Levels of the compound believed to be a human carcinogen at the Asheboro wastewater treatment plant far exceeded national ...

Plus, the state elections board aims to take the GOP challenge of 65,000 ballots directly to the state Supreme Court.

A North Carolina judge rules that race played an impermissible role in jury selection for a Black man, challenging his death sentence.

The lives of James Hanover Thompson and David "Fuzzy" Simpson were forever changed, destroying their childhood innocence.

In 2009, Bacote, a Black man, was sentenced to death and challenged his conviction using the RJA, arguing racial bias influenced the jury selection in his case along with all death penalty cases ...

During Thursday’s general assembly session, three state senators introduced SB 94 with a short, direct title: Repeal Death Penalty. Senators Natalie S. Murdock ...

A 22-year-old Sanford man was sentenced late last year for voluntary manslaughter. Jamen Malik Percell was sentenced from 4.75 to 6.75 years in the slaying of Chandler Tyree Cotten, 19, on Sept. 23, ...

A 34-year-old former teacher at SanLee Middle School was sentenced to 18 to 26 years in the North Carolina Department of Corrections on Monday, Feb. 10 for sex offenses. Andrew Braxton Allen of Siler ...

After an extensive history of violence, drug use, and prostitution, the property is now under court-ordered restrictions, prohibiting use to new tenants or guests.

Superior Court Judge Wayland Sermon found race played a major role in the prosecution and sentencing of Hasson Bacote to the death penalty in 2009. Gov. Roy Cooper granted Bacote clemency on Dec. 31, ...

A motel in Spindale with what police called a history of violence, drug use, and prostitution is being shut down.

It’s been a year since the state Supreme Court heard the latest round of arguments in the long-running Leandro school funding ...