Earl News

A North Carolina doctor could lose his medical license after a patient complained he made cutting criticisms, including telling her she was fat.

A man with a history of convictions dating back to 1992 was arrested Tuesday morning after riding his bicycle on N.C. Highway 242 near the county line.

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The late Earl Antone was put on Earth to help others, say his family and friends, and that's what he did.

Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty against a North Carolina woman accused of killing her 11-month-old daughter and hiding her body in an attic.

Published: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. The suspected serial bank robber accused of hitting two local banks, along with a dozen more in five other states, has been indicted in federal court on 21 counts of robbery and brandishing a firearm.

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Fans of old-time acoustic music can get their fix Sunday, with string band favorites Uncle Earl leading the American Revival tour to The Orange Peel.

Virtually every Lenoir County elected official who is a Democrat is supporting Earl Harper, an unaffiliated candidate for mayor.

Earl Harper, the unaffiliated candidate for mayor of Kinston answered questions from The Free Press on Thursday.

Doreen Duckworth, a Salem High School senior, will be crowned Miss Homecoming Queen by tri-captains Allan Byrd, Max Pearson and Jim White.

Fifteen candidates, with four vying for mayor and 11 for city council, are on the ballot for Thomasville's municipal election.

Sallie Crosby Bissette and Andy Wade Renfrow, both of Raleigh, were married Aug.

Published: Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 5:43 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 9:40 p.m. Carolyn Johnson, general counsel for the N.C. Turnpike Authority, will be Wilmington's new city attorney.

A former North Carolina body parts harvester was sentenced to eight years in prison Monday for what prosecutors described as a heinous fraud scheme in which he falsified medical records of cadavers so tissues could be sold for transplant.

A Salisbury Police car was rear-ended early Tuesday morning on Jake Alexander Boulevard.

More than 50,000 people are expected to attend Western Carolina University's Mountain Heritage Day this weekend as hundreds of crafters, musicians, Native American stickball players, shaped note singers, woodcarvers, potters, food vendors and a 'who's who' of traditional regional culture spread across the campus.

Three-year-old Corey Long plays with the toys he won playing games while he and his mother, Tasha Houston, wait for Hubba Bubba Clown Show to start.

A former North Carolina trooper fired after what authorities say was a drunken sexual encounter with the wife of a subordinate is trying to get his job back.

A North Carolina judge says he will decide soon whether to release recordings from the police video camera that captured the shooting death of a University of North Carolina student.