Extreme temperatures exceeding 100 degrees are expected this weekend. Roof Above will end its substance abuse treatment program next month. A look at why homelessness remains a pressing issue in Charlotte. A conversation with the playwright of a new comedy that addresses Charlotte's residential development and more.

Former Gov. Roy Cooper will run for U.S. Senate. Encouraging news for one of N.C.'s endangered species. Plans to convert jazz legend John Coltrane's childhood home into a tourist destination may be on hold. Complaints increase about food vendors operating in Mecklenburg County without permits.

The City of Charlotte hires an outside attorney to investigate claims made by City Council member Victoria Watlington. Recent flooding in central N.C. has increased the risk of insect-borne diseases. Homelessness numbers in Mecklenburg County are on the rise. The Carolina Panthers open training camp.

Charlotte civil rights attorney James Ferguson has died at age 82. Local leaders call on Gov. Josh Stein's gun bill veto to be upheld. Another section of the Blue Ridge Parkway reopens after Helene damage.

WFAE announces staff reductions in the face of lower revenue and a loss of federal funding. Candidate filing for municipal elections and CMS Board elections closed Friday. The state's unemployment rate remained flat in June. Mt. Pleasant asks residents to conserve water while it upgrades its water treatment plant.

Former Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts will not challenge Mayor Vi Lyles in the Democratic primary. New Mecklenburg County Manager Michael Bryant makes changes to his top leadership team. Home prices in Charlotte slide in June. A new study explores how PFAS pollution in water can affect things downstream.

N.C. Attorney General Jeff Jackson joins with nearly 20 other states suing FEMA over cancelled flood mitigation grants. Charlotte will host it's first MLS All-Star Game next summer. CMS Principals are now required to take an immigration webinar.

Wingate town commissioners vote to disband the Wingate Police Department. Kings Mountain residents say their tap water has become undrinkable. Tick season is in full swing in N.C. MLS plans an announcement today that insiders say is a MLS All-Star game in Charlotte next year.

CMPD announces two arrests in connection with a deadly weekend shooting in uptown. S.C. Lieutenant Gov. Pamela Evette announces plans to succeed outgoing Gov. Henry McMaster. Krista Bokhari announces her run for the Charlotte City Council District 6 seat formerly held by her husband Tariq Bokhari.

One dead, five others injured in a weekend shooting at a nightclub in Uptown. The owner of Salud Beer Shop in NoDa charged with embezzlement. The NAACP National Convention returns to Charlotte. NDCOT begins nighttime construction on two projects north of the city.