North Carolina

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) — Maleka Martin of Winston-Salem won a $167,233 jackpot in a digital instant game on Friday, according to an NC Education Lottery news release. Martin won the top-level Gold jackpot on a $1 play in the Banker’s Vault game. The digital instant game features a progressive jackpot you can win at any […]

A Connecticut woman is facing charges after Pinehurst police say she used a fraudulent driver’s license to withdraw several thousand dollars from a local resident’s bank account at a bank in Pennsylvania. The Pinehurst Police Department has obtained arrest warrants charging Kelsey Ross, of Terryville, Connecticut, with one...

NASH COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - Rocky Mount officials say that a letter making the rounds on social media about a potential new Buc-ee’s location is genuine. Mayor Pro-Tem Jabaris Walker confirmed that he received the letter from Buc-ee’s. The letter says the company is excited to be under...

Two adults in central North Carolina have died from the West Nile virus, according to a Facebook Post from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS). The deaths occurred in mid-September and early October, although the location or the people's identities were not disclosed, according to...

How is that not a valid reason? I thought this was America… If you’re a NASCAR fan, then you’ve probably heard race fans throw out the phrase “Raise hell, praise Dale” a time or two. It’s a way to honor the late, great Dale Earnhardt who got his start racing his hometown of Kannapolis, North Carolina, first working on cars with his father, Ralph Earnhardt, who was also a pretty legendary race car driver. He went on to become the […] The post “Surely That Should Reduce It” — Dale Jr. Weighs In Af

The relentless rain associated with Hurricane Isaias didn’t stop some hikers from venturing onto trails and greenways in North Carolina, leading to life-threatening predicaments, officials say. Rescues were reported in multiple counties on Saturday, including people found in floodwaters, clinging to a piece of a dock along the Freedom Trail Greenway in Burke County, officials say. Three 911 calls were received Saturday in Avery County at the height of the storm, one involving a hiker who was in

Six Charlotte officers face termination over using racial slurs in text messages uncovered during an investigation into one officer’s Flock camera abuse, Charlotte Observer partner WSOC reported. The messages reportedly surfaced as part of an investigation into Seth Elliott, a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officer who used internal license plate reader technology to look up someone as a favor to one of his college friends. That friend was dealing mushrooms and marijuana , the Observer

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Five days into North Carolina’s gas tax holiday, some drivers are already seeing lower prices at the pump. But for some smaller gas stations, passing those savings along may take time. The temporary suspension, signed into law by Governor Josh Stein on Friday, is...

Forty-one cents. That is what North Carolina promised to take off every gallon of gas when the state suspended its fuel tax on October 10. Multiply it by a 15-gallon tank and you get more than six dollars back in a driver's pocket, every single…

PIEDMONT TRIAD, N.C. (WGHP) — More than 90% of North Carolina is at minimum abnormally dry with parts of the Piedmont Triad even seeing “exceptional drought” conditions, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Multiple cities in the Piedmont Triad, including Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Burlington and Reidsville, have enacted water conservation measures, a precaution to avoid any […]