As public outrage grew over last month’s killing on a light rail train in Charlotte, North Carolina, Mayor Vi Lyles focused her initial statement on addressing mental health issues, warning that “we will never arrest our way” out of some of the underlying causes of crime.

After Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska was fatally stabbed while aboard a train in Charlotte, North Carolina, local commuters have been left concerned for their safety while riding Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS).

NORTH CAROLINA — At least 42 people died in police pursuits in North Carolina in 2024, according to a review of public records. An investigation by the Lee Enterprises Public Service Journal Team examined the outcomes of 152 police pursuits in the state since 2018.

A North Carolina elections official resigned this week after he was arrested for reportedly spiking his grandchildren’s ice cream with illegal drugs.

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — Elizabeth City named a new police chief after a closed session on Sept. 8. Eddie Graham Jr. has been serving as the interim chief since May 13. He has now shed the interim title and become the police chief after City Manager Reginald Goodson recommended him for the job.

The former principal of Rolesville High School and the wife of the current Wake Forest High School football coach has died over a week after being shot in Wake Forest, town officials said Tuesday.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Decarlos Brown Jr. deserves the “death penalty” for killing a Ukrainian refugee in North Carolina in August. A man, whom police identified as Brown, was caught on video stabbing 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte light rail train on Aug.

New video footage reveals no passengers intervened as Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska was brutally stabbed on a commuter train in Charlotte, North Carolina. The 30-year-old war survivor died while bystanders stood by or walked past,