Press Releases

Secretary Kieran J. Shanahan and leaders of the N.C. Department of Public Safety kick off a statewide school safety tour next week in eastern North Carolina, with community forums set for Edenton and Morehead City.

Today, during a press conference at Apex Middle School, Governor Pat McCrory announced the creation of the N.C. Center for Safer Schools, which will serve as the state’s primary point of contact on issues related to school safety.

The Soldiers and Airmen Assistance Fund (SAAF) today announced its new specialty license plate, titled, “In God We Trust,” is available for purchase through the

The juvenile identified as first name, “James” last initial “N.” who escaped yesterday during a home visit in Hickory has been apprehended and returned to secure custody at the Division of Juvenile Justice's Stonewall Jackson Youth Development Center in Concord.

When young people are called to the office of Alison Uhlenberg, her goal is that she never sees them there again.

Uhlenberg is a juvenile court counselor who makes lifechanging decisions about how the state will respond to young people who have broken the law.

Stanley Melvin, director of the Pitt Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Greenville, found a valuable mentor in his Goldsboro High school basketball coach in the early 1970s. The late Coach Norvell Lee helped Melvin learn that he has a heart for kids.