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There are now dozens of sweepstakes cafes across the city, and the Charlotte City Council is trying to figure out how to better keep watch over them.

The right lane of inbound Independence Blvd. is blocked at Sardis Rd. North as DOT crews repair traffic signals damaged in an earlier accident.

A wreck involving two trucks Monday morning, Feb. 06, 2012, left one person dead and snarled traffic on southbound Interstate 85 near the Mecklenburg-Gaston county line, authorities say.

The National Go Red for Women's Heart Health campaign continues locally with a Ladies Night Out event on Feb.

For several months, residents in south Charlotte, Plaza-Midwood, and other communities have been reporting an increase in coyotes.

A Charlotte restaurant that employed a Gastonia woman who was killed in January is offering up February's profits in her memory.

Oysters, champagne, doughnuts and other foods of love fill the week leading up to Valentine's Day at Charlotte restaurants.

"When a new family relocates in this area, the first place they come is the church," says the Rev.

Jim Beatty moved back to Charlotte in 1964 and has remained active in civic and community service locally and statewide.

Charlotte firefighters said around 4:30 p.m. that they found fire and smoke coming from a condo in the 6700 block of Constitution Lane, located off Sharon Road and not far from Quail Hollow Country Club.

President Barack Obama raised more than $1.1 million in North Carolina last year - nearly as much as all of his would-be Republican challengers combined.

There's a lot things Jeff Stegall could find to do on a rainy Saturday in Charlotte, including staying inside.

Before going to their "America's Got Talent" audition, Summer St. Johns from Baltimore and Shena Parton from Kings Mountain put on the finishing touches of make-up. T.Ortega Gaines - ogaines@charlotteobserver@com Members from Tammy Arrowood 's Stars of Tomorrow studio in Shelby,N.C. pose after their floor and balance beam routine before their ... (more)

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign rally, Friday, Feb.

A Concord family is asking the public's help to find a teenager who has been missing for a week, according to police.

Police have arrested two teenagers and are looking for a third after an apparent armed carjacking Friday night in the Steele Creek division.

Police have arrested a 23-year-old man who they say is the second suspect in the robbery and killing of a restaurant employee last month in east Charlotte.

Istanbul, Turkey is best known in the shopping world for a maze of merchandise in its Grand Bazaar - which really is grand and dangerous for those with a limited budget .

The Schiele Museum of Natural History, 1500 E. Garrison Blvd., Gastonia, will host its "Fossil Fair" from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb.

At 7:15 a.m., police report a collision on Albemarle Road at Regal Oaks Drive. That is between East W.T. Harris Boulevard and Farm Pond Lane.