by WSIC News | Oct 11, 2022 | WSIC State News
Attorney General Josh Stein won judgments against contractors Dennis Daugherty, who misled customers and failed to do work after Hurricane Florence, and Jorge Garcia, who scammed elderly customers in home repair schemes. Both contractors have been permanently banned...
by WSIC News | Oct 11, 2022 | WSIC State News
Average gasoline prices in North Carolina have risen 20.8 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.49/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 6,092 stations in North Carolina. Prices in North Carolina are 9.6 cents per gallon higher than a month ago...
by WSIC News | Oct 11, 2022 | WSIC State News
North Carolina has received a $9.9 million federal grant to help people transitioning out of federal prison to gain job skills and employment after their release, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. The new funding comes from the “First Step Act Initiative,” a...
by WSIC News | Oct 10, 2022 | WSIC State News
Wilmington Police responded to reports of a shooting just after 1am yesterday. They found an officer down with a gunshot wound lying in the roadway. Officers performed lifesaving measures until EMS arrived. The victim was taken to a nearby hospital, but later died....
by WSIC News | Oct 10, 2022 | WSIC State News
Planed Parenthood is spending $5 million into North Carolina’s battleground races as the Dems attempt to preserve the governor’s veto power when it comes to abortion in the state. Less than 30 days until election day, Planned Parenthood is targeting 14 legislative...
by WSIC News | Oct 10, 2022 | WSIC State News
Democratic North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper and his attorney general are pushing the GOP-led state legislature to decriminalize possessing small amounts of marijuana following President Biden’s recent pardon of thousands who were convicted for the same offense...