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Updated: Jul. 2, 2022 at 11:36 AM EDT
|By Freeman Stoddard
The NC Wildlife Resources Commission said wildlife biologists recently helped free a young bear cub in Asheville after it got its head stuck in a jar.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2022 at 4:15 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
A suspect is in custody after law enforcement had to jump in and pull him from a pond in the Al Henderson Golf Course community on Friday.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 6:08 PM EDT
|By Cameron Bopp and Lisa Weismann
Following the implementation of the Fetal Heartbeat Law in South Carolina, a non-profit is looking to help people still seeking the procedure.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2022 at 12:42 PM EDT
|By Ann McGill
WIOA provides training in manufacturing, transportation/logistics, Information Technology, construction trades, and other areas.
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Updated: Jun. 24, 2022 at 6:37 PM EDT
|By Clare Allen and Staff
Three siblings are dead after drowning at the Amity Recreation Area in Lincoln County. We talked to a cousin who says the boys were so happy to go to the lake with their sister.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2022 at 2:15 PM EDT
|By Amanda Shaw and Zach Prelutsky
“He is a serial killer. I’ll back no mistake about it,” said the Greenville County sheriff.
Updated: Jun. 21, 2022 at 6:59 PM EDT
|By Caroline Hicks
He says it happened on Monday, June 13th at Teen Health Connection through Atrium Health in the Cotswold area.
Updated: Jun. 19, 2022 at 2:28 PM EDT
|By Freeman Stoddard
The Asheville Fire Department said three people were sent to the hospital on Saturday after they began reacting to chemicals in a pool.
Updated: Jun. 18, 2022 at 3:17 PM EDT
|By Freeman Stoddard
Officials from the Biltmore Estate announced that one person died on Friday afternoon when a tree fell onto a car.
Updated: Jun. 14, 2022 at 8:33 AM EDT
|By Anisa Snipes
Officials say the bear weighed 350 pounds which is not standard for this time of year.
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Updated: Jun. 11, 2022 at 11:27 AM EDT
|By WBTV Web Staff
They were placed under $250,000 secured bonds.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2022 at 12:42 PM EDT
|By WBTV Web Staff
Department officials said preliminary reports are two to three people have been shot.
Updated: Jun. 5, 2022 at 10:03 PM EDT
|By WITN Web Team
Wayne County Public Information Officer Joel Gillie said that dispatch received a call at 8:17 in reference to an active shooter at Wayne Memorial Hospital.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2022 at 10:45 AM EDT
|By WBTV Web Staff
Police say this was not a random act.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2022 at 7:48 AM EDT
|By Jamie Boulet
Senate republicans and one democrat voted 28-18 in favor of HB 755, titled “Parents’ Bill of Rights,” on Wednesday, June 1.
Updated: Jun. 1, 2022 at 4:45 AM EDT
|By WBTV Web Staff and David Whisenant
Police did not say what prompted the officer to open fire.
Updated: May. 31, 2022 at 6:11 PM EDT
|By WTOC Staff
The Effingham County Sheriff’s Office is searching for two monkeys that are on the loose.
Updated: May. 30, 2022 at 7:57 AM EDT
|By Sarah Winkelmann, Mariah Congedo and Brian Bailey
An arrest has been made in connection to the fatal boating accident in the Wilmington River that left five people dead Saturday morning.
Updated: May. 29, 2022 at 9:34 PM EDT
|By Nikki Hauser
“It hurts as a parent. It could be any of our kids,” said a dad, Peyton Brown.
Updated: May. 28, 2022 at 7:49 PM EDT
|By WBTV Web Staff
David Jay Errico was last seen wearing a blue button-up shirt and khaki pants.
Updated: May. 25, 2022 at 12:15 PM EDT
|By Staff
A man drove a Walmart buggy through the store while drinking beer, eating a sandwich and potato salad, and stopping to pee on the floor, deputy says.
Updated: May. 24, 2022 at 8:20 PM EDT
|By Joylyn Bukovac
Teachers said he started lunging at the kids and that was when they knew they had to do something.
Updated: May. 20, 2022 at 11:38 PM EDT
|By Craig Allison
17-year-old Jayden Catoe made his grand entrance with his mother on the side, and his special date, his burn nurse.
Updated: May. 19, 2022 at 9:29 PM EDT
|By FOX Carolina News Staff
An officer saved a missing 4-year-old autistic child from drowning, according to the Sylva Police Department.
Updated: May. 19, 2022 at 1:31 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
The Live 5 News team has been honored for overall excellence with an Edward R. Murrow Award.
Updated: May. 18, 2022 at 6:50 AM EDT
|By CBS46 News Staff
Police are investigating after two 16-year-olds were struck by gunfire during a dispute with another person.
Updated: May. 17, 2022 at 9:00 PM EDT
|By Sloane O'Cone
Early Sunday, a car drove into Woof Gang Bakery and Groomers on Washington Road, according to authorities.
Updated: May. 9, 2022 at 10:20 PM EDT
|By Jennifer Lifsey and Tori Cooper
The DeKalb County Police Department has announced they have arrested one person in connection to the deadly shootings Sunday night at Brannon Hill condominiums.
Updated: May. 8, 2022 at 11:05 PM EDT
|By Nikki Hauser
A 6-year-old is dealing with pink eye, corneal abrasions and an allergic reaction after having her face painted.
Updated: May. 7, 2022 at 10:44 PM EDT
|By The Associated Press
Officers shot and killed a man Saturday afternoon who was throwing Molotov cocktails and setting cars on fire near a police station in Raleigh, North Carolina, authorities said.
Updated: May. 7, 2022 at 7:41 AM EDT
|By Ann McGill
It's a Gamecock family tradition. Dad, mom, and all three children have graduated from the School of Journalism at USC-Columbia.
Updated: May. 6, 2022 at 11:32 PM EDT
|By Alex Giles
Elizabeth Eudy, a senior at Lincolnton High School, is asking administrators at her school to consider coming to her home for a special graduation ceremony so her father with ALS can see her graduate.
Updated: May. 4, 2022 at 8:55 PM EDT
|By The Associated Press
A North Carolina man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiring with other members of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group to forcefully halt the peaceful transfer of power after President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory.
Updated: May. 2, 2022 at 6:34 PM EDT
|By Jennifer Lifsey
Numerous arrests were made overnight for illegal and dangerous street racing activities.
Updated: May. 2, 2022 at 6:40 AM EDT
|By WBTV Web Staff
The Amber Alert was issued early Monday morning. By 8 a.m., state authorities announced that it had been canceled.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2022 at 10:52 PM EDT
|By WBTV Web Staff
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police are no longer seeking assistance in locating a nine-year-old girl in north Charlotte.
Updated: Apr. 22, 2022 at 11:30 PM EDT
|By Brandon Hamilton
Two years after the brutal murder of her daughter, Kasei Delpezzo is sharing her story to help other families.
Updated: Apr. 22, 2022 at 2:50 PM EDT
|By S.E. Jenkins
One of the surfers rescued by Myrtle Beach first responders on April 15 has died from drowning complications, the Horry County Coroner said.
Updated: Apr. 15, 2022 at 11:46 AM EDT
|By WTOC Staff
The National Weather Service (NWS) in Charleston has upgraded the tornado that left a destructive path in Bryan County on April 5 from an EF3 to an EF 4 tornado.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2022 at 11:33 AM EDT
|By WBTV Web Staff
According to police, one person suffered injuries not believed to be life-threatening.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2022 at 6:30 AM EDT
|By WBTV Web Staff
He is traveling to Greensboro to speak at North Carolina A&T State University.
Updated: Apr. 12, 2022 at 10:18 PM EDT
|By Brian Bailey
One man has died following an officer-involved shooting around 3:00 a.m. Sunday.
Updated: Apr. 12, 2022 at 4:35 PM EDT
|By Amanda Shaw
Cogongrass is classified as “one of the 10 worst weeds in the world” according to forestry experts and you may not realize it’s a weed at first.
Updated: Apr. 9, 2022 at 10:43 PM EDT
|By Nikki Hauser
Nearly 1,400 family members, community members and fellow officers drove through Charlotte in honor of Mia Goodwin on Saturday.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2022 at 7:16 PM EDT
|By David Hodges
The garnishment process allows hospitals to collect on unpaid medical bills, but a WBTV Investigation raises questions about whether debtors are told about their legal rights to protest the collection.
Investigation continues after officer-involved shooting injures one in Charlotte’s Steele Creek area
Updated: Apr. 6, 2022 at 5:33 AM EDT
|By WBTV Web Staff
The shooting happened at the Pringle Square Apartments, located off Brown Grier Road and down the street from Steele Creek Elementary School.
Updated: Mar. 25, 2022 at 5:42 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips
A woman whom investigators say was stolen from a Florida hospital and raised by a woman in Colleton County asked a judge to reduce her kidnapper’s prison sentence.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2022 at 6:52 PM EDT
|By WBTV Web Staff
CLT Airport officials say the kitchen fire was in the Atrium area.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2022 at 4:24 PM EDT
|By Steve Byerly, Celeste Springer and Craig Allison
The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office released an incident report that revealed new details about the case of a girl who was killed in a dog attack.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2022 at 9:02 PM EDT
|By Jason Huber
A mother in North Carolina shared a video on Facebook showing a bounce house during one of her children’s birthday parties getting picked up by the wind and almost hitting a child.