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The dog is a pitbull mix, according to the humane officer.

Police and fire crews responded to an explosion at a KFC restaurant in Eden, North Carolina Thursday morning.

A child became trapped in a chimney Tuesday after climbing out a window.

Firefighters had to dodge exploding rockets to douse a spectacular fire that destroyed containers of fireworks stored for sale on the Fourth of July.

According to the media materials, ArtsGreensboro and the City of Greensboro will lead the pack of organizations coming together to produce the event that, in its last year, brought more than $12 million of "significant economic awards" to the city.

The family of a Kentucky girl who suddenly died at a cheerleading competition in February says she had underlying strep.

The 17-year-old Raleigh girl who was rescued from the Emerald Isle surf last week is brain dead and will donate her organs on Saturday, her father announced on social media.

The man and woman, identified as 39-year-old Dennis Chad Howard and 42-year-old Allyson Howard, were airlifted to a Georgia hospital with life-threatening injuries. The couple owned the home.

"It's all about empathizing — understanding their situation, but teaching them how to overcome."

Abortion-rights activists argue the "born-alive" proposal now heading to the House is unnecessary for a nonexistent problem and is designed to intimidate physicians and women. Social conservatives say the bill only addresses caring for newborns and describe situations where infants have been left to die.

A single mother in Charlotte says she plans on going to school and opening her dream business after she won $100,000 on a scratch-off lottery ticket.

A state House committee voted on Wednesday for legislation that would avoid the twice-annual time shift and have later sunsets for good - but only if Congress passes a federal law allowing states to observe daylight saving year-round.

North Carolina tree pollen levels have been “very high” since last Friday - with the highest pollen count coming from Monday to Tuesday.

Country star Brad Paisley took the controls of a backhoe to dig up the first pile of dirt in the space that will become a free grocery store to support needy families in Nashville, Tennessee.

Edwin Barkley pleaded guilty to Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property last month in connection with the investigation by CMPD and the U.S. Secret Service.

According to the Corolla Wild Horse Fund, the first foal of the season was born recently.

Kitty Hawk police say 40-year-old Holly Nicolette and her husband, Alan, were struck as they walked on N.C. Highway 12 on Monday. Nicolette taught in the Hanover County Public Schools. Police posted on their Facebook page that six people were walking north on the southbound side of N.C. 12 when the driver of the northbound pickup truck fell asleep at the wheel, crossed the center line and hit the adults and a child.

If passed, the bill would go into effect on Jan. 2, 2020.

The GOP-dominant House on Monday overwhelmingly voted 67-22 in support of the proposal after a brief but tense debate. The bill must now pass the similarly GOP-controlled Senate before it can reach Republican Gov. Bill Lee's desk for final approval.

Chattanooga police tweeted a photo showing the partial collapse near the Interstate 24 westbound split.

Calipari has made the NCAA Tournament in all but one year since coming to Kentucky in 2009. He won a national championship in 2011-12 and reached the Final Four three other times.

The AKC gives plenty of accolades to the new breed, including its hardiness and minimal maintenance requirements. The breed "requires a bath only about once a year or whenever he becomes smelly," they said.

Beare says he was just recently diagnosed with stage four liver cancer.

U.S. District Judge Malcolm Howard ruled Thursday that Charter Day School can't enforce the skirts-only rule as part of its dress code since girls are clearly treated differently from boys.

In addition, a Facebook post was written by her father early Saturday, Samantha Josephson "is no longer with us but she will not be forgotten."

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police say DJ just turned 8-years-old and tweeted happy birthday to him Saturday.

Every day, hundreds of South Carolina residents get in line at the Department of Motor Vehicles and give personal information to the people who work there.

Wright, 10, died Wednesday morning at MUSC, according to Colleton County Coroner Richard Harvey. Deputies say an autopsy has been scheduled for 9 a.m. Friday and the sheriff’s office will issue a statement after the autopsy is complete.

Warrants document one child as being kept in the basement of a Kings Mountain home for nearly two months – the other for six.

A teacher at a school in Statesville was arrested Tuesday on 78 charges involving sex offenses with a student, according to the Statesville Police Department.