Updated: 6:14 AM Big changes could be coming that would restrict teens access to health care in our state, unless they have consent from their parents.

Posted: 11:56 PM A bill exempting North Carolina's judges and clerks of court from limits on where they can carry concealed weapons has passed the House.

Updated: 11:25 AM Senator Kay Hagan announced Tuesday North Carolina will receive $12.3 million in federal funding to repair damage caused by hurricane Sandy.

Updated: 9:46 PM A group is honoring military spouses one shoe box at a time. A group of 1000 military spouses in the east are getting thank yous this week from the non-profit group Support Military Spouses.

Updated: 9:06 PM Detectives in the east say the calls come from a number that tracks back to Washington DC, but the concern for some is that scammers are calling your friends from your contact list.

Posted: 7:54 PM A bill creating a separate approval and oversight board for taxpayer-funded charter schools in North Carolina has passed the state Senate.

Updated: 7:27 PM The bill passed by the House Tuesday permits alcohol sales in the seating areas of professional ballparks with a capacity of at least 3,000 people.

Updated: 8:31 AM The North Carolina Attorney General says just requesting information online for a payday loan can put your information and your money at risk.

Posted: 5:32 AM A Catawba County middle school teacher has been suspended with pay after his arrest on a peeping charge.

Updated: 1:09 PM A couple is facing child abuse charges after police say they used plastic zip ties to bind their four year to a baby gate.

Updated: 11:53 PM Dozens of North Carolina coastal fishermen are making their voices heard on legislation that would essentially prevent commercial boats from catching and selling three fish species.

Posted: 10:09 PM Senate Republicans have rolled out the frame of their tax overhaul plan for North Carolina they say will cut income tax rates while expanding the scope of the sales tax.

Updated: 7:54 PM The Senate sided with traditional retailers and financially strapped state and local governments Monday by passing a bill that would widely subject online shopping - for many a largely tax-free frontier - to state sales taxes.

Posted: 7:50 PM Any day now, billions of cicadas with bulging red eyes will crawl out of the earth after 17 years underground and overrun the East Coast. The insects will arrive in such numbers that people from North Carolina to Connecticut will be outnumbered roughly 600-to-1. Maybe more.

Updated: 11:44 PM Law enforcement officers biking up the east coast to honor fallen officers made a pit stops in the east Monday and Tuesday..

Posted: 6:17 AM A forum about fish has some people headed from the coast to the capitol today.

Posted: 3:51 PM Another North Carolina county is being warned about a possible lawsuit because county commissioners frequently open public meetings with Christian prayers.

Updated: 7:59 PM North Carolina's shortage of options to treat the mentally ill means county jails hold thousands of sick inmates, costing taxpayers big bucks as they wait for weeks or months to be evaluated or treated.

Updated: 11:47 PM A 20-year-old Wilmington man has been charged with murder in the death of his father.

Posted: 3:45 PM North Carolina's governor is this week's speaker in the weekly Republican address opposite President Barack Obama.

Updated: 8:57 PM A delivery truck driver has been sentenced to four months in jail for running over and killing two young boys in Charlotte.

Updated: 8:58 PM Authorities say the 25-year-old boyfriend of a Long View woman killed her 1-year-old son and hurt her 3-year-old daughter while babysitting them.

Updated: 11:45 PM Eighteen-year-old David Cole Withrow was arrested Monday on a felony charge of bringing a weapon onto school grounds after he left the guns in his car at Princeton High School.

Updated: 11:39 PM Nearly 350 violently injured pelicans were found washed ashore on Topsail Island back in 2010, and volunteers and experts say this spring 30 birds were found dead or seriously injured on beaches.

Updated: 8:06 PM The North Carolina NAACP is preparing for another round of protests at the General Assembly following the arrest of 17 activists.