Toll scam text is back with a vengeance, threatening legal action in North Carolina
Are texts inundating your phone saying pay up or face legal action? ABC11 warned you about this text scam when drivers in the Triangle got a text claiming to be from North Carolina Toll Services and threatened a late fee of $50 if you didn't pay the toll, by clicking on the link in the text. Now, this text scam is...
Who’s considered middle class in NC? You need this much income in 2025, a...
The middle-class income ranges for Raleigh, Charlotte and Durham are higher than the state average.
Gov. Josh Stein Appoints New Judges to Superior and District Courts in North Carolina
North Carolina Governor Josh Stein has made new judicial appointments, filling vacancies in the Superior and District Courts with seasoned legal professionals. Announced last Wednesday, these appointments were made public through a press release on the governor's official website. In a move to effectively replace...
Brad Sigmon will be put to death on March 7; here’s a timeline leading...
South Carolina will put Brad Sigmon to death Friday, more than two decades after he killed a Taylors couple. Sigmon, 67, is set to die by firing squad at the Broad River Correctional Facility in Columbia. He was condemned to death row in 2002 following a conviction on two counts of murder and one count of burglary in...
4 arrested at Salisbury home known for various criminal offenses, deputies say
SALISBURY, N.C. (WBTV) - Four individuals were arrested Tuesday at a Salisbury house known for various criminal offenses, deputies announced Wednesday. The residence, located along Sides Road in Salisbury, has had multiple search warrants executed since July of 2024, the sheriff’s office said. Previous offenses at...
Woman accused of starting massive 2,000-acre wildfire in South Carolina
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTV) - A woman has been arrested after she allegedly started a 2,000-acre fire in South Carolina. The South Carolina Forestry Commission said 40-year-old Alexandra Bialousow started the fire in the Covington Lake neighborhood in the Myrtle Beach area. Officials said Bialousow initially built the...
Woman was thankful to land home through affordable housing program, then found out about...
A woman tells Action 9 that less than a year after her dream of owning a home came true, she discovered there's a lien on it.
Securing the future of a family’s North Carolina farm
When much of your savings are tied up in the land itself -- when, as some have called it, you’re “land rich and cash poor” -- how do you fund your retirement, cover medical expenses, and provide for family without simply selling the land to the highest bidder The post Securing the future of a family’s North Carolina...
Police: Suspect accused of shooting two at Olive Garden caught in Anderson Co.
GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Greenville Police Department was called to the scene of a shooting at Olive Garden on Thursday afternoon. Police said a call came into the dispatch center about a shooting at the Laurens Road restaurant shortly before 5:15 p.m. Officers found two victims who had...
A living nightmare: Helene survivors describe landslides as geologists expand database
BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — Helene's devastating rains caused more than 2,000 landslides across North Carolina. Fairview resident Rick Frizsell lived through multiple slides during the Sept. 27 storm that trapped him, his wife Dena, and their adult son Tanner in their home in Echo Valley Estates. "All of...
