Wednesday, May 22 2013 5:44 PM EDT2013-05-22 21:44:18 GMT
A new study says more teens die from texting while driving than driving drunk. In fact, 9 percent more teens are killed while texting behind the wheel than from drunk driving.
A new study says more teens die from texting while driving than driving drunk. In fact, 9 percent more teens are killed while texting behind the wheel than from drunk driving.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 11:59 AM EDT2013-05-22 15:59:19 GMT
An audit of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services says it has failed to fully test a new $484 million computer system scheduled to begin processing Medicaid claims on July 1.
An audit of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services says it has failed to fully test a new $484 million computer system scheduled to begin processing Medicaid claims on July 1.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 5:47 PM EDT2013-05-21 21:47:44 GMT
North Carolina's attorney general wants to be sure that people who choose to donate money to help with tornado relief in Oklahoma aren't being taken by scam artists instead.
North Carolina's attorney general wants to be sure that people who choose to donate money to help with tornado relief in Oklahoma aren't being taken by scam artists instead.
Monday, May 20 2013 5:17 PM EDT2013-05-20 21:17:01 GMT
A Goldsboro man has been arrested and charged with first-degree kidnapping and assault with a deadly weapon with an intent to kill inflicting serioius injury. Scott Michael Nielsen, 23, was given $100,000
Scott Michael Nielsen, 23, was given $100,000 secured bond.
Monday, May 20 2013 5:09 PM EDT2013-05-20 21:09:02 GMT
A North Carolina inmate due for release in five months is facing additional prison time after a brief escape from a minimum-security lockup. The state Department of Public Safety says 22-year-old Jacob
A North Carolina inmate due for release in five months is facing additional prison time after a brief escape from a minimum-security lockup.
Monday, May 20 2013 3:52 PM EDT2013-05-20 19:52:26 GMT
A 2-year-old boy is recovering after Randolph County deputies say he found a handgun inside his home, put it in his mouth, and the weapon fired. Deputies say the toddler found his father's .45-caliber
Deputies say the toddler found his father's .45-caliber handgun in his parents' bedroom on Saturday.
Sunday, May 19 2013 4:30 PM EDT2013-05-19 20:30:50 GMT
A simple test could have alerted officials that the drinking water at Camp Lejeune was contaminated, long before authorities determined that as many as a million Marines and their families were exposed
A simple test could have alerted officials that the drinking water at Camp Lejeune was contaminated.
Sunday, May 19 2013 3:36 PM EDT2013-05-19 19:36:21 GMT
In the spring of 1963, a prominent civil rights leader led dozens of protesters on a four-mile march from a predominantly African-American college campus to the center of Charlotte's downtown. At the
Charlotte managed to integrate peacefully, unlike some other Southern cities, in the 1960s.
Saturday, May 18 2013 4:53 PM EDT2013-05-18 20:53:31 GMT
A Princeton High School student has admitted he was "not truthful" about his possession of two shotguns on the school campus April 29, according to a statement released Thursday afternoon. In the statement,
Cole Withrow admitted Thursday that he knew he had guns in his truck at Princeton High.
Tuesday, May 14 2013 4:53 AM EDT2013-05-14 08:53:36 GMT
A North Carolina Senate bill invalidating some local government and community college smoking rules that go farther than state law is up for a committee vote.
A North Carolina Senate bill invalidating some local government and community college smoking rules that go farther than state law is up for a committee vote.
Monday, May 13 2013 3:08 PM EDT2013-05-13 19:08:51 GMT
With spring arriving, farmers across Eastern North Carolina feel a sense of hope as crops begin to rise from the soil. "Springtime for me, it makes your heart pump a little faster – the excitement of getting
A far-reaching federal probe finds $100 million in fraud focused in Wilson County. And farmers are now concerned those costs will be passed along.
Monday, May 13 2013 1:30 PM EDT2013-05-13 17:30:35 GMT
A teacher is accused of biting off part of his ex-girlfriend's ear. Deputies said Twymon Antonio Arnold, a teacher at Washington Union Middle School in Roper, arranged a meeting with his ex-girlfriend
Deputies said Twymon Antonio Arnold bit of part of his ex-girlfriend's ear in an argument.
Monday, May 13 2013 10:35 AM EDT2013-05-13 14:35:54 GMT
Fish in one of North Carolina's largest watersheds are more polluted by an industrial contaminant than previously reported and state health officials have failed to expand warnings.
Fish in one of North Carolina's largest watersheds are more polluted by an industrial contaminant than previously reported and state health officials have failed to expand warnings.
Monday, May 13 2013 5:23 AM EDT2013-05-13 09:23:09 GMT
North Carolina groups that want to protect the funding for traditional public schools are trying to raise opposition to legislative proposals to expand private-school vouchers and charter schools.
North Carolina groups that want to protect the funding for traditional public schools are trying to raise opposition to legislative proposals to expand private-school vouchers and charter schools.
Sunday, May 12 2013 9:30 PM EDT2013-05-13 01:30:30 GMT
About 6,000 graduates are collecting bachelor's, master's, doctoral and professional degrees from the country's oldest public university. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill holds its spring
UNC-Chapel Hill's commencement ceremony took place on a beautiful Mother's Day.
Sunday, May 12 2013 10:37 AM EDT2013-05-12 14:37:16 GMT
Nearly 50 protesters working with the state NAACP have been arrested at the General Assembly over the past two weeks in what the civil rights group says is the start of a larger campaign to combat what
Political experts question whether protests and arrests organized by the NAACP are having an effect.
Friday, May 10 2013 7:29 PM EDT2013-05-10 23:29:23 GMT
A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of eight inmates at North Carolina's Central Prison accuses correctional officers used "blind spots" out of view of security cameras to beat and stomp restrained inmates.
A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of eight inmates at North Carolina's Central Prison accuses correctional officers used "blind spots" out of view of security cameras to beat and stomp restrained inmates.
Friday, May 10 2013 5:39 PM EDT2013-05-10 21:39:33 GMT
A Catawba County woman has been arrested and charged with the death of her son earlier this month. Twenty-one-year-old Whitney Weathers of Long View was arrested Thursday and charged with felony child
A Catawba County woman has been arrested and charged with the death of her son earlier this month.
Friday, May 10 2013 2:49 PM EDT2013-05-10 18:49:45 GMT
Comedian Stephen Colbert re-energized the debate over barbecue in the Carolinas on Wednesday night, saying he would learn to love the North Carolina version – and then pretending to gag when he tried it. Colbert,
Stephen Colbert says he is angry with South Carolina and ready to become a North Carolinian.
Friday, May 10 2013 8:12 AM EDT2013-05-10 12:12:35 GMT
A dairy company is voluntarily recalling ice cream produced in Winston-Salem and distributed to 10 states that don't identify possible allergens because the product is packed in the wrong containers.
A dairy company is voluntarily recalling ice cream produced in Winston-Salem and distributed to 10 states that don't identify possible allergens because the product is packed in the wrong containers.
Gaston County's largest employer is striking a deal with American military veterans who complained that a name change indicated people are forgetting the sacrifice of World War II vets.
Gaston County's largest employer is striking a deal with American military veterans who complained that a name change indicated people are forgetting the sacrifice of World War II vets.
The U.S. attorney general is acknowledging that a Raleigh man wanted on federal terrorism charges has been killed in an overseas drone strike. In a letter issued yesterday, Attorney General Eric Holder confirmed that Jude...
Unless they're heading to the weekend races at Charlotte Motor Speedway, motorists in North Carolina can hit the road without too many headaches for the Memorial Day weekend.
Unless they're heading to the weekend races at Charlotte Motor Speedway, motorists in North Carolina can hit the road without too many headaches for the Memorial Day weekend.
