15-year-old student shot to death near downtown Concord
Updated Monday 4:38pm CONCORD – A 15-year-old high school student was fatally shot Sunday night while riding in a car near downtown Concord. The boy died after he was taken to a local hospital. Concord...
View ArticleConcord police charge 2 with murdering student
CONCORD – Concord Police arrested two suspects Thursday night on charges related to the murder of a 15-year-old A.L. Robinson High School student Sunday. Concord Police were called to Northeast Medical...
View ArticleWreck kills Mt. Holly woman on NC 73 near Blythe Landing
Updated Wednesday 9:49am HUNTERSVILLE – A Mt. Holly woman died and two other people were injured in a two-car crash Tuesday morning on N.C. 73 near Babe Stilwell Road and Blythe Landing Park. Police...
View ArticleInvestigation continues into fire on Coachman’s Trace
The house at 19109 Coachman’s Trace showed little sign of damage after a fire Oct. 23. A man was injured in the blaze, which police say caused $20,000 damage. (David Boraks/CorneliusNews.net) Police...
View ArticleWoman hurt when boat crashes into Peninsula marina
Updated Friday, 7:57am A woman was hospitalized after she ran her boat into other docked boats at the Peninsula Yacht Club marina on Lake Norman Thursday afternoon. N.C. Wildlife Enforcement and rescue...
View ArticleDriver cited after striking cyclist near Kenton Place
A 30-year-old Charlotte man was hospitalized Sunday afternoon after he was struck by a car while bicycling on West Catawba Avenue near Kenton Place. The crash happened around 2:15pm apparently when a...
View ArticlePolice seek info on fire, arrest suspects in car break-ins
Cornelius Police Department last week charged two men in connection with a series of car break-ins, and they’re seeking the public’s help in the case. Meanwhile, police and the county fire marshal also...
View ArticleMan charged with sex assaults; car break-ins reported in Antiquity, Nautique...
Police on Wednesday arrested a 52-year-old man on charges that he sexually assaulted two women at his home on Glenmeade Road. Meanwhile, a Jetton Road resident told police that someone cut the wires on...
View ArticlePolice chase and arrest 2 suspects after bank robbery
Police cars filled the parking lot of the Bank of America on West Catawba Avenue after Tuesday’s robbery. (James Sanders/CorneliusNews.net) Updated 8:20pm Police arrested two Charlotte men as suspects...
View ArticleDriver charged after striking mother with stroller in crosswalk
A 72-year-old Huntersville man was charged with failing to yield to pedestrians in a crosswalk after he struck a mother and her two children in a stroller Friday at the intersection of Main Street and...
View ArticleUPDATE: Cleveland man dies in wreck on I-77 in Cornelius
The car went through a guardrail and down an embankment on I-77 near Mile Marker 27. (Huntersville Fire Department photo) Updated Monday, Jan. 6, 11:01am A 26-year-old Cleveland, NC, man was killed...
View ArticleMonday morning backup on West Catawba
Traffic was backed up on West Catawba Avenue Monday around 8:40am after a car ran off the road onto the shoulder. The narrow roadway gave no room for traffic to go around, bringing it to a standstill....
View ArticleMan charged after knife threat at club; deer cause 2 wrecks
Police charged a Tennessee man with assault with a deadly weapon Jan. 5, after an altercation at the Rusty Rudder, on Henderson Road. A Cornelius man was charged with trespassing and carrying a...
View ArticlePolice seek help finding suspect after Sat. robbery at Walmart
Police issued security camera photos of the suspect in a robbery Saturday at the Walmart off I-485. Huntersville Police are asking for help identifying and tracking down a man who robbed the Walmart at...
View ArticleWow! Injuries minor as pickup rams trailer at Hough
Nobody was seriously hurt Monday when a student ran this truck into a tractor-trailer in the bus parking lot at W.A. Hough High School. Details below. (Cornelius-Lemley Fire Department photo)...
View ArticleMan charged with shooting at police, assault
Charles Saine A Cornelius man is facing multiple charges after police accused him of shooting at them Friday night as they responded to a report of a domestic dispute at his home on Peninsula Cove...
View ArticleUnits cover I-77 fire, aid on assault, conduct training burn
The Cornelius-Lemley Fire Department responded to 52 calls this week including an outside fire along the interstate, a smoke investigation inside an apartment, and mutual aid with Cornelius PD for an...
View ArticlePawn shop gets a stolen AK-47; students face drug charges
Cornelius Police last week were called to a Catawba Avenue pawn shop, where they found a stolen AK-47 assault rifle that had been traded for cash. Meanwhile, on Monday, officers patrolling on Long Pond...
View Article19-year-old man shot to death at Huntersville apartments
Updated Thursday, Feb. 20 HUNTERSVILLE – Huntersville police are looking for suspects in the Wednesday night shooting death of a 19-year-old Cornelius man at The Landings at Northcross apartments, off...
View ArticleWoman dies in head-on crash on Eastfield Road
CHARLOTTE - A 55-year-old Charlotte driver died Thursday morning when she collided head-on with a pickup truck on Eastfield Road in north Charlotte. Avis Gray Gabbert died when her eastbound 2004 GMC...
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