When the Charlotte Blue Line opened in 2007, then-Mayor Pat McCrory didn’t know if anybody would ride. South Boulevard was a “tough” part of town, he said, a far cry from its personality today. People ...

A grand jury has indicted the man accused of fatally stabbing a Ukrainian refugee on a Charlotte light rail train, a case that has intensified concerns about violence on the city’s transit system.

A light rail commuter train car was destroyed in a fire after a crash with a semitruck, temporarily knocking out power to the train on Sept. 14, according to the Phoenix Fire Department. At about 7:30 ...

A new music video by Charlotte rapper DaBaby is getting attention for reenacting a deadly light rail attack that left 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska dead last month. DaBaby shared the video on his YouTube ...

Gov. Josh Stein addressed the fatal stabbing of Iryna Zarutska in Charlotte. Zarutska, a 23-year-old refugee, was killed aboard the Lynx Blue Line train. The incident drew national media coverage and ...

After no-show train operators caused 100 Hudson-Bergen Light Rail trains to be canceled in late August, the problem continued into this week, making high school students who ride the train 40-minutes ...

The Metro Transit Green Line Extension/Southwest Light Rail is entering a new testing phase with light rail trains moving on tracks for the first time starting on Tuesday, Oct. 14. This is a major ...

In our Reality Check stories, Charlotte Observer journalists dig deeper into questions over facts, consequences and accountability. Read more. Story idea? [email protected]. A 23-year ...