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Five construction workers escaped serious injury Thursday when lightning struck their job site, near the Cleveland-Rutherford county line.

A 1-year-old girl is still in critical condition after a distracted driver ran off the road and hit her family as they pushed her stroller down Sharon Road West in south Charlotte.

An investigation is under way after a violent murder at an assisted living home in Hickory. Police say one patient beat another and they can't explain why the patient suddenly went on the attack.

A devastated family is looking for answers after their horse was shot and killed.

Unruly tenants and repeated calls to police are becoming a problem in Monroe. Now landlords may be held responsible for what happens on their property, even when they're not there.

Police say fake $100 bills are making the rounds in the Charlotte area.

The city of Charlotte is putting $2.2 million of your tax money towards infrastructure improvements at the Epicentre, but it's not willing help dozens of people who haven't been paid for their work there.

Patrick Burris - the man police have identified as the serial killer who’d terrorized Gaffney, South Carolina - spent days “partying” in Gaston County while police searched for him farther south. That’s according to Mark and Sharon Stamey, who tell Newschannel 36 they “partied” with him for several days after the murders.