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Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Share SMITHFIELD, N.C. (AP) — A central North Carolina local school board member was sentenced to active ...

SMITHFIELD, N.C. (AP) — A central North Carolina local school board member was sentenced to active prison time after being convicted of extortion and other crimes, with some related to the ...

DUPLIN COUNTY, N.C. (WNCT) — A Duplin County man was sentenced to more than a year to two-and-a-half years in prison for selling drugs. Randy Joseph Pope was convicted on two counts of felony ...

CRAVEN COUNTY, N.C. (WNCT) — An inmate with the Craven County Detention Center reportedly escaped from his assigned cell on Sunday afternoon. A search showed that the inmate, John Matthew Nigh ...

North Carolina School Board Member Gets Prison Time After Obstruction, Extortion Convictions SMITHFIELD, N.C. (AP) — A central North Carolina local school board member was sentenced to active ...

DURHAM, North Carolina -- The 263rd meeting between Duke and North Carolina was one-sided, an 87-70 Duke rout that felt twice as bad. Eleven miles and two realities separate the Blue Devils and ...