September 23, 2026 Inside GOP Senate hopeful's financial ties to controversial data center boom Michael Whatley holds up to $690,000 in energy investments tied to companies powering North Carolina's data center boom, raising conflict questions.
September 22, 2026 Pro-life group ramps up NC ground game as report finds fed abortion message gives GOP candidate biggest boost Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America says pro-life messages on Roy Cooper's abortion record shifted voters toward Republican Michael Whatley in the North Carolina Senate race.
September 18, 2026 Dems abandon candidate who said MAGA is 'more destructive' than Nazis, but she’s stuck on the ballot North Carolina Democrat Shelly Headen called for an attack on U.S. soil targeting red states and compared Trump to Hitler in resurfaced posts.
September 13, 2026 Accused killers vanish after family massacre before manhunt ends hundreds of miles away A deadly North Carolina shooting left two dead and two critically injured before suspects Camryn Moore and Cory Armstrong fled across state lines.
September 10, 2026 Patrol sergeant accused of murdering sheriff’s captain in yearslong romantic dispute over woman they dated Sgt. Nekime Matu Oxendine is accused of fatally shooting Cumberland County Sheriff’s Capt. Adam Bean after a confrontation outside a woman’s home.
September 10, 2026 4 shot inside North Carolina home, 2 killed as police identify person of interest Authorities said two victims died at the home, and two others were hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after the shooting in Gaston County, North Carolina.
September 8, 2026 Cold case takes grim turn after remains identified as runaway teen; homicide investigation underway Advanced DNA testing and genetic genealogy identified remains found near a North Carolina manufacturing facility as those of a Maryland teen who vanished in 1977.
September 5, 2026 North Carolina Dem Senate candidate added former Bloods gang member to criminal justice task force: report Roy Cooper appointed a convicted Bloods gang member to his criminal justice reform task force in 2020, a Washington Free Beacon report reveals.
September 5, 2026 Judge allows 'homewrecker' lawsuit against former Sen Kyrsten Sinema to move forward Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema can be sued under North Carolina's alienation of affection law after a judge ruled her messages establish jurisdiction.
September 3, 2026 Michael Lombardi leaves North Carolina football GM role, university's internal probe continues Michael Lombardi resigned as UNC football's highest-paid college GM amid an ongoing internal investigation, weeks into Bill Belichick's second season.