He battled and struggled before finally pulling in the largest fish he had ever caught – a 62.9-pound blue catfish.

North Carolina Highway Patrol Trooper Adolfo Lopez-Alcedo, who was seriously injured when he was hit by a car on I-485, has returned home to his family after 84 days of hospital treatment.

Sgt. Dot Cole, from Kannapolis, is celebrating her 107th birthday on Saturday.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Forest has called for all North Carolina K-12 public schools to reopen without requiring students or teachers to wear masks.

A Huntersville police officer left a Dunkin' Donuts with more than just coffee Tuesday morning. He left with a handwritten note on a napkin that he says he’s going to keep with him.

A Union County teen who was reported missing, believed to be with a man from Virginia, has been found and is safe.

The caller told 911 that shots were being exchanged between the homeowner and suspects.

Pfc. Jean Cruz De Leon, a grenadier assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, died from injuries sustained during a training event in Fort Stewart, Georgia.

A North Carolina state trooper found 20 gallons of suspected moonshine during a traffic stop in Cumberland County.

A North Carolina operation has led to the rescue of eight children from sexual abuse and at least 23 child exploitation arrests.

A stabbing in Gastonia left one person dead Wednesday morning and a relative in custody, police say.

County commissioners have officially declared September 1 as Hester Ford day in Mecklenburg County.

A WBTV reporter went to the Planned Parenthood, on South Torrence Street, and found that the mural was gone.

Someone painted a “Baby Lives Matter” mural at a Planned Parenthood location in Charlotte.

However, since the RNC was moved from Jacksonville due to COVID-19 guidelines, Martz said he redirected the billboard to Charlotte where it will be moving around in a truck in uptown from the start of the RNC to the finish.

Skeeter Tulloch, from Lee County, painted a large mural on the street that reads, “Cannon’s Life Matters.”

More than $750,000 has been raised for a 5-year-old boy who was fatally shot at point-blank range in North Carolina.

That currently makes three clusters at childcare centers in Mecklenburg County.

A tractor-trailer crashed into three fire trucks along Interstate 85 in Rowan County Tuesday morning, closing the southbound lanes, Highway Patrol says.

To be clear, I didn’t want to tell you guys until we were out of the woods. I didn’t want to cause unnecessary alarm.

A black bear was recently spotted in Asheville, North Carolina with a “Trump 2020” sticker on its collar.

North Carolina welcomed home 120 soldiers Saturday after they spent a year deployed in the Middle East.

Restaurants must stop selling alcoholic drinks after 11 pm. and bars will remain closed. The curfew is effective this Friday, July 31.

North Carolina State Highway Patrol Trooper Colby Pridgen was helping the family who were broke down along a busy highway in Johnston County.

NASCAR is prohibiting the display of the Confederate flag at all events and properties.

Demonstrators gathered in uptown Charlotte for the third day Sunday in protest over the death of George Floyd.

The incident happened around 10:30 a.m. on Hunterwood Drive In eastern Burke County. This is off of Cape Hickory Road near the county line.

There are now COVID-19 outbreaks at 23 North Carolina meat processing plants, with 1,340 total positive cases at those plants, according to NCDHHS.

Official say Alyssa Williamson and Angel Howard left a residence in Central on May 9.

Some senior students at North Lincoln High School in Lincolnton found a creative way to make the most of the coronavirus situation.