August 8, 2016 Convicted of murder as a teen, man now has shot at freedom Johnny Small was just 15 when police came to arrest him in 1988 — so young he assumed he was in trouble for a curfew violation.
August 8, 2016 Two charged in beating of North Carolina amputee, theft of prosthetic leg A woman and her ex-husband in North Carolina were charged over the weekend with attempted murder after prosecutors said they beat an amputee, nearly killing him, before taking off with cash, his SUV and his titanium prosthetic leg, among other items.
August 6, 2016 The Latest: Fugitive won't oppose extradition to Florida The Latest on a North Carolina man charged in a killing 40 years ago in Florida (all times local): 11 a.m.
August 4, 2016 NC school system pauses on transgender bathroom rules The superintendent of a North Carolina school system is delaying new rules that would have let transgender students use school bathrooms and locker rooms based on the gender they identify with.
August 4, 2016 FBI arrests man, says he had contact with 2 Texas attackers Federal authorities have arrested a North Carolina man who they say had been in contact with two men who ambushed an event in Texas where the Muslim prophet Mohammad was being depicted in cartoons.
August 4, 2016 Man gets life sentence for setting fire that killed 2 A 24-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison after admitting he set a fire that killed two women in an oceanfront condominium complex at a North Carolina beach.
August 4, 2016 Fugitive hid for decades by settling in quiet town A man on the run for 40 years after a deadly shooting evaded authorities, got married and settled under an alias in a small North Carolina town and ran a wallpaper store.
August 2, 2016 NC toxicologist: Water near Duke's dumps not safe to drink WASHINGTON — North Carolina's top public health official acted unethically and possibly illegally by telling residents living near Duke Energy coal ash pits that their well water is safe to drink when it's contaminated with a chemical known to cause cancer, a state toxicologist said in sworn testimony.
August 2, 2016 Two 12-year-old boys arrested in teen's shooting death Authorities in North Carolina say two 12-year-old boys have been charged in connection with the death of a teenage boy found shot behind a church in Winston-Salem.
July 31, 2016 Man killed in shooting with North Carolina deputies Authorities say a man has been shot and killed in a confrontation with deputies in northern North Carolina.
