A low pressure system off the Carolina coast may cause dangerous rip currents for beach goers. The National Weather Service recommends that any swimmers use caution.
Police arrested 67-year-old Michael Hamilton for posing as a highly decorated Marine officer. He was charged after wearing a Marine colonel's uniform and honorary medals during a ceremony at Jacksonville's Vietnam Memorial last month.
Police say the man who groped women in several south Charlotte stores is now behind bars. Last week, female customers reported being groped by a man at a Walmart store on Highway 51 and at a Harris Teeter on Providence Road.
Bessemer City pastor Harley Keough, 73, is expected to take the stand in his own defense in court Tuesday. Keough is charged with 10 counts of sexual battery and one count of assault on a female.
Greensboro police and Norfolk Southern officials are on the scene of a train derailment in downtown Greensboro. Authorities say the train went off the tracks at around 2 a.m. Tuesday at the intersection of West Lee and south Eugene streets.
A pedestrian is recovering from minor injuries following an accident involving a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer just before 12:30 a.m. Tuesday on Old Statesville Road.
Fire officials expect a home in southwest Mecklenburg County to be a total loss following a fire that began around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday on York Road near Lake Wylie. While fighting the fire, authorities say they found hundreds of marijuana plants possibly in the basement of the home.
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Fire officials expect a home in southwest Mecklenburg County to be a total loss following a fire that began around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday on York Road near Lake Wylie. While fighting the fire, authorities say they found hundreds of marijuana plants possibly in the basement of the home.
Forsyth County commissioners will meet for a work session Tuesday after Monday night's budget proposal meeting. Concerned tax payers asked commissioners to leave education funding alone.
Authorities say one person died in a mobile home fire just after 6 a.m. Tuesday on Burnett Boulevard in Wilmington. The landlord there says a woman in her 80s lived alone in the home, but authorities haven't confirmed the age or gender of the victim.
The first junior college transfer of the Mike Krzyzewski era will not be attending Duke after all. Carrick Felix has reopened his recruitment.
The Tar Heels have secured some beef in the post to help offset the departure of the Wear twins. Former Alabama forward Justin Knox will transfer to UNC, according to his uncle.
Now that the Wake County school board has passed new directives and policies, it will move forward in developing community assignment zones. Tuesday, the student assignment committee will meet for the first time in two months with a lot of work ahead of them.
One man is dead after a shooting at a trailer park in Wrightsboro. New Hanover County sheriff's deputies who responded to the scene say the shooting happened just before 1 a.m. Tuesday at the Carrol C. Mobile Home Park on Castle Hayne Road.
Tuesday, Attorney General Roy Cooper is scheduled to testify before a House judiciary committee about a law requiring all convicted felons to give DNA samples. Cooper wants the requirement to include anyone arrested for a felony.
Charlotte City Council members were updated on the status of the proposed Lynx Blue Line extension Monday. The 11-mile route would continue from uptown Charlotte and end near UNC Charlotte.
Shayla Davis is expected to make her first court appearance Tuesday in connection with a weekend apartment fire in west Charlotte. Davis lived in the Little Rock apartment where the fire started early Sunday morning.
An overflow audience filled the Government Center in uptown Charlotte Monday night to give their opinions about the city's proposed budget. While the proposal calls for far fewer cuts than Mecklenburg County, it's still proposed to be about 12 percent less than the current budget.
Authorities continue their investigation into a fatal weekend accident involving a State Highway Patrol trooper. A woman taking her grandson and two friends home from church was killed after the trooper turned to pursue a speeding car.
Gov. Bev Perdue toured Snipes Elementary School Monday morning to see for herself how technology is being implemented in the classroom.
The newly modernized wharf at Military Ocean Terminal at Sunny Point moves larger containers through the port more quickly, meaning troops serving overseas will soon receive ammunition from home base faster.
During the past week, the Triangle has received between three and four inches of rain, which has significantly decreased the five-inch rain deficit for the year.
Officials in Burlington say it's time unsightly businesses and residences clean up their act. The city is reviewing existing ordinances and may strengthen them to force noncomplying owners to clean up their properties.
As the state legislature continues to debate the budget, many programs and services across the state are facing cuts. Smart Start, which funds a range of early childhood programs, could see some of the deepest reductions.
About 1,000 North Carolina students at six schools have logged nearly 18,000 miles this year as part of the Mighty Milers, a program started in New York that encourages exercise at school.
Leaders with CMS, CMPD and the FBI met Monday to discuss ways to keep children safe. One of them is the Take 25 program, which encourages parents to take 25 minutes to talk to their children about safety.
The Charlotte City Council is working on an ordinance to prevent what some members call "predatory towing."
Demario Atwater, one of the two men accused of killing UNC Chapel Hill Student Body President Eve Carson, pleaded guilty to a state murder charge Monday. In exchange for the plea, Atwater will face life in prison without parole and will avoid the death penalty.