Booklovers will find their happy place at Sassafras on Sutton, an independent bookstore where the wooden floors creak pleasantly underfoot as you browse shelves stocked with bestsellers, local ...

North Carolina State Representative Rodney D. Pierce (D-Halifax) will host the first-ever Eastern North Carolina Civics Bowl ...

Since 2008, the 1,300-square-foot structure has stood on block piers in Benson NC. It’s now facing demolition.

Planning is underway to widen Interstate 85 from six to eight lanes between Belmont and Gastonia, with construction set to ...

Each year, the modest-sized community of McAdenville, North Carolina transforms into glowing, festive Christmas Town U.S.A.

HALIFAX, N.C. — A North Carolina man wanted on multiple theft charges tried to escape deputies Thursday by jumping into Lake Gaston, pretending he could not swim but the stunt failed, WNCN reported.

Deputies say Edward Estes jumped into Lake Gaston to avoid arrest, pretended he couldn’t swim, then swam to land when a ...

A North Carolina man wanted on charges of stealing from Walmart jumped into a lake to avoid arrest — only to quickly “scream for help,” saying he was ...

A man trying to escape arrest in Halifax County took a dangerous turn Thursday, when he jumped into Lake Gaston, only to yell ...

Once, there were very different plans for this mountain land — one of the largest swaths of private forestland remaining in ...

That’s Jones Lake State Park in Elizabethtown, North Carolina – a slice of tranquility so perfect it feels like nature’s best-kept secret. In a world where Instagram-famous destinations have hour-long ...