Press Releases

WHAT: Department of Public Safety Teams with Private Sector to Expand Litter Free NC Campaign WHERE: Fairway Outdoor Advertising, 508 Capital Blvd., Raleigh

WHAT: The Governor’s Task Force on Safer Schools provides guidance to the N.C. Center for Safer Schools and considers future policy and legislative action that is needed to improve school safety in North Carolina. 

The first meeting of task force created to design a comprehensive strategic plan to improve the successful reintegration of juveniles into the community following their contact with the juvenile justice system has been scheduled for Raleigh on Friday.

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Lawrence Furman Ivey Jr. as Chief Court Counselor in Judicial District 16, which encompasses Hoke, Robeson and Scotland counties.

Hyde County Schools officials invite parents to attend an assembly this Thursday on bullying prevention and school violence.

The N.C. Department of Public Safety improved delivery of services, met or exceeded goals in many areas and made the public in North Carolina safer than ever.

Produce grown by students at Stonewall Jackson Youth Development Center is helping to feed the homebound of Cabarrus County.

Heroism, compassion and innovation were among the traits Governor Pat McCrory recognized among the 36 recipients of the Governor’s Awards for Excellence at a special ceremony yesterday at the North Carolina Museum of History.

The N.C. Juvenile Services Association yesterday presented its annual Outstanding Service Award to Deputy Commissioner of Juvenile Justice William Lassiter.

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Kenneth Lassiter as deputy director for operations for the state prison system.  Lassiter will work along with Deputy Director Gwen Norville, who will assume the title of deputy director for admi

The Department of Public Safety will deploy hundreds of inmates this month to help the Department of Transportation carry out its annual fall sweep to rid the state roadsides of litter.

Note: This is the third article in a four-part series remembering some of North Carolina's most notable hurricanes while highlighting some of the progress our state has made since to ensure we are better prepared for such storms.

Note: This is the second article in a four-part series remembering some of North Carolina's most notable hurricanes while highlighting some of the progress our state has made since to ensure we are better prepared for such storms.

Officials with the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office took the juvenile identified as Joshua D. back into custody around 6 a.m.