The Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office is urging visitors and staff at the courthouse to comply with security rules. It comes following a recent rise in weapons confiscations.

The 18-year-old got “preferential treatment,” prosecutors said, and a magistrate was “wholly inappropriate” in not requesting bond payment.

As part of a plea agreement, an Amelia County man admitted in court to raping and sexually assaulting his girlfriend — a move that caps his potential prison time at nine years and two months. John ...

The decision came four days after a 50-minute hearing Monday in Mecklenburg County Courthouse from all parties in the case and two objections to the sale. The sale of a receivership property ...