A new state report finds 159 North Carolinians died in fires in 2025, and early‑2026 data show a worrying uptick; officials urge testing smoke alarms.

Raleigh crews extinguished a blaze Wednesday at an abandoned apartment building off Marriott Drive; it was the second fire at the site this week.

Millbrook Magnet High School went into a Code Red lockdown Wednesday after a potential threat; officials say students are safe and police are on scene.

A Pitt County man pleaded guilty to first‑degree murder in the 2023 deaths of Jasmine Cooper and their unborn child; he was sentenced to life without parole. The killings date to July 2023 in Greenville.

A year after Clinton “Clint” Bonnell’s remains were found, friends and family have held quiet remembrances while prosecutors move the case forward. The community says it’s watching the next court dates closely.

Police say Tesla location logs and texts placed a North Carolina man at the scene of an August fatal shooting near Loris. He has been extradited to Horry County on murder and weapons charges.

A Raleigh man pleaded guilty after police found machine‑gun conversion devices and multiple firearms parked between the State Fair and the Lenovo Center.

A late‑night shooting at Magnolia Pointe Apartments left a woman with life‑threatening injuries; police detained a suspect and are asking the public for tips.

A Durham judge accepted a plea Monday that leaves Stephon Dubose facing decades in prison for the 2023 killing of Duke graduate student Angela Risi.

The state sued Raleigh-based Holly Christina Photography after investigators say the firm took deposits and failed to deliver photos, leaving clients with about $750,000 in alleged losses. The attorney general seeks injunctions and restitution.

FBI Charlotte and Jacksonville police released a new video this Tuesday and renewed a reward for information in the 2021 killing of Jenna Franks. Investigators say evidence exists but no arrests have been made.

A federal judge rebuked a former Bull City United worker and sentenced him to 17 years after federal drug convictions. The judge said the outreach work had been betrayed.

A 61-year-old woman was found dead at the shuttered W.L. Greene School in Nashville, N.C.; police say her death is being investigated as a homicide.