. "How horrible it was, and how pathetic," said Mildred Pruitt, who has lived in York all her life.

LINCOLN COUNTY, N.C. -- Lincoln County Sheriff Tim Daughtery told Eyewitness News he wanted to set the record straight on Friday. “If you are a resident of Lincoln County and you've got any doubt about what we are doing, you can come over here anytime, day or night,” he said.

NEW YORK (AP) - The last time Paul McCartney played at the New York Mets ballpark, he was still playing with his old band, the Beatles. Last night, he played there solo, and it wasn't at Shea Stadium but at the Mets' new home.

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Democrats are moving major health care legislation forward. It's two committees down and one to go for House Democrats crafting health care reform. It's a measure that Speaker Nancy Pelosi says will provide insurance to millions now without it while reigning in costs.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A celebrity Web site says 1 of Nadya Suleman's 14 children has been rushed to a California hospital for drinking a nonpoisonous saltwater solution.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - It's spacewalking day at the shuttle-station complex. At high noon Saturday, two astronauts will venture out to help attach a platform for science experiments. It's the third and final piece of Japan's huge billion-dollar lab.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California lawmakers say they're close to solving the state's $26.3 billion budget deficit. The Senate president pro tem says the state's budget problems are "coming to an end sooner than later." He says a deal could come as soon as Sunday night.

Give blood Tuesday The Elizabeth Hanford Dole Chapter of the American Red Cross and the city of Salisbury will sponsor a summer blood drive at the Sal ...

By Kathy Chaffin kchaffin@salisburypost.com Christine Tobin was only 2 years old when she was first diagnosed with pneumonia. Through the years, she c ...

By Cyntra Brown For The Salisbury Post In 2004, we all remember how Fantasia Barrino won our hearts and the title of American Idol. On Sunday, July 1 ...

By Seth Leonard sleonard@salisburypost.com Most law enforcement agencies deal with mentally ill people the same way they handle anyone. When they rec ...

By Seth Leonard sleonard@salisburypost.com The most eye-opening part of Crisis Intervention Training came on the final day. Officers walked a mile in ...

A public hearing will be held Monday on a Charlotte neighborhood association’s request to “downzone” 40 acres — more than 300 properties — in the heart of Myers Park.

CMC-NorthEast and a subsidiary, Hospice & Palliative Care of Cabarrus County, are seeking to add a dozen hospice beds to a Kannapolis facility.

Housing woes cut into second-quarter earnings for BB&T Corp., which says its net income dropped 71.7 percent for the three months ended June 30. (BBT)

North Carolina’s unemployment rate dipped slightly, to 11 percent, in June, but the number of employed workers in the state also dropped by 5,626 over the past month, the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina reported Friday.

ScentAir Technologies Inc. and The Yankee Candle Co. Inc. have signed a supply contract with Four Points by Sheraton hotels.

SHELBY — The Rev. Samuel A. Raper, pastor emeritus of Shelby’s Mount Calvary Baptist Church and a man long known as a unifier in his community, died Thursday night at the age of 96. He became the first black to serve on Shelby City

RALEIGH — A farmer with oxen at the end of the work day, a women’s basketball team in bloomers, a baby picture of former Secretary of State Thad Eure and a tobacco festival queen bedecked in a gown of dried tobacco leaves. All are

What: 39th Anniversary Celebration Who: Spirit-Filled Songbirds When: Sunday, July 19, doors open at 3 p.m., program starts at 4 p.m. Where: Bethlehem Temple Holiness Church, Temple Drive, Grover (between Patterson Springs and Grover off N.C.

SHELBY — A Mooresboro resident who shot a man in the chest February will face more than a few years in prison. Steven William Walton, 58, of Gantts Grove Church Road, Mooresboro, pleaded guilty recently to assault with a deadly weapon

What: Power Quest 2009 Super Heroes When: July 19-23, 6:30 to 9 p.m. Where: Bethel Baptist Church, 606 S. DeKalb St., Shelby Details: Ages 4 years to Eighth grade Contact:

Investigators say they've found no connection between the June 9 shooting death of a Mooresville resident and the man recently identified as the Gaffney, S.C., serial killer.

Maybe it's the fried chicken or the familiar faces that envelop Ron and Brenda Compton with a sense of comfort and homeyness every time they enter Julia's Talley House Restaurant.

Statesville is asking a question of its residents that has been around since the days of big-wheeled bicycles, horse-drawn carts and covered wagons: How can things move more smoothly on the roads?

A collision between a car and garbage truck sent both drivers to the hospital and shut down a portion of Newton Drive for several hours Thursday.

With the filing period for municipal elections closing at noon today, several incumbent candidates appear headed toward an unopposed ride to re-election.