Wrightsville Beach police let an officer go after an internal audit flagged misuse of the town's license plate reader system, and called in state investigators.

Samir Terry, 26, died at the North Church Street store as police say the shooting appears isolated between him and the suspect.

Miles Seppelt, 18, of Fayetteville is accused of choking a man unconscious and knocking out his teeth on NC State's campus.

DNA science has named Cindy Marcell Blizzard, found dead near a Wilson tire plant in 1977. Her case is still an unsolved homicide.

North Raleigh's weird little arts festival is back September 10-12, now with a stage combat workshop and a show called Seeking a Clown for the End of the World.

Christa Shaw Evans faces a court appearance after deputies say she charged at a man with a pickaxe.

Drew Turkovich, 46, faces child abuse and domestic violence charges after his daughter suffered injuries to her forehead, arm and ankle.

Seth Kotch trimmed his seven-page, color-coded syllabus for a mandated public database, but says the tough classroom conversations stay put.

Exponential Scholars covered 3,233 classroom requests across North Carolina, including one that reopened a Kinston-area school media center.

Dan Ariely donned a pirate hat at Israel's legislature days after a third of his research came under fire back home at Duke.

A 31-year-old Aulander mother faces 18 misdemeanor counts after deputies found her six children alone in a home with no working toilet.

Crews from three agencies converged on the 14600 block of Creedmoor Road as the holiday search stretched into the evening.

A driver told Durham police he fell asleep before running off Page Road and slamming into a closed dental office Monday morning.