Police: Teen arrested in connection with drug sting, shooting

Charlotte Mecklenburg police arrested a teenager allegedly involved in a drug deal and shooting Tuesday afternoon at a north Charlotte elementary school that left a teenager dead and a police informant injured. The Violent Criminal Apprehension Team found and arrested Davion Drayton on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. without incident. He ...

• 5:47 p.m. Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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Family has answers year after fatal hit-and-run

Nearly a year after an accident in Pitt County, a Mooresville family finally has some answers. On Tuesday, the Pitt County Sheriff's Office announced an arrest in the death of 20-year-old Austin Baeza. Last August, Austin was hit and killed and left on the side of Highway 33 in Pitt ...

• 5:29 p.m. Wednesday, June 19, 2013

1,000 to meet in Charlotte for 911 conference

Thousands of people from all over the world are meeting in Charlotte this week for the 911 conference. Eyewitness News talked to Angie Schulz who is the chapter president of the North Carolina 911 association. She hopes the conference will be a motivational and learning experience for emergency call centers ...

• 5:28 p.m. Wednesday, June 19, 2013

IMAGES: Teen's meeting with idol canceled

• 5:09 p.m. Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Sheriff: Items stolen from Zahra Baker memorial

Sheriff Deputies in Caldwell County are stepping up patrols on Wednesday night after thieves stole items from Zahra Baker Memorial near Hudson. The community came together after the 10-year-old was murdered in 2010 to build the memorial near where police found some of her remains. Her stepmother, Elisa Baker, is ...

• 5:08 p.m. Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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City leaders lobby against bill they say could raise property taxes again

Charlotte city leaders spoke out Wednesday against a N.C. Senate tax reform bill. The bill would phase out corporate income taxes and get rid of a privilege tax that governments charge thousands of area businesses each year. "It is a good move to lower the corporate tax rate," said John ...

• 4:40 p.m. Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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Parts of fence around Thirsty Beaver taken down

Charlotte zoning officials are forcing a developer to take down parts of a fence around the Thirsty Beaver. The owner of the bar on Central Avenue in the Plaza-Midwood area believes the developer is trying to put him out of business. Last week, John Hatcher fenced in the business, which ...

• 4:21 p.m. Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Senators question CEO of U.S. Airways about merger

U.S. Senators late on Wednesday afternoon questioned the CEO of U.S. Airways about its proposed merger with American Airlines. There was some concern during the hearing about what the merger will do to ticket prices, and that it might also force cuts in the number of employees working at US ...

• 4:07 p.m. Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Time Lapse: Rebuilding Bridge Post-collapse

Traffic is moving again across the Interstate 5 Skagit River bridge in Mount Vernon, a key route in Washington between Seattle and Canada. (June 19)

• 3:40 p.m. Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Ohio Woman Accuses 3 of Holding Her Captive

A lawyer for one of the suspects in the so-called `modern slavery' case in Ashland, Ohio says the accused had given the woman a place to stay because she and her child were homeless. (June 19)

• 2:11 p.m. Wednesday, June 19, 2013