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Top Stories

View a listing of the weekly top stories in Mecklenburg County government.

Mecklenburg County provides a weekly rundown of top stories from the Board of County Commissioners meetings and from the Public Information Department’s newsroom.

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  1. Top Stories for Dec. 31, 2025

    This week’s top stories includes info on tax payments, property listings, the Low Income Energy Assistance Program and the Critical Home Repair Program.

  2. Top Stories for Dec. 17, 2025

    This week’s top stories includes info on the MPTA, SoFi, Leigh Altman, Lasalle Street and holiday recycling.

  3. Top Stories for Dec. 10, 2025

    This week’s top stories includes info on the annual community survey, tax payments, LIEAP, Crowns of Enterprise, Albemarle Park and McAlpine Creek Greenway.

  4. Top Stories for Dec. 3, 2025

    This week’s top stories includes info on the Metropolitan Public Transit Authority, BOCC leadership, the annual Domestic Violence Memorial Tree, Albemarle Park, the Wilson Lobby, Scout Motors, JGA, World AIDS Day and Johnson C. Smith. 

  5. Top Stories for Nov. 26, 2025

    This week’s top stories includes info on the County's Veteran and Military Community Needs Survey, the annual Point in Time Count,  ARPA, World AIDS Day, Solarize Charlotte-Mecklenburg, the turkey giveaway and Adoption Day.

  6. Top Stories for Nov. 19, 2025

    This week’s top stories includes info on a BOCC resolution of support for immigrants, services for Catherine Simmons neighborhood, emergency medical services, the turkey giveaway, National Adoption Day, the HOMES program and Maersk. 

  7. Top Stories for Nov. 13, 2025

    This week’s top stories includes info on Scout Motors, the upcoming turkey giveaway, Wake and Mecklenburg collaboration, the 1774 Alexander Rock House and Bryant Park.

  8. Top Stories for Nov. 6, 2025

    This week’s top stories includes info on the sales tax vote, Project BOAST, food resources during the SNAP suspension, Veterans Day, the Point in Time Count and the jury service scam alert.

  9. Top Stories for Oct. 29, 2025

    This week’s top stories includes info on early voting, the Board's fall retreat, Commissioner Griffin's community meeting, economic development, the Crisis Intervention Team and the new fire marshal.

  10. Top Stories for Oct. 22, 2025

    This week’s top stories includes info on the Board's fall retreat, the Excelsior Club, Eastland Park, Chair Jerrell's upcoming community meeting, SoFi and immunizations.