A 47-year-old man died after losing control of his car traveling an estimated 30 mph over the speed limit Monday night on Page Road in Johnston County.
The N.C. GlaxoSmithKline Foundation has donated $2 million to help the N.C. Museum of Art improve its Web-based art education programs that are used in schools across the state.
At least 113 of 170 state lawmakers have declined pay for all or part of the legislative mini-session last week, making the no-vote lawmaking session cheaper but not cost-free.
Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton kicked off his drive for governor Tuesday, saying he is a "battle-tested" political veteran who is best suited to carry the Democratic message of jobs, the…
Jurors in the retrial of Jason Young will hear his account of his whereabouts in the hours before and after his wife was found dead, even if he does not…
Wake Tech Community College is offering up to $500 per student to help displaced tobacco workers cover the cost of retraining in the auto detailing, HVAC and hospitality fields.
Jason K. Williford pleaded not guilty Tuesday to raping and murdering state school board member Kathy Taft in March 2010. The judge in the case agreed to delay the trial…
Sad news from the world of Piedmont old-time music: Fiddler Joe Thompson has died at 93. If you've ever listened to Carolina Chocolate Drops, then you've heard some of his…
Fewer Wake County schools could see schedule changes this fall following an outpouring of parental complaints about the impact of the proposed time shifts.
North Carolina beat N.C. State, again, on Tuesday for the 12th straight time. The end result was the same for the Tar Heels, who have won 18 of 19 games…
There is no shortage of spunk in N.C. State athletic director Debbie Yow. While there is much debate about what did and didn't happen during a memorable six-day stretch in…
Remember when everyone thought the Carolina Panthers were cheap? According to ESPN's John Clayton, the Panthers are one of four teams that need to get under the salary cap by…
The individual wrestling championships, one of the N.C. High School Athletic Association's most exciting events, will begin Thursday at the Greensboro Coliseum.
The Duke football team opens spring camp today with a keen understanding of its recent history and an internal challenge to learn from its losing ways.
Carlos Rodon and Ethan Ogburn combined for a shutout and the Wolfpack offense provided a 10-run explosion in the bottom of the eighth to carry N.C. State to a 10-0…
Ryan Miller made 30 saves, including stopping Matt Moulson on the doorstep with 4 minutes, 4 seconds left, and led the Buffalo Sabres to a 2-1 win against the New…
Roy Hibbert had a career-high 30 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Indiana Pacers to a 117-108 overtime win against the New Orleans Hornets on Tuesday night.
The crowd at the RBC Center stood and roared on Tuesday night when Chris Corchiani and Tom Gugliotta appeared on the court prior to N.C. State's loss to UNC as…
His postgame news conference over following his team's 86-74 victory against N.C. State on Tuesday night, North Carolina coach Roy Williams walked back inside the Tar Heels' locker room and…
With 13 assists, UNC's Kendall Marshall has 505 assists for his career. That puts him in 10th place in school history. Marshall is the second-fastest to 500 assists in ACC…
The concept of a special panel that would have the power to declare a convicted criminal innocent has grated on North Carolina's district attorneys since day one.
State House Speaker Thom Tillis, sometimes known as the Midnight Rider since his infamous late-night veto override session in January, has done it again.
Before last Aug. 27, many long-term residents of Pamlico County were getting by, but just getting by. Fishing and farming provided a bare-minimum living.
On Feb. 20, 1962, after NASA astronaut John Glenn blew open the side hatch on his Friendship 7 space capsule after becoming the first American to orbit the Earth, his…
It's a given, during the presidential primary debates, that the billions of federal "stimulus" dollars were wasted. That money was said to be gone, vanished, and for no good purpose.
Jennifer Pierce may have had noble goals when she founded Share Our Shoes, a Raleigh-based charity that distributes contributed shoes and money around the world.
Wet and watery days have arrived, drenching the dregs of winter with renewed life. The changes appear first on south-facing hillsides and in the lowlands, where the rising sap offers…
Among the leading "plot lines" in North Carolina government over the past months has been ongoing conflict over the Racial Justice Act. A court hearing completed last week in Fayetteville…
From the exotic animals in the state zoo in Asheboro to the fascinating sea life in the state's aquariums to the regional museums all over the state, the people of…
After 160 dogs were collected last week in a raid on a Stokes County dog breeding operation, representatives of the N.C. Pork Council still seemed somewhat averse to stronger regulation…
Tea partyers like to tear into "big government" or "government" period when they're talking about cutting taxes and getting rid of all that nasty federal spending on poor people.
A law enforcement officer never knows what his or her duty shift will hold - what challenges, dangers, opportunities to keep bad things from happening and quite often to do…
The confrontations are so predictable at this point that many Americans could map out the battlefields ahead of time. It's no different with President Obama's proposed $3.8 trillion federal budget…
The United Nations, born in 1945, has had more than six decades to strip the United States of its sovereignty and subsume us in "One World" government. Hasn't happened.
This has not been an unusual statement since five-term state Rep. Deborah Ross joined the General Assembly, or for that matter since she became a public activist for progressive causes:
Should we be glad, or should we be sad? Or to be more specific, is the ethical tone across North Carolina state government set admirably high? Or could it be…
It's being funded largely with federal and state air-quality grants, but a new traffic-signal system on Raleigh streets shapes up as a quality-of-life improvement too.
