Monday evening, Jan. 5, officers with the Kings Mountain Police Department responded to a reported armed robbery in the parking lot of Kentucky Fried Chicken, located at 409 E. Kings Street.

Rutherford County Manager Steve Garrison’s 2025 year-end highlights report presents a long list of meetings, projects, and ribbon cuttings, but offers little assessment of unresolved problems facing the county as he prepares to step down from the post. The 42-page report, released as Garrison’s resignation approaches on Feb. 3, catalogs departmental activity across county government — from public safety and elections to tourism and transit — but largely avoids discussion of

North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls announced Tuesday that she was diagnosed with breast cancer late last year, saying the illness will not affect her ability to serve on the state’s highest court or continue campaigning.

A federal judge has ordered the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) not to release any body-worn camera (BWC) audio or video evidence tied to the August 2025 killing of Iryna Zarutska on the city’s light rail line, temporarily halting disclosure to the media amid concerns the material could prejudice the case. U.S. Magistrate Judge David Keesler, a Democrat, issued a three-page preliminary protective order  on Monday directing the CMPD to withhold all related recor

North Carolina has been named the number one state for workforce development in 2026 by Site Selection magazine, following its 2025 ranking as “America’s Top State for Business.”