Roy Cooper has announced the formation of a new branch of the NC government – the Office of Violence Prevention. The office is aimed at reducing violence and misuse of firearms throughout the state. Its mission is to collaborate with various state agencies, such as...
Hannah Harvey, a 5th Grade Teacher at W.D. Williams Elementary School in Swannanoa (Buncombe County), has been named the first National Ambassador for the Global Game Changers Student Empowerment Program. This education program, which currently reaches 250,000...
A North Carolina man was sentenced yesterday by a U.S. Attorney to 19 years in prison, after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit robbery and two counts of felony possession of a firearm by an armed career criminal. Devonte Cozart, 28, of Durham, was...
Raleigh police are reviewing surveillance footage from a Raleigh car wash to determine who was responsible for a broad daylight stabbing in Raleigh yesterday afternoon. At just after 12:30, a victim was transported to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening...
WNCN is reporting that a 27-year-old was killed in broad daylight outside of a convenience store in Raleigh Thursday. Mark Garrity Jr.’s parents spent Easter weekend planning their son’s funeral. They’re now begging police to find out who killed their son and...
WNCN is reporting that a Zebulon man was found dead in a pond Sunday, the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office said. Authorities were called to the 89800 block of Covered Bridge Road/Jensen Drive at 6:50 p.m. on Sunday after the man’s family found him. Early Wilder, 85,...
