Attorney General Roy Cooper promised his office soon will complete an investigation into possible tampering with several dozen drunken-driving cases in Johnston County.

Hundreds more illegal immigrants will be deported from North Carolina this year, as five new counties begin working with federal immigration agents.

Will Oneal was recently honored with the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest rank in Scouting. Oneal is a member of Boy Scout Troop 346 of Raleigh Moravian Church.

Dennis Shaw says he planned only to talk to his high school sweetheart about the daughter they shared when he drove to Clayton from Washington, D.C., in April of 2006.

Dennis Shaw took responsibility Monday for killing his high school sweetheart, the mother of his teenage daughter.

Triangle Briefs: A fire that heavily damaged an unoccupied house at 930 Hobbs St. on Tuesday had a suspicious origin, police said.

Triangle Briefs: Someone twice fired a handgun from a vehicle in a parking lot at Clayton High School on Tuesday evening, police said Wednesday.

The town and the organizers of a farmers market have made final arrangements to locate the market on the new Town Square downtown starting in April.

A man and his stepson were killed Sunday evening in a wreck outside of Clayton.

The buck darted across the road in morning darkness, straight into the path of Kristina Olive's car.

A Pennsylvania woman was killed Tuesday night on Interstate 95 in Smithfield as she stepped into the path of a tractor-trailer, the state Highway Patrol reported.

A Johnston County jailer was fired over the weekend after she was charged with driving while intoxicated and possession of moonshine.

An explosion at a substation Friday morning knocked out electrical service throughout town for more than three hours.

A bitter estate battle over the company that makes Johnston County's trademark fire-engine red hot dogs troubles the faithful leaving the Cricket Grill.

Smithfield police are investigating a Saturday night shooting that injured one man.

Deputies in Johnston County are investigating the discovery of a man’s body in a trash bin at an Interstate 40 rest stop.

A high school principal's son had serious injuries after crashing his truck outside Smithfield early Thursday morning, apparently falling asleep at the wheel after an all-night New Year's Eve church event, state troopers said.