Category Archives: State News

BC-NC-CHILD FATALLY SHOT7-year-old fatally shot while riding in car with his momHICKORY, N.C. (AP) - Authorities in North Carolina say a 7-year-old boy was fatally shot while riding in a car with his ...

As part of its litter removal efforts, including the ongoing Litter Sweep, N.C. Department of Transportation crews, contractors and volunteers have now collected more than 4 million pounds of litter f...

POLICE PROTEST-NORTH CAROLINAProtesters detained at Raleigh police brutality marchRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Several protesters were taken into custody Sunday night after authorities in North Carolina decla...

AP-US-THERMO-FISHER-PPDThermo Fisher buying PPD in deal worth $17.4 billionWALTHAM, Mass. (AP) - Thermo Fisher is buying clinical research company PPD in a deal valued at $17.4 billion. Thermo Fisher ...

AP-US-BIDEN-INFRASTRUCTUREWhite House issuing reports on states’ infrastructure needsWASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden White House is amplifying the push for its $2.3 trillion infrastructure package w...

The No.6 University of Mount Olive men’s lacrosse team defeated Barton College 9-10 in overtime on Wednesday afternoon in Mount Olive. 123

RONNIE LONG-COMPENSATIONMan who was wrongly imprisoned for 44 years gets $750,000DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - A man who served nearly 44 years in prison for a crime he says he didn't commit has received compen...

DEADLY SHOOTING-PARTY4 remain hospitalized after Wilmington house party shootingWILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) - Four people are still hospitalized after a shooting at a party in Wilmington, North Carolina, th...

ABORTION BILLNC bill would halt abortions on basis of race, Down syndromeRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina Republicans are looking to restrict abortions further in the state. They filed a bill this ...

AP-US-VOTER-LITERACY-TEST-NORTH-CAROLINANorth Carolina lawmakers hope to repeal voter literacy testRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina’s constitution still includes an unenforceable relic of the...