The Latest Breaking News from Charlotte

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In the 24 hours after Charlotte native Steve Wilks was announced as the Carolina Panthers interim head coach, the West Charlotte High alum estimated he received around 300 text messages from friends and family.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Walmart rescinded a pharmacy policy that doctors said limited women’s access to a drug prescribed after miscarriages.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR officials met with Cup Series drivers for a “tense” and “candid” driver-initiated meeting at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Saturday morning, with the goal of making the Next Gen car safer.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Somewhere in the pre-match hoopla, you’ll find Hector Cortes.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Elevation changes, blind turns — a course that blends the speed of a speedway with the chicanes and right turns and elevation changes of a road course.

The black end zones are back at Bank of America Stadium in Week 5, just like these pics from the past between the Panthers and 49ers.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Dawn Staley, the star of this week’s episode of “Sports Legends of the Carolinas,” has had one of the most sensational careers in women’s basketball history.

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — After a year of chemo and radiation, doctors told Penelope “Penny” Wingard in 2014 that her breast cancer was in remission. She’d been praying for this good news. But it also meant she no longer qualified for a program in her state that offers temporary Medicaid…

The federal investigation into the Capitol riot reached deeper into the Charlotte area on Thursday when a Gaston County man pleaded guilty to taking part in a Proud Boys seditious conspiracy to block the presidential transfer of power.