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3 days ago | 
wbtv.com | Spencer Chrisman |Brandy Beard
RALEIGH, N.C. (WBTV) - The first case of measles in North Carolina for 2025 was confirmed by health officials on Tuesday. Officials said on Tuesday, June 24, a child visiting Forsyth and Guilford counties was confirmed to be infected after traveling from another country currently experiencing active outbreaks.
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3 days ago | 
wbtv.com | Brandy Beard |Cassidy Johncox
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - The second of four FIFA Club World Cup matches to be played in Charlotte kicks off on Tuesday. FC Bayern Munich will go up against S.L. Benfica at the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte on Tuesday, June 24. It’s the second of four 2025 FIFA Club World Cup matches that will be hosted by the Charlotte stadium. Bank of America Stadium will host two group stage matches and two Round of 16 matches this month:June 22 at 3 p.m.: Real Madrid CF vs.
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2 months ago | 
wbtv.com | Claire Kopsky |Cassidy Johncox |Brandy Beard
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - The Charlotte-Mecklenburg NAACP is calling for peace and justice for two 15-year-old high school students involved in a fight that one family claims was racially motivated. The Charlotte branch of the NAACP held a press conference Monday, April 7, to discuss a student fight at Ardrey Kell High School that created tension in the community. One of the 15-year-old students involved was a Muslim girl, the other a Black boy.
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2 months ago | 
wbtv.com | Cassidy Johncox |Brandy Beard |Claire Kopsky
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Federal authorities made it clear Friday that a fight between students at a Charlotte high school does not appear to be a hate crime, despite some allegations. The FBI issued a joint statement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office on Friday, April 4 in connection with a student fight that broke out at Ardrey Kell High School in March. It’s the first time federal authorities have released a statement on the fight.
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2 months ago | 
wbtv.com | Cassidy Johncox |Brandy Beard |Luke Tucker
CHERRYVILLE, N.C. (WBTV) - Law enforcement were at a property in Cherryville on Friday in connection with investigation into Asha Degree’s disappearance. Several law enforcement officers were at a property on Highway 182 on Friday, April 4. A law enforcement source told WBTV that the police activity at that location was connected with the Asha Degree case. It was not immediately clear why authorities were at that location, or what the alleged connection with Degree’s case was.
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Feb 27, 2025 | 
actionnews5.com | Brandy Beard |Dorothy Sedovic
SILER CITY, N.C. (WBTV/Gray News) - An Amber Alert was issued for a 15-year-old in eastern North Carolina who has been missing for nearly a week. Geydi Liseth Hernandez Fernandez was reportedly last seen at 8 p.m. on Feb. 20 at her home in Siler City, North Carolina. She is described to be about 5 feet and 3 inches tall and weighs about 120 pounds. She has brown hair, brown eyes, and was last seen wearing jean shorts and a red shirt with a bear on it.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
gofoothills.com | Brandy Beard
By for WBTV.comCONOVER, N.C. (WBTV) – A 75-year-old convicted murderer from Conover will spend close to 10 more years in prison after stabbing two people and injuring a toddler. Jimmy Lee Randolph pleaded guilty on Jan. 13, 2025, to two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury and one count of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury. The charges came from an attack on Sept. 22, 2023.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Brandy Beard
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LENOIR COUNTY, N.C. ( WBTV /Gray News) – An Amber Alert that was initially issued for a missing teenager from North Carolina has been canceled. The Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office said on Monday afternoon that the 15-year-old girl was found safe. Before she was reported missing, the sheriff’s office said the teen was last seen at her Seven Springs home on Saturday night. Officials did not provide any additional information about where the girl was found.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
fox5vegas.com | Brandy Beard
LENOIR COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV/Gray News) – An Amber Alert has been issued for a missing teenager from North Carolina. The Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office is searching for 15-year-old Yesenia Denise Lopez. She was last seen at her home in Seven Springs around 11 p.m. Saturday. Lopez is about 4’11” and weighs around 150lbs. She has brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a white sweater and black pants.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
weau.com | Brandy Beard |Debra Dolan
LENOIR COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV/Gray News) – An Amber Alert has been issued for a missing teenager from North Carolina. The Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office is searching for 15-year-old Yesenia Denise Lopez. She was last seen at her home in Seven Springs around 11 p.m. Saturday. Lopez is about 4’11” and weighs around 150lbs. She has brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a white sweater and black pants.
