RALEIGH — The House has passed a bill that will increase criminal penalties for threatening elected or appointed state officials. House Bill 95 elevates punishment for assaulting state officials from a Class I felony to […]
RALEIGH — Former President Donald Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, delivered remarks at a campaign stop at Raleigh’s Union Station on Wednesday. NCGOP Chairman Jason Simmons opened the event by urging everyone […]
RALEIGH — Roy Cooper issued the 96th veto of his two terms as governor on a bill modifying the state’s “Raise the Age” law. House Bill 834 modified the law by altering the definition of […]
RALEIGH —Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper announced March 14 he had signed an executive order establishing the Office of Violence Prevention to be located in the N.C. Department of Public Safety. The announcement was made during […]
The shooting deaths of two Connecticut officers and wounding of a third punctuated an especially violent week for police across the U.S. and fit into a grim pattern: Even as more officers left their jobs […]
RALEIGH — Human and fentanyl trafficking, securing the border, and the impact of President Joe Biden’s border policies on North Carolina were the main topics of discussion at a roundtable held in Lexington on Aug. 31. […]
CHARLOTTE — A man fired a gun inside a comedy club in North Carolina on Saturday night shortly after it was evacuated and before actor and comedian Craig Robinson was set to perform, police said. […]
It feels like we’re turning a corner. Since the beginning of the calendar year, a lot of things have changed. More importantly, a lot of minds have changed as well. The world and the nation […]
RALEIGH — After two record-breaking years in a row, 2021 homicide rates in North Carolina cities seemed to ease slightly in some places but remained at greatly elevated levels compared to conditions before the 2019 […]
RICHMOND, Va. — In the tiny town of Lawrenceville, Virginia, a van owned by Poplar Mount Baptist Church was knocked out of commission for weeks after thieves cut the catalytic converter out of its exhaust […]
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