Inmate fatally shoots North Carolina officer before being caught in stolen vehicle, sheriff says Authorities in North Carolina say an escaped inmate fatally shot a detention officer with his own ...

PENDER COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - An arrest has been made after a North Carolina sheriff’s office and the State Bureau of Investigation say they identified a large-scale Moldovan and Russian money ...

Anyone who spots him is asked to contact law enforcement immediately. The Avery County Sheriff’s Office can be reached at 828-733-2071.

The Avery County Sheriff's Office seeks public help to find an 11-year-old boy in Minneapolis, North Carolina.

A motorcyclist was killed in a north suburban crash on Saturday morning, the Lake County Sheriff's Office said.

Curtis Cochran, who was first elected Swain County sheriff in 2006, retired from the post effective July 1, according to a statement from the county Board of Commissioners.

BRYSON CITY, N.C. (AP) — The longtime sheriff of a western North Carolina county whom some women accused of sexual misconduct has quit before he could be permanently removed. Curtis Cochran… ...

The longtime sheriff of a western North Carolina county who was suspended following allegations of sexual misconduct has retired.