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• North Carolina tornado leaves three dead, ten injured

  February 16, 2021 6:49 AM

  BOLIVIA, N.C. - As states in the deep south struggle through unusually cold temperatures, their neighbors to the north are also contending with deadly weather conditions. According to WTVD, ABC 11 , a local North Carolina ABC affiliate station, a tornado killed three people and left at least ten... more »

• North Carolina battered by fires, floods even as Isaias is downgraded to tropical storm

  August 4, 2020 6:27 AM

  Isaias pummeled North Carolina after making landfall Monday night, bringing coastal and inland flooding and reaching sustained winds of 85 mph for a time. Isaias became a Category 1 hurricane shortly before reaching land near Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, around 11:10 p.m., according to the National Hurricane Center... more »

• Mother found 'not guilty' after fatally stabbing her 5-year-old son

  February 24, 2020 10:44 PM

  HILLSBOROUGH, N.C.- A woman charged with fatally stabbing her 5-year-old son was declared 'not guilty' but legally insane on Monday. A judge committed Ebony Olowu, 37, to a state forensic hospital after she was found not guilty by reason of insanity. In August of 2017, Victor Olowu called... more »

• North Carolina man's Christmas shopping excursion leaves him over $100,000 richer

  December 26, 2019 2:44 PM

  MINT HILL, NC - A man went to the grocery store, expecting to shell out a good bit of cash on Christmas groceries, and by the time he left the store, he was well on his way to becoming $176,876 wealthier. Michael Rosenbrock of Mint Hill, North Carolina, went... more »

• VIDEO: North Carolina officers respond to call, end up enjoying Slip 'N Slide Play Video

  July 5, 2017 1:25 PM

  ASHEVILLE – North Carolina officers responded to a call for a noise complaint and ended up having some summertime fun. Senior police officers Joe Jones and Carrie Lee joined in on a massive neighborhood Slip 'N Slide for an Independence Day block party that was being held... more »

• Denham Springs man charged with animal cruelty in N.C.

  April 11, 2017 11:55 AM

  ALEXANDER COUNTY – A Denham Springs man who owned a dog training business in North Carolina is accused of animal cruelty and abandonment after deputies found several dead animals inside a building he rented. According to a report from WCNC, the Alexander County Sheriff's Office received a call to... more »

• Man confesses to deputies that he killed man in North Carolina

  April 6, 2017 1:41 PM

  LIVINGSTON PARISH – The Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office says that a man confessed to deputies that he murdered someone in 1993 in North Carolina. Allen Deaver told deputies that he killed his son-in-law, Sidney Maurice Gregory, by beating him and then setting his mobile home on fire with him... more »

• North Carolina man accused of raping woman at BR area hotel

  January 5, 2017 5:06 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Deputies say a North Carolina man was arrested after they say he raped a woman twice at a Baton Rouge area hotel in November. Arrest records say Millard Purvis Anderson was charged with second-degree rape Thursday for an incident that happened on Nov. 4, 2016. ... more »

• Two abducted teens rescued by State Police on I-10

  March 22, 2016 1:20 PM

  CONVENT - Two abducted teenagers from North Carolina were rescued and will be reunited with their family later today after Louisiana State Police arrested their uncle on I-10. State Police released the details of the case around lunchtime Tuesday. Troopers said Jose Melchor, 40, of Clemmons, NC, was attempting... more »