David Whisenant
News Reporter
Charlotte, NC
David grew up watching WBTV and it was the only TV station he ever wanted to work for.
His biggest stories include the Pillowtex/NC Research Campus developments over the years, the tragic fire at Salisbury Millworks, the funeral of President Ronald Reagan, NASCAR-related stories and coverage and follow-ups on Hurricane Katrina and the local connections to that disaster and recovery.
He is a bureau reporter covering Charlotte and all points north including Salisbury, Concord, and Kannapolis and "wherever they send me."
Honors: Key to the city of Salisbury for Hurricane Katrina relief partnership project; First Place, National Motorsports Press Association Television News Category, 2008; Silver Award, Radio and Television News Director's Association of the Carolinas, 2008; two awards for First Place, National Motorsports Press Association, 2009; Gold Award, Radio and Television News Director's Association of the Carolinas, 2009; Gold Award, RTNDAC, 2010; Charlie Harville Award, NMPA, 2010; First Place Spot News, NMPA, 2010, First Place, Long Form Documentary, NMPA, NC Animal/Rabies Control Association Reporter of the Year, 2012.
A woman has been charged, accused of setting fire to a church while a popular barbecue festival was underway.
A groundskeeper mowed around a dead body in a North Carolina yard because he thought it was a prop for a Halloween display, officials said.
The pastor said the weapon was in the back of his van, and one of his sons got a hold of it and accidentally shot his brother.
The announcement will keep NASCAR’s top level coming to the historic track for at least another year.
A fun summer job came to a violent end for Brynnlee Steger on Monday.
A sheriff’s office in North Carolina conducted a three-month long investigation that reached several conclusions about what happened to Kantor, and described the incident as a “tragic accident.”
Delta Airlines Flight 1092 landed around 8:40 a.m.
A man and woman in Salisbury say they were nearly crushed by a huge tree that fell on the car in which they had been sitting.
Deputies arrived at the Baptist church in North Carolina after receiving reports that a man staying at the church was manufacturing marijuana.
The uniquely southern soda is giving Carolinians the chance to win exclusive, one-of-a-kind experiences now through July during Cheerwine’s Uniquely Southern Summer Contest.
Police said the boys are in protective custody.
Warrant: Man wanted to cut off woman’s fingers and eat them in front of her to “scare her.”
What seemed like the impossible dream is now just three months from reality.
Work is progressing to get the iconic track ready to return to the spotlight In just a little over five months from today the historic North Wilkesboro Speedway is set to host the NASCAR All-Star Race.
Deputies in Rowan County have charged a 46-year-old woman with failing to report the death of her 78-year-old live-in boyfriend.
A dog being walked by its owner was struck and killed by a stolen car over the weekend, according to police in North Carolina.
Deputies were called to a home on Barn Road to find Rowan County EMS staff standing over a man lying on the floor with injuries to his face and mouth.
Deputies in Rowan County say a woman was charged after she was found intoxicated and naked, sitting in her front yard screaming as children were getting off a school bus.
The N.C. Transportation Museum is counting down the return of THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Train Ride in Spencer.
Two women posing as bail bond agents stole $5000 cash from a woman who was trying to get her boyfriend out of jail.
Deputies with the Rowan Sheriff’s Office say they arrested a man for trafficking drugs in his former employer’s parking lot just thirty minutes after he had been fired.
Police say the investigation indicates that there was no exchange of gunfire by those involved in the altercation. Investigators believe a person who is not a student at the college fired one or more shots.
The track’s web page boasts “Wilkesboro had good times, but the best days are ahead.”
Driving a car painted in the throwback bright green Sun Drop paint scheme, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., will race on Wednesday night at the historic North Wilkesboro Motor Speedway.
An iconic small business in Salisbury is struggling because the owner simply can’t find workers.
Firefighters battle the fire and the heat of the day
The crash happened late Monday night on Fort Dobbs Road near Statesville.
A man is facing multiple charges for stabbing two teenagers after a fight broke out that started with a “snot rocket,” deputies said.
A motorcycle convoy set off from Statesville on Monday morning on a 2400 mile ride to Hollywood, California, to return a set of World War Two medals to the family of a man who fought in several major battles, including the D-Day invasion.
A man arrested in North Carolina for felony identity theft is accused of using dozens of fake names over several years to get out of criminal charges, according to deputies.
32-year-old Bruce Richard Goodwin is charged with three counts of felony discharging weapon into an occupied property and five counts of felony assault on law enforcement.
Bond was set at $1 million for a Rowan County man accused of child abuse.
A woman who had stopped to help the victim of a car crash in Rowan County ended up being a victim herself when she was carjacked.
A mother and four of her children are in the hospital following a fire in the family home on Saturday morning just after 7:00 a.m.
A North Carolina State Trooper and a motorcyclist he had stopped for a traffic stop both died on Monday night when they were hit and killed by another trooper who was responding to the scene.
Salisbury-based Food Lion has released the results of the Food Lion Feeds campaign.
A spiked wooden club and a Daisy Red Ryder BB gun were the weapons a 53-year-old man is accused of using in an argument with a man and a woman with whom he had been drinking, according to a report at the Rowan Sheriff’s Office.
A big truck rolled out of Food Lion headquarters in Salisbury on Monday to take much needed supplies to tornado victims in America’s heartland.
An elderly man sitting in his car on train tracks with a train approaching was pushed away from his vehicle moments before it was struck by a train.
A woman was arrested on Friday in China Grove, charged with felony child abuse for allegedly fracturing the skull of a child and causing other injuries.
Betty Lynn, who played Thelma Lou on The Andy Griffith Show, passed away on Saturday
NASCAR drivers Kurt Bush and Daniel Hemric joined officials from Charlotte Motor Speedway and Blue Cross NC in painting Charlotte Motor Speedway’s pit wall pink on Tuesday.
A teenager was killed after being shot Sunday afternoon in Salisbury, authorities said.
Deputies say the staff at a Rowan County convenience store did the right thing by caring for a child found wandering around inside the business late on Saturday night.
During a discussion of the rise in COVID-19 cases, a member of the Cabarrus County Board of Education blamed the case increase on “illegal aliens by the thousands coming across that border without masks, with COVID.”
One man’s armed robbery of a Salisbury convenience store netted only a $5 pack of cigarettes.
She fought hard on the field with her team to win a World Championship in Little League softball, now Kassidy Sechler has a team of support behind her as she fights for her life in a hospital.
A Salisbury man told police that he thought he had been shot in the behind by a Roman candle. It turns out he was shot with a gun and there was a bullet lodged in his buttocks.
A Rowan County mother was jailed on child abuse charges after deputies say she assaulted one son with a cellphone and assaulted another so with a belt.
