Deputy shoots armed man outside Harmony dollar store, sheriff says

News | Charlotte North Carolina | Spectrum News 1 7/1 10:30A Jordan Kudisch

Authorities identified the suspect as Daniel Glenn Brown, 33, of Harmony.

Repaved track at Justice Academy helps keep officers safe on roads

News | Charlotte North Carolina | Spectrum News 1 7/1 8:11A Amy Elliott

The track is used by law enforcement officers while training at the Justice Academy in Sampson County.

$1.5m worth of cars seized during illegal street racing operation

WCCB Charlotte 7/1 7:58A Jeff Monheit

CHARLOTTE, NC The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department along with the North Carolina State Highway Patrol seized five cars worth more than $1.5 million on Friday, according to CMPD. Investigators say the vehicles were being used for illegal...

Senate passes Trump’s big tax breaks and spending cuts bill as Vance breaks 50-50 tie

WCCB Charlotte 7/1 7:30A Danielle Ferguson

WASHINGTON Senate Republicans hauled President Donald Trump s big tax breaks and spending cuts bill to passage Tuesday on the narrowest of margins, pushing past opposition from Democrats and their own...

Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart dies at 90

WCCB Charlotte 7/1 7:28A Jeff Monheit

BATON ROUGE, LA Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, who became a household name amassing an enormous following and multimillion-dollar ministry only to be undone by his penchant for prostitutes, has died. Swaggart died decades after his once vast...

Man in critical condition, deputy injured in shooting, Wake County sheriff says

News | Charlotte North Carolina | Spectrum News 1 7/1 6:28A Charles Duncan

The sheriff's office said a man was threatening to harm himself before he shot at deputies.

Tasty Tuesday: Getting ready for Independence Day with some seasonal dishes

WCCB Charlotte 7/1 6:04A Chris Gilmore

CHARLOTTE, NC Chef Mara Norris of the Foodie School visited Rising to whip up some potato salad and strawberry crumble. Strawberry Crumble Filling Ingredients: 4 cups fresh strawberries cup sugar (to taste) teaspoon kosher salt cup cornstarch...

Gaston County Mugshots June 30th

WCCB Charlotte 7/1 5:08A WCCB Web Staff

Check out the Gaston County mugshots from Monday, June 30th. *Everyone listed is assumed innocent until proven guilty in court.

Senate strikes AI provision from GOP bill after uproar from the states

WCCB Charlotte 7/1 4:27A Jeff Monheit

WASHINGTON A proposal to deter states from regulating artificial intelligence for a decade was soundly defeated in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, thwarting attempts to insert the measure into President Donald Trump s big bill of tax breaks and...

Musk proposes a new political party, Trump suggests DOGE ‘might have to go back and eat Elon’

WCCB Charlotte 7/1 4:21A Jeff Monheit

WASHINGTON Elon Musk s feud with President Donald Trump and seemingly any congressional Republicans who support the president s massive tax cuts and spending package has reignited, with the tech billionaire threatening to launch a new political...

Rise & Chime In: What’s the nicest compliment you’ve ever gotten?

WCCB Charlotte 7/1 4:14A Joseph Duncan

CHARLOTTE, N.C. The Rising Crew shares the nicest compliments they ve ever received. Viewers also send in their answers. You can join in our entertaining chats by going to our WCCB Rising Instagram page. There you will find the topic for the...

Dad rescues daughter on Disney cruise after fall overboard

WCCB Charlotte 7/1 3:53A Chris Gilmore

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL New video shows the moments a Disney Cruise line ship rescued a father and daughter who fell overboard. The incident happened Sunday after a little girl fell from the fourth deck and her father jumped in to save her. According...

What the Tech: ChatGPT

WCCB Charlotte 7/1 3:29A Shalaunda Bacon

CHARLOTTE You ve probably used Chat GPT for any number of things but it isn t the only AI game in town. There are three other major AI platforms getting a lot of attention. Chat GPT, Google Gemini, Microsoft CoPilot, and Perplexity are comparable...

Scattered storms Tuesday, drying out into holiday weekend

WCCB Charlotte 6/30 10:44P James Scott

The first day of July kicks off the back half of 2025 and we ll finally see some changes to the stiflingly hot pattern we ve been dealing with for the better part of the past two weeks. Monday s high of 93 in Charlotte marked 12 straight days in...

In stepping aside, Sen. Thom Tillis goes the way of other Republicans who have challenged Trump

News | Charlotte North Carolina | Spectrum News 1 6/30 12:37P Associated Press

Trump attacked Tillis after the North Carolina Republican revealed he would oppose Trump’s big tax breaks bill because of its deep cuts to Medicaid.