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The Hampton City Council has voted to place the name of Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong on a road which had been named for a Confederate general.

A 22-year-old graduate student will take on the title of Miss Virginia 2019, after former Miss Virginia Camille Schrier won the title of Miss America 2020.

Kentucky's Breaks Interstate Park will soon be home to the longest pedestrian swinging bridge in North America.

The city announced the decision in a news release Thursday. City Manager Tarron Richardson said the vehicle was “clearly a reminder” of the attack.

Thursday night, the Giles County's Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to become a second amendment sanctuary.

Money from the state will support two restoration projects in our region.

The National Park Service says a bust of Orville Wright that was stolen from the Wright Brothers National Memorial on the North Carolina coast has been found.

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice debuted a plan Tuesday to help people get jobs as they recover from addiction.

Authorities have identified the body of a woman found dead in a North Carolina creek as that of a forensic FBI photographer from Alabama.

Gov. Roy Cooper's office says donations to North Carolina's Disaster Relief Fund following Hurricane Florence have reached nearly $6 million.

Authorities in Tennessee have identified a man who went into cardiac arrest and died along the Appalachian Trail.

Wildlife officials say a deadly virus has been detected in white-tailed deer in southern West Virginia.

"What we're trying to do is see if we can go east, then go north and then maybe down the road if we can do something at Chicago and then go west."

Officers with the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department confirm a child, abducted by her father, has been found.

Authorities say a West Virginia state trooper is in stable condition after being shot in a gunfight where he killed a suspect.

A West Virginia state trooper was shot during a shootout with a man Monday night in Pocahontas County.

Estate spokeswoman LeeAnn Donnelly said the hiring decision was the result of a "miscommunication" and that Biltmore "did not fully understand" the local applicant's desire for the entry-level cook position.

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.