Patrick Cannon's journey from disgrace to redemption stands out in Charlotte's political history. After his 2014 conviction for taking bribes from undercover FBI agents and serving time in federal ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Former Charlotte mayor Patrick Cannon accepted a plea agreement Wednesday afternoon to a lesser charge of attempting voter fraud. Cannon walked into court in Mecklenburg County ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- From the projects to the city's highest office and all the way to prison, former Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon's rise to power ended with disgrace. But after serving 22 months for ...

STEELE CREEK, N.C. -- Months after being released from a federal re-entry program, former Charlotte mayor Patrick Cannon made a public appearance Saturday. Cannon made an appearance in his new weekly ...

In 1999, a longtime Mecklenburg County department head convicted of taking kickbacks blamed it in part on his addiction to marijuana. Last year, U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. attributed his embezzling ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. By the end of Wednesday, everyone in the Charlotte area knew Charlotte Mayor Patrick ...