Public Safety

North Carolina Republican gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson has a public safety plan billed as focusing on building up police, fighting violence and drugs and keeping criminals behind bars. The sitting lieutenant governor unveiled the proposal on Wednesday in Statesville.

Wake County has distributed ballistic vests and helmets to firefighters in 17 departments that serve rural areas.

The Gate City is taking a page from some larger cities, developing a violence interruption program to help make neighborhoods safer.

My mom, Shekema Crawford, is really good at moving. She knows exactly what to do with everything. She knows what to keep and what to get rid of.My mother…

Two Western North Carolina counties are hoping to revamp the money bail system in the interest of public safety and making better use of taxpayer…

Two Western North Carolina counties are hoping to revamp the money bail system in the interest of public safety and making better use of taxpayer…

A petition is circulating to demand a thorough housing inspection of a low-income housing apartment building in Greensboro. Five children, who were…

Rep. Harry Warren likes to wear flag pins on his jacket: One with the U.S. flag, and another with the North Carolina flag. On Tuesday morning, he sported…

Fewer teens are becoming lifeguards at local city pools.Raleigh has had to cut hours at its city pools because it's fallen 40 slots short of its hiring…

Railroads across America carry hundreds of billions of dollars of toxic materials every year. The body charged with regulating the industry, the Federal…