Mecklenburg County Commissioners approved a $2.3 billion budget Tuesday night, a $156 million increase from the previous year.   The budget includes a 3.5% property tax increase that will help...

Corey Wilkins grew up with few restaurant options in his small hometown of Elberton, Georgia. Homecooked meals were the go-to choice. Wilkins often stayed at both his grandparents’ houses, where...

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is investigating a shooting that claimed the life of one man Monday evening in north Charlotte. CMPD identified the victim as 31-year-old Britton Owens....

Meet the 4-year-old girl making the internet swoon When Reggie McConneaughey began recording videos of his one-year-old daughter, Savannah “VanVan” McConneaughey, at his Charlotte home in 2020,...

The Eat Black Charlotte Week is underway at venues around the city. The 9-day festival offers discounted meals at more than 20 local Black-owned restaurants and concludes with a food truck rally at...

Over the weekend, high school athletes from all over the Carolinas crossed something important off their sports prep checklists: complete health exams — for free. At the 15th annual Heart of a...

Nearly 200 people came out for QCity Metro’s Black Trivia Night, which was held Friday, June 2, at Weathered Souls Brewery in Charlotte. Sign up for our free newsletter to keep up with news and...

Nearly six years after a Liberian immigrant was fatally shot inside the north Charlotte store he owned, a Mecklenburg jury on Friday returned a guilty verdict against one of the men responsible for...

Two Black women whose homes were illegally raided by Raleigh police officers have agreed to settle a lawsuit against the city’s police department for $350,000, their attorneys announced Thursday....

James Gibson Peeler never explicitly said that photography was his life’s purpose, but his natural ability in the medium — and his decades-long dedication to the craft — might say it for him....