Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, heiress to a Gilded Age fortune created by tobacco and member of the family that endowed Duke University, died Wednesday at Duke Hospital according to her daughter. She was 91.

Former Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory will campaign in earnest for North Carolina governor next week in the county where he spent much of his childhood.

North Carolina lawmakers considering ways to respond to illegal immigration have now heard from state agency officials who said there are already many restrictions on providing government services to people unlawfully in the country.

One group of people who sued over North Carolina's new district boundaries for Congress and the General Assembly have decided against appealing a trial court ruling last week that allows the May 8 primary to go on as scheduled.

Gov. Beverly Perdue says her effort to generate revenue for public education through a temporary sales tax has the support of more than 50 North Carolina mayors.

A North Carolina appeals court is considering the value of a dog's life, after a Wilmington couple filed a lawsuit over their beloved Jack Russell terrier.

Kathy Hembree Ledbetter released a letter Thursday written by her brother, Danny, in which he says life in prison is "overwhelming" and "depressing."

A North Carolina man sentenced to prison as part of a homegrown terrorist ring has been accused of plotting to kill witnesses who testified against him at trial.

One couple shared the moments leading up to their anxiously awaited return of their son.

A silver alert has been cancelled for 72-year-old Gene Autry Brown of Nash County.

Bojangles' announced Tuesday it is offering a cash reward for information about a string of robberies at its restaurants in eastern carolina.

County sheriff's spokeswoman Phyllis Stephens says 27-year-old Franklin Delano Rawls Jr. was charged Tuesday with communicating threats, a misdemeanor.

According to online articles, Scotty McCreery applied to East Carolina University in Greenville and was accepted.

Susie Anderson of Robbinsville was sentenced to at least two years in prison after her grandson was mauled by family pit bulls and left in critical condition.

Supporters of a constitutional question on May's ballot in North Carolina say the amendment is needed to protect traditional marriage from those who want to expand what is legal in the state.

The Fayetteville City Council could vote to put a temporary freeze on a type of police search that has drawn criticism as disproportionately focusing on black residents.

Eleven men have been charged with running a multimillion-dollar cigarette trafficking and money laundering operation in North and South Carolina.

Topsail Beach and Bald Head Island will get $8 million in funding to replenish tourism-generating beaches damaged by Hurricane Irene.

North Carolina's first modern-day toll road opened this month, and state officials are already discussing plans for a new one.

Officials say travelers using the Hatteras-to-Ocracoke ferry route could face delays due to extreme shoaling in the channel between the two islands.

Rival presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are set to appear at the same barbecue restaurant at the same time on the day of the South Carolina primary.

Seven North Carolina Highway Patrol troopers were promoted during a ceremony Friday for Troop A with a new ceremony closer to home in Greenville.

A new computer program is helping Pitt county deputies track down suspects and solve crimes.

Starting next week, Tom Bradshaw will manage what's going at the state ports in Wilmington, Morehead City and inland terminals in addition to the Global TransPark in Lenoir County.

North Carolina has received one passing grade from the American Lung Association on the state's attempts to discourage smoking use. And that's an improvement over last year.