Albemarle News

Celebrate the birth of the United States Coast Guard by joining the Museum of the Albemarle and Serenity Arts Studio for Paint and Cookie: Happy Birthday, United States Coast Guard on Friday, July 25, 2014 from 3:30-5 p.m. atthe Museum of the Albemarle .

Mecklenburg County's Hispanic population continues to surge, new data show, far outpacing the growth rate for white and black residents between 2010 and last year.

A support group for victims of clergy abuse plans to hold a news conference Tuesday morning in Charlotte to protest recent dismissals of cases against two Roman Catholic priests in the Diocese of Charlotte.

Television viewers in the Albemarle often joke in election years about being more familiar with Virginia political races than North Carolina ones.

The eyewall of Hurricane Arthur at 7 p.m. was just east of Cape Fear, according to the National Hurricane Center.

If Tropical Storm Arthur stays on its current track, the Atlantic hurricane season's first named storm will likely be mostly a rain event for the Albemarle region Thursday and Friday.

A Superior Court judge in Stanly County dismissed a child sex abuse charge against a Catholic priest Tuesday, saying the Rev.

Wear your sunglasses and flip-flops and join the Museum of the Albemarle in a day filled with beach-themed activities on Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Celebrate the regions environment and explore the natural world through interactive songs with Pamlico Joe and Clean Water Flow who will perform at 10 a.m. and 1p.m. They will be ... (more)

De-Lin Collins, 22, was arrested Monday in connection with an incident last month in which a woman was robbed at an ATM off North Sharon Amity Road and then shot in the face as she tried to drive away.

The left lane of Interstate 77 southbound is closed at Exit 33 south of Mooresville because of a vehicle wreck.

It wasn't until five days after her surgeon unknowingly punctured her intestine during a hernia operation that doctors at Vidant Medical Center realized the damage and that she had pneumonia.

Father Michael Joseph Kelleher turns 86-years-old this week. It's a milestone for anyone, but for Kelleher it's also a potential complication in his criminal case.

Dare County Emergency Services contacted Coast Guard Sector North Carolina watchstanders at approximately 3:08 p.m. to report the owner of a 22-foot power boat suffered a laceration on his leg near the Bonner Bridge and in need of medical assistance.

A North Carolina judge has thrown out two civil lawsuits against the Catholic Diocese of Charlotte stemming from decades-old abuse cases against two priests.

The Rev. Joseph Kelleher had two assignments in Charlotte in his career as a priest.

Douglas Wayne Mauldin Jr., 21, of 1524 Mountain Creek Road, Albemarle, N.C., was charged with shoplifting and failure to stop for a blue light.

Triton Glass has acquired the operations of Albemarle Glass Co. Inc. in Stanly County and plans to add 23 jobs to the company's work force over the coming five years.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police are looking for a woman wanted on outstanding warrants.