Hough and Providence hold the top two spots in The Observer’s Sweet 16 football poll. Chambers rises to No. 4, while Ashbrook and Marvin Ridge debut.

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Charlotte Observer reporter & retired CMPD major played more than 25 golf courses within 30 miles of Bank of America Stadium to find Charlotte’s top 10.

A crash closed all lanes on Interstate 77 South in Charlotte on Saturday, state highway officials said. The crash happened just after 1:30 p.m., NCDOT said.

A woman died, a man was wounded, and a suspect apprehended in a shooting in rural western Rowan County near Mooresville, sheriff’s investigators said Saturday.

As Charlotte braced for humidity that you could chew through, National Weather Service forecasters warned of storms with damaging winds and large hail.

Safety and crowding concerns will remain at the uptown jail despite the reopening of Jail North, Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden said late Friday.

Panzú Brewery, a Mint Hill favorite for craft beer and Latin-Caribbean dishes, is closing after three years. Last call is set for Sept. 20.

Part of Knox Road in Cornelius is scheduled to close temporarily for a $25.6 million project to fix chronically backed up Lake Norman intersections, town said.

NC lawmaker Jim Burgin questions WakeMed-Atrium merger as WakeMed may fund parts of a $2 billion pledge. Oversight and transparency concerns in Wake County.