U.S. District Court Judge Earl Britt decided Monday that 21-year-old Shkumbin Sherifi won't be released on bond before his trial in November. The FBI says he plotted to kill the witnesses in his older brother's trial.
The lawsuit asserts that no compelling reason exists for the state to require religious leaders or court magistrates to perform ceremonial marriages or for the state to require registration.
Facebook co-founder and North Carolina native Chris Hughes is coming back to his home state, where he's scheduled to give a talk on how social media has transformed the state of communications.
A month of activities and official recognition has been proclaimed to pay tribute to the more than 100,000 North Carolina children whose parents serve in the U.S. military.
U.S. Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina says he won't run for a leadership post in the Senate after the 2012 elections because such a job isn't conducive to pushing policy initiatives in which he's interested.
The warm weather may feel nice, but if you plan on doing any kind of yard work this weekend the North Carolina Forest Service is encouraging residents not to burn yard debris.
Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton, former U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge and state Rep. Bill Faison spoke Thursday at the Raleigh Convention Center from the same stage for the first time using a debate-style format in their primary campaign.
University of North Carolina junior forward John Henson, sophomore forward Harrison Barnes and sophomore point guard Kendall Marshall will enter the 2012 NBA Draft.
Authorities have filed a felony charge against a student at a Chatham County high school after surveillance video showed him tampering with a teacher's drink.
Tarran Senay’s two-out single to right center in the bottom of the 11th inning lifted N.C. State to a 4-3 win over instate rival East Carolina Wednesday night at Doak Field at Dail Park.
Dozens of people spoke out at Wednesday night's public hearing about a proposal to allow night hunting in our area. Some say it will help control the number of coyotes. Others argue it could put people and endangered species in danger.
Republicans at the Legislature say they plan to take a cautious approach to allow a new method of natural gas drilling in North Carolina that, if successful, probably wouldn't remove a ban on the activity for at least two years.
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Volunteer fire departments on tight budgets sometimes need the help of the public to raise funds--although one department in the east says they're not going door to door to do it, but someone is, claiming to represent the department.
Three Virginia-based Navy ships have set out on a regularly-scheduled deployment. Accompanying the sailors will be the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, based at Camp Lejeune, N.C.
This week a driver in Johnston County and another driver in Cumberland County were pulled over by men pretending to be police officers, and when the drivers pulled over, they were robbed.
Reese has unsuccessfully filed five other lawsuits to try to stop the stadium and other related downtown deals. He has said he doesn't oppose a baseball stadium in downtown Charlotte, but instead calls for a major-league ballpark.
Gov. Bev Perdue has appointed W. Douglas Parsons to the Superior Court bench for the 4A Judicial District, which covers Duplin, Jones, and Sampson Counties.
