Michael Hewlett

Law-enforcement officers could once use the smell of marijuana as probable cause to search. Now hemp is legal, and the smells are the same.

NC Department of Adult Corrections has transferred Charles McNeair seven times in less than two years. Are the prison changes punishment?

The wife of Mike Hardin, the district attorney for Moore and Hoke counties, alleges he’s been terrorizing her since she asked for a divorce.

On April 13, Victoria Hardin told Mike Hardin, the district attorney for Moore and Hoke counties, that their 17-year marriage was over.

Media outlets have been seeking body-camera footage amid questions about how four law-enforcement officers were shot dead in Charlotte.

Darryl Hunt killed himself in March 2016, more than a decade after he was proven innocent of a murder that left him behind bars for 19 years. A new book

In Greensboro, a judge has denied a request for the audio recording of her seizing notes from a News & Record reporter.

Republicans have a 5-2 majority on the state Supreme Court, and Democrats are fighting to hold onto Allison Riggs' seat this year.

Republicans have an 11-4 advantage on the North Carolina Court of Appeals. Another three seats are up this year.

Congressman and former state legislator Dan Bishop is running to become the first Republican attorney general elected in more than a century.