Press Releases

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Barney Owens as the new superintendent at Pamlico Correctional Institution in Bayboro.

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named William Glick as the new superintendent at Davidson Correctional Center in Lexington, a facility he once worked at as an assistant superintendent.

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Bruce Hodges the new director of the Robeson Confinement in Response to Violation (CRV) Center in Lumberton.

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Jeffery Daniels as the new superintendent at Wilkes Correctional Center in North Wilkesboro.

North Carolina renters who had uninsured or underinsured losses due to Hurricane Florence may be eligible for disaster recovery assistance from FEMA and the U.S. Small Business Administration.

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The driver sought in a hit-and-run collision that occurred in Vance County was located by investigators Monday, October 22, after an intensive search. 

The  ReBuild NC program has now opened a ninth application center in Pender County to provide assistance to Hurricane Matthew survivors in the surrounding area.

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8:57 a.m. - At approximately 12:15 a.m. on Wednesday, October 17, a state trooper stopped a white GMC pickup truck for a speeding violation on US 701 near Sellers Town Rd in Columbus County.

State correctional and local law enforcement officers are seeking Hoke Correctional Institution minimum custody inmate Cul P. Jones (#0214939), who was reported missing from the facility Sunday night at about 7:45 p.m.

Governor Roy Cooper announced two more storm related deaths from Tropical Storm Michael were confirmed in McDowell County today. A man and a woman died after their car hit a large tree that had fallen across a road in Marion. That brings the North Carolina death toll from Michael to three.