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A master deputy died during a training exercise in South Carolina, a tornado with 80 mph winds touched down in North Carolina, and Catawba County officials reported a missing woman may have been kidnapped. Scattered storms are expected this weekend.

A major drug bust in Union County recovered over 220 pounds of drugs linked to a Mexican cartel. A North Carolina lawmaker proposed a required dress code following reports of a transgender teacher being hired. LaMelo Ball is involved in a lawsuit with a company connected to a former Panthers quarterback.

A 2-day operation in Charlotte resulted in 73 arrests and 2,209 citations. Chester County approved a 6-month data center moratorium, and a dog that attacked a woman's goats escaped from a foster home. The Carolinas are experiencing a transition from heat to rain this week.

An ex-president of a local charity pleaded guilty to charges and was sentenced to prison. A sickness causing explosive diarrhea has reached 145 cases in North Carolina, linked to a parasite in herbs and produce. A woman was rescued after a tree fell on her Huntersville home.

A former UNC basketball champion was arrested as part of an illegal sports betting scheme involving six people. A Charlotte medical student is biking 4,000 miles across the U.S. to raise colorectal cancer awareness. A 'catastrophic' wastewater spill released 6,000 gallons into a North Carolina lake, closing a swimming area. Extreme heat is expected for the Fourth of July weekend, with temperatures reaching 100 degrees in Charlotte.

A woman was airlifted after a car crashed into a house in Rowan County. Twenty-two people were arrested and guns seized during a Lake Norman boating event, and a woman was stabbed with scissors outside a Charlotte strip mall. A heatwave with feels-like temperatures above 100 degrees is expected by the weekend.

A man was arrested after a viral video showed him wielding a knife during an argument on a Charlotte light rail train. He was identified through video evidence and charged with multiple offenses including carrying a concealed weapon and going armed to terror. The incident occurred less than a year after another stabbing on the same transit system.