Press Releases

The Labor Day weekend marks traditional end of summer vacation and many North Carolinians will be traveling and gathering with family and friends.

As students and educators return to school and the peak of hurricane season nears, Governor Pat McCrory is encouraging individuals, families, schools and businesses to review their emergency plans and update their supply kits.

North Carolina prison officials received notice today that escaped inmate Jason Strickland was in law enforcement custody in West Virginia.

Statement from Department of Public Safety Secretary Frank L. Perry Regarding Last Week’s Trooper Involved Shooting in Charlotte
 
“Any loss of life regardless of the circumstances is truly a tragic and sad event for all involved.

Greene County sheriff's deputies captured escaped inmate Waylon Flynn at about 8:30 this morning in the woods just a few miles from Greene Correctional Center.

Corrections and law enforcement officers are seeking inmate Waylon Flynn #1321919, who escaped tonight from Greene Correctional Center.

The potential for a sex offender to contact a child through gaming and social media sites like Xbox, Wii, Kik or Snapchat is as real in rural Halifax County as anywhere in the country. 

The State Highway Patrol responded to a one-vehicle fatal collision on I-40 west near the Jones Sausage Exit.

 

Over the past two years, North Carolina has improved 18-spots in Wallet Hub's rankings of the quality of education in all 50 states, breaking through to the top-20 best schools in the country.

Gov. Pat McCrory announced today that financial assistance is available for survivors of the severe storms and floods that struck the Triangle area ten days ago. On July 16, a summer squall swept across the central part of the state dumping two to nine inches of rain within several hours.