State Bureau of Investigation

A spat between the legislature and Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration could affect the leadership of the State Bureau of Investigation.

Cooper announced on Thursday that State Capitol Police Chief R.E. “Chip” Hawley will fill the post when current Director Bob Schurmeier’s term ends June 30. Hawley is subject to General Assembly confirmation for the six-year term to which Cooper nominated him.

The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation and its insurers will pay $7.5 million to the estate of Charles Ray Finch who was wrongfully convicted of a 1976 murder.

A North Carolina deputy has been placed on administrative leave after a fatal shooting of a Black man that sparked a local protest, a sheriff's office said Monday.

Across North Carolina, police seize millions of dollars in cash and other assets from citizens on the mere suspicion it came from criminal activity. Experts say the state actually has strong laws to protect citizens. But a gaping loophole allows law enforcement across the state to circumvent those state laws.

Misdemeanor charges have been filed in North Carolina against a school resource officer who was seen on video body-slamming a middle school student, a…

No charges will be filed against the white Raleigh police officer who shot and killed a young black man he was trying to arrest back in February.The Wake…

Gov. Pat McCrory on Wednesday nominated a 30-year veteran of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department to head the State Bureau of Investigation,…

Policymakers at the General Assembly are pushing through dozens of measures with a Thursday deadline looming.On Tuesday, Representatives pushed through…

In 1976, Joseph Sledge escaped from an Elizabethtown prison and within 24 hours, mother and daughter Josephine and Ailene Davis were murdered. He was…