OXFORD (AP) — A young girl was among three people injured by gunfire during a road rage incident that erupted into shooting between two motorists.

HICKORY (AP) — A teenage girl was killed in a hit-and-run collision in Hickory and a man later turned himself in.

CHARLOTTE (AP) — A former employee at a game room and arcade has been arrested after police said he shot three people when he returned to rob the Charlotte business.

STOKES (AP) — A road crash involving a motorized lawn mower and a delivery van resulted in a man's death.

WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — The driver of a car that crossed a North Carolina highway median and into oncoming traffic died in a crash involving five vehicles Friday afternoon, authorities said.

GIBSONVILLE (AP) — A North Carolina woman is facing murder and child abuse charges after the death of her 4-month-old child last year, police announced Saturday.

GARNER (AP) — A 24-year-old man was shot and killed Friday night in a drive-by shooting on a North Carolina highway, police said.

About 50,000 state employees who work for cabinet agencies under Gov. Roy Cooper have until Sept. 1 to verify they are fully vaccinated for COVID-19 or face weekly COVID-19 tests and mask-wearing mandates, the governor announced at a Thursday afternoon press conference.

OCEAN ISLE BEACH (AP) — Work to preserve a bridge linking the mainland to a North Carolina beach town is going to impact residents and beachgoers into next year, the N.C. Department of Transportation says.

U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson took aim this week at a proposed federal regulation that targets pistol stabilizing braces. Hudson led a Capitol Hill news conference Tuesday drawing attention to the issue.

Senate leader Phil Berger is drawing attention to his concerns about the latest federal health guidance on COVID-19 and masks.

BREVARD — A growing coronavirus outbreak linked to a Christian summer camp in North Carolina has spread to 17 different states across the U.S.

Given the freedom to choose whether to mandate masks for students, school boards across the state have begun voting to make face coverings optional for the coming school year.

RALEIGH (AP) — A federal freeze on most evictions enacted last year is scheduled to expire Saturday, after President Joe Biden's administration extended the date by a month. The moratorium, put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September, was the only tool keeping…

A new report is shedding light on the academic, social, and mental-health damage caused by school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson in March announced the launch of a task force to address growing concern grew among public school parents about political and cultural indoctrination in the classroom, specifically related to Critical Race Theory.

Younger, unvaccinated populations are enduring the effects of the rapidly spreading Delta variant of COVID-19, with children representing a higher percentage of positive cases than in the past, Atrium Health officials said in a press conference last week. 

By the end of the summer, all 100 county boards of elections in North Carolina will be rid of the computer servers that hold voter registration data. The information will be stored in the cloud instead.

JACKSONVILLE (AP) — The operator of a local news website has been sentenced to a minimum of 11 months in prison for attempting to extort money from a North Carolina attorney, a district attorney said Thursday.

RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Thursday decided to reverse course from guidance he issued last week and will now urge all K-12 public school students and staff to be masked, even if they have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19.

FAYETTEVILLE (AP) — State officials are for the second time in slightly more than a year trying to determine the source of potentially harmful compounds found in foam floating on a North Carolina creek.

TROUTMAN (AP) — Authorities are investigating a fire at a North Carolina which killed three people and investigators are calling suspicious.

GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A sheriff’s office has accused a North Carolina man of committing sex crimes against two children dating back several years.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Navy sailors have died due to complications from COVID-19, amid growing concerns about the deadly Delta variant.

WILSON (AP) — A North Carolina county's emergency communications unit engaged in unlawful retaliation when it terminated a worker after she told supervisors that she had been sexually harassed while on the job, according to a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice.