Your guide to spending the holidays in Charlotte, with lights shows, Christmas Town, festive markets and more.

Charlotte Mecklenburg Library hosted a naturalization ceremony for the first time April 6 at South County Regional Library.

Mecklenburg voter turnout, an area of focus for the county party, once again trailed statewide levels this election ...

Frequently in BizWorthy, we’ve heard about how churches are presenting new real estate opportunities. One such case is in ...

Dancing for the Arts 2024 turned amateurs into true entertainers, and the audience thanked them one dollar at a time for ...

In this photo, a poll worker brings a ballot to a voter in a car at Charlotte Mecklenburg Library in University City on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. MELISSA MELVIN-RODRIGUEZ mrodriguez@charlotteobserver ...

and David Dean outside the West Asheville Public Library on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024 in Asheville, N.C. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek) FILE - State Sen. Jeff Jackson, D-Mecklenburg, Democratic ...

NOW, IF WE BREAK THAT NUMBER DOWN EVEN FURTHER, ACCORDING TO THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, WAKE COUNTY HAS THE SECOND HIGHEST NUMBER OF DEMOCRATS, RIGHT BEHIND MECKLENBURG COUNTY, THE MOST NUMBER ...

3:30 p.m. Outside of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library — University City Regional branch on East W.T. Harris Blvd., the light drizzle is turning into fat droplets of rain. But that isn’t ...

MELISSA MELVIN-RODRIGUEZ 3:30 p.m. Outside of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library — University City Regional branch on East W.T. Harris Blvd., the light drizzle is turning into fat droplets of rain.

Jackson previously served as an assistant district attorney in Gaston County where he tried over 100 cases, later becoming a state senator representing Mecklenburg County for eight years.