North Carolina’s price gouging law is in effect after Gov. Roy Cooper declared a statewide state of emergency Monday in response to the temporary shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline. The pipeline was shut down after a ransomware cyberattack. more

RALEIGH — If you’re seeing long lines at gas stations, you’re not alone. The Colonial Pipeline shut down this weekend, saying it was hit with a ransomware attack Friday, May 7. The pipeline supplies nearly half of the fuel for the eastern part of the country and may be largely down through the rest of the week. more

A man shot in the wrist by a Johnston County deputy sheriff last week is out of the hospital and in the Johnston County Jail. more

Callers to 911 say a woman was driving erratically and crossing the center line on Plain View Highway just before she crashed head-on into a semitruck Tuesday morning. more

Members of the Erwin Board of Commissioners gave the green light Thursday night for a new 64-unit multi-family apartment complex. more

Campbell University’s graduation season made room for the first group of students to take on the COVID-19 pandemic. more

Harnett County’s 2021-22 budget proposal included tax increases for residents in a handful of area fire districts. more

The carnival has been extended one week until Saturday, May 15. It is located in the Walmart parking lot at 590 Jackson Blvd. more

The Sampson County Sheriff’s Office charged a suspect with murder after identifying the remains of a missing Newton Grove man. more

Harnett County’s 2021-22 budget proposal included tax increases for residents in a handful of area fire districts. more

Benson commissioners dealt a crushing blow Monday to a proposed three-town partnership between Interstate 95 communities. more

Cape Fear Christian Academy’s former trustee is accused of sexually abusing two CFCA students, but attorneys say her first accuser warned the school about the abuse more than a year before the second one. more