Press Releases

With the year’s eighth tropical system now forming in the Atlantic, Governor Pat McCrory is reminding coastal residents to stay tuned to local media and keep a close eye on the weather in the coming week.

With the beginning of school, more than one million students will be attending North Carolina’s public schools.  With that brings an increase of school buses on North Carolina highways.

As students and educators return to school and the peak of hurricane season nears, Governor Pat McCrory is encouraging individuals, families, schools and businesses to review their emergency plans and update their supply kits.

Officials with the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice today during an open house offered community leaders and elected officials their first view of the Western Area Multipurpose Juvenile Crisis and Assessment Center in Asheville.

North Carolina prison officials received notice today that escaped inmate Jason Strickland was in law enforcement custody in West Virginia.

State Capitol Police Officer Ruby Savage was awarded the Advanced Law Enforcement Certificate from the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission on August 12, 2016.

Greene County sheriff's deputies captured escaped inmate Waylon Flynn at about 8:30 this morning in the woods just a few miles from Greene Correctional Center.

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice will host an open house at the Western Area Multipurpose Juvenile Crisis and Assessment Center in Asheville.

Corrections and law enforcement officers are seeking inmate Waylon Flynn #1321919, who escaped tonight from Greene Correctional Center.