The quick actions on the part of a North Carolina State Highway Patrolman and an associate dean at Campbell University are being hailed today for helping to save a man that had been involved in a collision . Trooper D. L.
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The North Carolina Department of Public Safety and the National Guard today hosted a one-day career event at Joint Force Headquarters in Raleigh.
MEDIA ADVISORY
What: Statewide Tornado Drill as part of Severe Weather Preparedness Week
Root Elementary School in Raleigh will host reporters covering the tornado drill
State Capitol Police are looking for three individuals suspected in the larceny of United States and North Carolina flags that were stolen from atop the N.C. Department of Justice building on W. Edenton street in the early morning hours of Sunday, Feb. 18.
A Gaston Correctional Center minimum custody inmate who left his outside work assignment was killed today in a single vehicle accident.
Colonel Glenn M. McNeill Jr., commander of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol, provided remarks to the 76 newly promoted members of the state highway patrol, their families and friends in a ceremony today in Cary.
77 employees of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol will be recognized for promotions in a ceremony on Monday, February 26, 2018. The promotional ceremony will be held at the Colonial Baptist Church located at 6051 Tryon Road, Cary at 10 a.m.
A Correction Enterprises employee is facing charges Friday night after he was caught this afternoon allegedly attempting to bring contraband into the Sampson Correctional Institution Laundry facility.
A Caledonia Correctional Institution minimum custody inmate who left his outside work assignment on Thursday was captured early Friday morning.
North Carolina may be eligible for an additional $125 million in disaster recovery funding to provide much needed relief for communities still recovering from Hurricane Matthew, Governor Roy Cooper said Thursday.
Inmate Michael Grant (#0665675) died Monday at Maury Correctional Institution after an apparent suicide. He was found unresponsive in the inmate dormitory at 3:30 p.m. Prison medical staff and local paramedics responded and worked to resuscitate the inmate. He was pronounced dead at 4:08 p.m.
Public Safety Secretary Erik A. Hooks provided an update on prison reform efforts to members of the Justice and Public Safety Oversight Committee today in Raleigh, including sharing the results of a new independent report on prison industry operations.
UPDATE: Forsyth Correctional Center inmate Bobby Abraham (#1054681) was returned to custody Monday morning shortly after he left his work assignment in Winston-Salem at 7:40 a.m. Abraham returned to the facility at 11:06 a.m. He will face charges for his escape.
With some melting yesterday and temperatures on the rise again today, North Carolina’s interstates and major highways are in good shape, but many secondary roads and neighborhood streets are still treacherous.
As the winter storm that brought heavy snow to many areas in North Carolina moves out to sea, Governor Cooper continues to encourage people to stay off the roads. Overnight temperatures in the teens mean anything on the roads is frozen and will take some time to thaw.