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NASCAR legend Greg Biffle, his wife and two children were among seven people killed when their private jet crashed in Statesville, N.C., on Dec. 18, 2025. The National Transportation Safety Board’s preliminary investigation into the crash of the Cessna 550 Citation, which was released Friday afternoon, cites several anomalies as contributing factors.
Icy conditions are expected to continue throughout the day, followed by more low temperatures, causing dangerous travel.
A major winter storm brought two waves of wintry precipitation to our region, which caused some traffic issues and disruptions in air travel.
Christian Sturdivant, an 18-year-old man from Mint Hill, has been arrested and charged with attempting to provide material support to ISIS after allegedly planning a deadly New Year’s Eve attack at a grocery store and fast-food restaurant, according to federal investigators.
Former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, his wife, Cristina, son Ryder and daughter Emma were of the seven killed when his private jet crashed Thursday at Statesville Regional Airport.
Federal investigators accuse Charlotte community activist Cedric Dean of exploiting homeless people to defraud Medicaid out of millions of dollars.
Ferguson started working at WSOC-TV in 1968 and was with the TV station for 36 years.
Decarlos Brown, the man accused of killing a Ukrainian refugee on light rail, was federally charged on Tuesday with an act of violence on mass transit system.
Jon Reep, a famous comedian from Hickory, was arrested Friday after a grand jury indicted him on multiple counts of second- and third-degree sexual exploitation of a minor.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police started following a silver Toyota Camry driving erratically along Interstate 485 in southeast Charlotte late Monday morning.
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