CMPD: Heat exhaustion brought 9-hour standoff to an end

Channel 9 could see dozens of patrol cars lining Sharonbrook Drive off of Sharon Road West Thursday afternoon. 

Parents fight to get diploma for son who died in his sleep in March

A high school student less than three months from earning his high school diploma won't see it after dying in his sleep in mid-March.

Firefighter expected to recover after being injured battling massive building fire in Kannapolis

A large building fire has a busy road in Kannapolis shut down Thursday morning. 

NC man once on death row sees conviction overturned -- four decades later

A North Carolina man who once was on death row and then served more than 40 years in prison for a shopkeeper's slaying in a failed robbery attempt was headed home Thursday.

Police: Woman wore wigs, changed clothes while using stolen card information at ATMs

Police said a man and woman are wanted in a fraud investigation stretching from Asheville to Hickory.  

Speed Street kicks off in Uptown Charlotte

Charlotte-native Byron becomes youngest ever to capture Coca-Cola 600 pole

Charlotte native William Byron became the youngest driver ever to capture the pole for the Coca-Cola 600.

Proposal to use some police training funds to bump Charlotte City Council pay is shot down

The thought of raising the pay for Charlotte City Council members died as quickly as it came to life.

Two robbed, one shot in University City armed robbery, police say

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said officers responded to a call about an assault with a deadly weapon at the Autum Park apartments near Digital Drive off IBM Drive.

Retired CMPD officers claim they didn't get money back from pledge fund

Channel 9’s Mark Becker has covered CMPD for decades and knows a lot of these officers who recently retired.