A firing squad executed a South Carolina man who killed an off-duty police officer, the second time the rare execution method ...

Mikal Mahdi, 42, was executed by the state of South Carolina on April 11 for the violent killing of off-duty Orangeburg ...

Daniel Mitchell, 42, pleaded guilty Dec. 23 to conspiring to violate the civil rights of an inmate only referred to in court ...

South Carolina prison officials put a man to death by firing squad for the second time in just over a month when they ...

Under the state's execution protocols, the firing squad will put a hood over Mahdi's head and shoot him in the heart ...

The man who was living in Thailand at the time said he was angry about the large number of unsolicited political emails he received.

A Waynesville woman was recently sentenced to close to 6 years in prison for embezzling at least $1.5 million from a senior-assisted living facility in Canton.

Erik Ramsey’s suicide in solitary confinement highlights rising mental illness and a jump in such deaths in North Carolina ...

After winning a national title at Oklahoma State and placing third at Cal State Bakersfield, AJ Ferrari is headed to UNC.

Amid staffing shortages at N.C. Forest Service, inmate firefighters in a state program are battling more WNC wildfires.