Stanly County News

Authorites in Stanly County say a grandmother with five dead spouses has been formally indicted for trying to hire a hit man to kill her fourth husband.

A North Carolina judge Monday kept bail at $500,000 for an elderly woman dubbed the "Black Widow" who is charged in the death of one of her five late husbands.

Jeff Carstensen was spooked when he learned his grandmother planned to buy him a $100,000 life insurance policy -- and name herself the beneficiary.

There is a severe thunderstorm warning for Northern Cabarrus county and Rowan county until 5:15pm. These storms are moving NE at 33mph.

Police in Ohio are pulling old records after the family of a 76-year-old Georgia woman with five dead spouses asked authorities to look into the death of her first-born child.

A judge has postponed a bond hearing for a woman with five dead spouses who is charged with soliciting the murder of her fourth husband more than 20 years ago.

In a poll commissioned by the N.C. Water Rights Committee to gauge public opinion regarding Alcoa's efforts for renewal of a 50-year federal license for a monopoly on hydroelectric power from the Yadkin River ...

The Stanly County Board of Commissioners says a recent survey commissioned by Alcoa distorts the debate over a series of Yadkin River lakes and dams, using skewed questions designed to favor Alcoa's position.

Less than two years after being voted out as Stanly County sheriff, Tony Frick has cast himself in an unlikely role.

The assistant police chief bought, then donated the bottle to the historical society.

Murderer ruled unfit mentally to die for crime - Raleigh News & Observer Titan Barksdale Convicted murderer Guy LeGrande, who baited Stanly County jurors with expletive-filled rants during his 1996 trial, is ...

A death row inmate who wore a Superman shirt and represented himself at trial is too mentally ill to be executed, a judge has ruled.

Authorities said Tuesday they will re-examine the shooting death of a man in the Florida Keys more than four decades ago, after learning he was the third of five husbands to Betty Neumar, a widow charged in the ...

' A statewide public opinion poll conducted by McLaughlin & Associates shows that N.C. voters overwhelmingly oppose a state takeover of the Yadkin Hydroelectric Project operated by Alcoa Power Generating Inc.

North Carolina investigators say a woman with five dead spouses had long been separated from her first husband when he was killed.

With the results tallied from Tuesday's runoff vote, the slate for this year's general election has been confirmed.

Residents of western Stanly County and surrounding areas will have a new option for healthcare services today.

Rowan County scenes will be featured on a dozen limited edition gold-plated rifles that will help raise funds for the local 4-H Hot Shots Shooting Sports Club.

A former Albemarle police officer says he told authorities that a woman with five dead spouses was trying to convince a hit man to kill one of the men.

It's a story that's making national headlines. An Augusta woman accused of hiring a hit man to kill one of her husbands is now being investigated in the deaths of her four other husbands.