News & Observer reporter Chyna Blackmon and the Charlotte Observer's Evan Moore give their top picks to try at this year's North Carolina State Fair. 🎥: Kaitlin McKeown & Kevin Keister #statefair #ncstatefair #ncstatefair2025 #northcarolina #statefairfood #newfood N.C. State Fair | The News & Observer

North Carolina House Speaker Destin Hall said Thursday that Charlotte has lost "institutional control,” and criticized local officials. Hall and other Republican leaders of the North Carolina General Assembly said in a presser that they would introduce wide-ranging legislation later this month in the wake of the fatal stabbing of a 23-year-old woman on the Charlotte light rail last month. ✍️ Avi Bajpai and Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan 🎥 Robert Willett/The News & Observer 🔗 https://www.charlotteobs