Press Releases

Inmate Bernard Sanford #0898557 was found unresponsive this morning in his cell at Maury Correctional Institution, after an apparent suicide.  Medical staff responded and attempted to revive him but they were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead by a prison doctor shortly after 4 a.m.

Members of the North Carolina Helo-Aquatic Rescue Team, known as NCHART, rescued a man Monday night who was stranded near the top of Mt.

While roads conditions are improving and power is being restored across much of North Carolina, Governor Pat McCrory urged residents to remain cautious as they venture out.

The State Highway Patrol is investigating an assault that occurred in Rowan County on Saturday, January 23, 2016 at approximately 2 a.m.  A state trooper was on routine patrol when two all-terrain vehicles were observed on N.C.

As temperatures remained low with no prospect for thawing until Sunday, Governor Pat McCrory said that safety was still the top concern for him and the state emergency operations team.

In a briefing at Emergency Operations Center Saturday morning, Governor Pat McCrory urged citizens to stay vigilant during the first significant winter storm of the season.

Governor Pat McCrory briefed citizens from the State Emergency Operations Center Friday morning on the response to the latest winter storm impacts.

Badge of Excellence awards were bestowed on 14 Department of Public Safety employees at a ceremony Jan. 21 held at the Joint Force Headquarters.

Governor Pat McCrory is urging North Carolinians to prepare for winter weather and monitor local forecasts as the state’s first significant winter storm moves in later today.

The meeting of the SERC, originally scheduled for Friday, Jan. 22, has been cancelled due to the anticipated winter storm. Further information about a rescheduled meeting will be sent once available.

Ahead of a winter storm that will enter North Carolina Wednesday, Governor Pat McCrory has ordered state agencies to begin preparations for possible treacherous travel conditions.

Local law enforcement officials have apprehended a juvenile who on Jan. 10 failed to return to secure custody at the Dobbs Youth Development Center, following a home visit in Pitt County.

Administration Secretary Bill Daughtridge Jr. today presented Stanley C. Melvin, director of Pitt Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Greenville, with the prestigious John R. Larkins Award during the 2016 State Employees Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration in downtown Raleigh.

On Tuesday, Jan. 26, residents and business leaders in Person County communities will have an opportunity to review and discuss the latest flood hazard and flood risk data.

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named two new prison administrators.