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The fire happened around 7 p.m. at a home on the 200 block of Gatewood Lane in Weddington.

One person was killed in a car crash in Union County Monday afternoon. The crash happened in the 6400 block of Smith Town in Marshville at 2:20 p.m. Officials say the car was found in a corn maze. The female victim was ejected from the car during the crash, officials confirmed. 

Alexander Vandertoorn, 19, is accused of having at least 120 images and videos of child pornography uploaded to a Dropbox account.

Daniel Wade Stanford, 35, was arrested in May for having inappropriate contact with a former student. Stanford was a teacher at Parkwood Middle School.

The shooting left two homes damaged by gunfire, but no one was injured. 

The sheriff's office says it's making progress toward catching the people who tied up, robbed and even tortured families. Union County investigators believe those crimes are tied to a string of incidents in the Mecklenburg County community of Mint Hill. 

Police are investigating 16 break-ins that occurred overnight in Mecklenburg and Union counties. 

During each robbery, the men struck early in the morning, targeted the safe and moved employees to the freezer.    

Torey Jermaine Brooks, 36, is facing several charges including first-degree murder in the death of 22-year-old David Tyrone Duncan Jr.

A Union County lawmaker is calling teachers planning to attend a march on Raleigh for better school funding "union thugs," saying they are inconveniencing thousands of parents.

Sheriff's deputies say the crimes happened roughly between 9:30 p.m. Wednesday and 1 a.m. on Thursday.?

Within two weeks the city of Monroe has witnessed two homicide cases. Police officers say having back-to-back killings is not normal for the area and its draining the department. The city is hoping they don't get a bad reputation after they witnessed two murders over the last couple of weekends.  

According to the Monroe Police Department, the incident happened in the 1500 block of Massey Street in Monroe around 3.a.m.

David Motte and his wife, Joy, were visiting Blarney Castle last Friday when the 59-year-old suffered cardiac arrest while making the trip to kiss the famous Blarney Stone.

This new video is Jenn showing her prosthetic to her kids, ages 3 and 4.

Police in Union County are searching for robbers who robbed a sweepstakes arcade Monday morning. Officials say the Midway Skill Arcade was robbed Monday just before 4 a.m. The robbers entered the business with masks and gloves demanding money.  

According to the city of Monroe, the location of the shooting has not yet been confirmed.

Two men posing as customers entered an Indian Trial car dealership Monday morning expressing interest in buying a 2011 Chevrolet Camaro. While one man distracted the salesman, the other took the keys and sped away traveling U.S. 74 west toward Charlotte.  Deputies arrived on the scene around 11 a.m. The stolen vehicle had a tracking device and was monitored as it traveled on the outer loop of I-485.  

A tip from a school resource officer at Piedmont High School in Union County led to the arrest of three students involved in a spray painting vandalism case over the weekend. A large LED sign, the parking lot and a trash dumpster at New Vision Ministries Church on Clark's Creek Road were vandalized and spray painted with various symbols including "666" and swastikas, according to deputies.  

This school year, the concern was so great the district placed a social worker in some of the neediest schools, but that resource is not shared among other schools.

According to the Monroe Police Department, officers were responding to reports of shots fired near Circle Drive.

According to officials with Union County Public Schools, the incident happened at Parkwood Middle School on Parkwood School Road in Monroe.

According to the Union County Public Works, the water outage will affect people who live near New Salem Road, Lawyers Road, Salem Pointe Drive, Shelby Drive and Cheshire Glen in Monroe. 

The district says the purpose of the reassignment is to put students in schools closer to their homes and to make transportation run more efficient.

According to the Union County Sheriff's Office, Chancellor Ashton Kelly was last seen leaving his home on Salmon River Driver in the Meriwether neighborhood around 4:40 p.m. Tuesday afternoon.

The shooting happened on Jerome Street in Wingate, which is located near Wingate University. 

According to the Matthews Police Department, the skimmer was found on an ATM at First Citizens Bank in the 1300 block of Matthews Township Parkway.

What seems like blackmail is actually a new scam police have seen pop up in various different areas.

According to the Union County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were dispatched to a home in the 4800 block of Bigham Road, near Waxhaw.

According to the Union County Sheriff’s Office, deputies went to a home in the 2400 block Sierra Chase Drive, near Stonebridge Golf Club in Monroe at approximately 11:38 a.m. Saturday morning concerning a possible stabbing victim.

Two Charlotte teens are accused of breaking into several restaurants in Union County between September and October 2017. 

According to the Union County Sheriff's Office, a tractor-trailer overturned on Stack Road between East Sandy Ridge and Charlie Williams Road. 

Neighbors alerted deputies after seeing two men reportedly wearing "skull" masks and acting suspicious outside a home, deputies said. 

According to the Union County Sheriff's Office, the man reportedly stole a wallet from an employee who works at the Dollar General on NC 218 in Fairview. 

Fire officials were called out to Carolina Green Company in the 10100 block of Indian Trail Fairview Road before 9:30 a.m.

WBTV's Sky3 was over the scene as the truck pulled off the road and was immediately surrounded by officers, some with guns drawn. 

In the post, the student makes a threat against "MHS," prompting a response from schools in Chesterfield County, Monroe and Mooresville who share the same initials. 

Surveillance video showed a man come onto the car lot after hours Tuesday and take an SUV. The owner believes it is the same man who was looking at the vehicle a few hours earlier.

Union County Public School officials say the main building of the school had no heat for about an hour and a half.

The two were arguing on a highway when they stopped the trooper, who told sheriff’s deputies the dispute was over prostitution money.

One man was arrested in connection with a house fire in Union County Tuesday morning.  The fire occurred in the 5200 block of Old Monroe Road in Indian Trial. Upon arrival, officials say several people were outside of the home and flames and smoke could be seen coming from the house. 

According to the Union County Sheriff's Office, deputies received reports about the gunfire shortly before 9 p.m. Deputies say at least four homes and several vehicles on Griffith Road, which is located near Monroe, were struck by bullets. 

According to the Union County Sheriff's Department, Highway 74 westbound near the Pilgrim's Pride Corporation on West Marshville Boulevard is closed due a wreck involving two 18-wheelers and a passenger vehicle. 

No one was injured on the bus. There were reportedly 32 students on the bus at the time of the crash.

A man is accused of using a South Carolina resident's identity to attempt to buy a car at a Union County dealership Tuesday. 

According to the Union County Sheriff's Office, Sherry Silvey was stuck in traffic on New Salem Road due to a house fire on Nov. 28. She was reportedly "shocked" when she found out traffic was stopped due to a fire at her house, deputies say. 

The school district will address this issue in a news conference at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at the UCPS Professional Development Center in Monroe.

The sisters grew up playing softball and for the last three seasons, they've been Spartans together on the same team for Sun Valley High.

The wreck happened just before 4:30 p.m. on Weddington Road near Potter Road, which is near the Wesley Chapel area.

Union County Public Schools (UCPS) Superintendent Dr. Andrew Houlihan is excited about a new initiative he has started. He says he was recently talking to a group of seniors and they told him how they had to pay for the college entrance exam SAT.  

A $5,000 reward is being offered for anyone who has any information that leads to the arrest in a deadly shooting of a  87-year-old Indian Trial man in September. 

The governor is offering $5,000 to anyone with information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or people involved in the murder of 87-year-old Sim Augusta Flowe.

Deputies responded to a call shortly after 1 p.m. about a residential burglary in Union County Tuesday. Upon arrival at the scene in the 1900 block of Gables Drive, officers found two females outside of the home. 

15-year-old Elizabeth was diagnosed with Ewing Sarcoma in April of 2015. She had a tumor attached to her eleventh rib on her left side. Further tests showed it was also in her lungs. After a rough year (chemo, surgery, radiation), she was declared cancer-free!

She claims another student slapped her child in the face in September and then punched him in the face in October.

According to the North Carolina Department of Revenue, 55-year-old William Jeffrey Massey plead guilty to three counts of embezzlement of state property. He was sentenced to spend at least 16 months in prison.

According to the Union County Sheriff's Office, U.S. 74 was shut down between Faith Church Road and Wesley Chapel Road. Deputies tweeted about the incident just before 5 a.m.

The wreck happened in the 7600 block of Pageland Highway near the North Carolina and South Carolina line in Union County. 

Narcotics detectives with the Union County Sheriff's Office seized large quantities of dangerous drugs, cash, and a Cadillac Escalade during a week long drug bust.

The service dog was stolen from the owner's home, a police report states. The dog, named Manasseh, was last seen Wednesday afternoon around 1 p.m. 

This is a three-year grant. If improvements are made, the grant can be extended for another two years. That could mean the grant could equal $45 million.

According to the Waxhaw police, Mikael Dascenzo was arrested Monday and charged with statutory sexual offense by an adult, indecent liberties with a child and disseminate obscenity to a minor under 13 years of age. 

According to North Carolina Highway Patrol, the fatal wreck occurred on Lancaster Highway just south of Monroe. 

Leah Belk of Indian Trail in Union County is charged with wire fraud, according to a bill of information filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Charlotte. A bill of information is similar to an indictment, except no grand jury is involved.

Waxhaw police said crews were working on New Town Road near Waxhaw when the employee struck and damaged a power pole. 

The wreck happened after 3 p.m. on the 6200 block of Lancaster Highway near Nesbit Road in Waxhaw.

The Union County Sheriff's Office says the robber went into the McDonald's near Wingate University and robbed the place with a small caliber handgun. 

A 22-year-old woman was killed in a wreck in Monroe Monday morning.  According to the Monroe Police Department, the fatal wreck occurred around 6 a.m. at the intersection of Rocky River Road and eastbound US 74.  Police say the victim, identified as Breanna Rae Ringerson, was driving a 2017 Nissan Sentra and was stopped at a light when 20-year-old Myles Daylon Pace struck the rear of her vehicle.  Ringerson was pronounced dead at the scene, officers said.  Poli...

Thirty-five public schools in the Charlotte area earned the state’s top grade for student achievement Thursday, as North Carolina released its 2017 school letter grades.

Louis Henry Fuqua, 40, and suspect in the killing of Union County teacher Ruijan Guo, was found shot to death at the Econo Lodge on Clanton Road on September 12.

The Newton Police Department partnered with the Roxboro Police Department in Texas to collect items for the first responders who were affected by the storm in Houston. 

After hearing and reading all the terrible stories coming out of Houston in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, a simple letter from a young girl cuts through it all.

“We’re really excited about the opening of schools. We’re really excited about what we can do for the kids,” CMS Superintendent Dr. Clayton M. Wilcox said.

A busy intersection between Mint Hill and Matthews opened Saturday after being shut down for nearly two months due to the construction of a new roundabout.

There was a procession Thursday morning from the funeral home to the church. Many officers accompanied the flag-draped casket as it arrived at the church. Many Monroe High School students and staff attended the funeral.

Rae Alepa has been the director since 2013 and recently took over as executive director after Richard Matens left. 

The incident happened on the 700 block of Roanoke Church Road near Unionville.

The superintendent for Union County Public Schools (UCPS), Dr. Andrew Houlihan, found about $8 million to help turn six low performing schools in the county around.

According to the Union County Sheriff's Office, the body was found in a pond in the 3600 block of Wolfe Mill Road in Monroe. Deputies tweeted about the incident around 3:30 p.m.

The complaint was filed Wednesday in Union County Superior Court. According to the lawsuit, a WBTV reporter requested text messages, emails, and other written communication sent and received by Sheriff Eddie Cathey and several deputies.