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Conway Storm Cook, 32, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted first-degree murder, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office said.

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a civil rights group challenging North Carolina’s anti-rioting law, whose criminal penalties were raised last year by state legislators. The American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina sued over the law, after the legislature increased punishments in response to protests against racial injustice and police brutality in 2020. U.S. District Judge Loretta Biggs rejected the ACLU's arguments that the law is vague and overbroad, citing state appellate court rulings that address their concerns. The order released Wednesday can be appealed.

A Tennessee city is facing a third lawsuit claiming its police refused to conduct proper investigations into allegations that a man was sexually assaulting multiple women for years. The newest plaintiff has said the man drugged her and pushed her out of his fifth-story apartment window in 2020. Mikayla Evans sued several Johnson City Police officers and the city last week in federal court over her case involving Sean Williams. Two other federal lawsuits similarly claim police did little to investigate accusations that Williams was drugging and raping women. Williams is in custody on state and federal criminal charges. The city says there's been no evidence presented to support corruption allegations against its police.

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Authorities used four drones, sonar and a remote operating vehicle to search Quarry Park Wednesday for a missing teen.

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Q: There is a house in the Ardmore neighborhood in Winston-Salem that keeps skeletons in the front yard and on the porch year-round. Is there an ordinance about this, and can something be done to remove them? — C.G.

The switch from nonpartisan to partisan elections for most Forsyth County municipalities cleared the state legislature on Wednesday.

The state legislature is on the verge of overriding a Gov. Roy Cooper veto of a controversial N.C. House bill that loosens campaign-financing laws and significantly restricts public mask wearing for health and safety reasons.

Conway Storm Cook, 32, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted first-degree murder, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office said.

The officer ordered the man to drop the knife, but the suspect instead advanced toward the officer while continuing to display the weapon, police said.

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Wilkes County investigators have accused a former Wilkes County Schools coach and teacher of taking indecent liberties with several girls, asking five girls to have sex with him and sending lewd photos to other girls, court records show.

Winston-Salem police officers were involved in a shootout with a suspect off Cole Road early Tuesday morning.

A Forsyth County sheriff’s deputy was struck by a vehicle on Interstate 40 early Monday as he was trying to protect a road crew during a police chase, authorities said.

The switch from nonpartisan to partisan elections for most Forsyth County municipalities cleared the state legislature on Wednesday.

The state legislature is on the verge of overriding a Gov. Roy Cooper veto of a controversial N.C. House bill that loosens campaign-financing laws and significantly restricts public mask wearing for health and safety reasons.

The state legislature is on the verge of approving a bipartisan N.C. Senate bill that would give commercial real estate developers a lower-cost financial option for use in North Carolina.

The bill affects Bethania, Clemmons, Kernersville, Lewisville, Rural Hall, Tobaccoville and Walkertown. Language affecting the municipalities was added Thursday and fast-tracked through two Senate committees.