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The new center aims to increase access to legal services for those in need.

As of July 21, residents of 14 counties will be able to access court records online as part of a statewide initiative.

The father of a teenager accused in a 2022 mass shooting in North Carolina's capital city that left five people dead has pleaded guilty to storing improperly a handgun that authorities said was found with his son after the shootings. Media outlets report Alan Thompson entered the plea in Wake County court. He received a suspended jail sentence and some probation. Son Austin Thompson is accused of murder and other charges and faces a 2025 trial. He was 15 when the shootings occurred in Raleigh. His older brother was among those killed. The father's attorney said Alan Thompson saw no warning signs that his son would commit violence.

A tenant severely burned by a natural gas explosion inside his North Carolina rental home can't successfully sue the landlord for negligence or other claims because there is no evidence the owner was made aware of needed house repairs and a possible gas leak inside, the state Supreme Court ruled on Friday.

The Guilford County Board of Commissioners showed support for a proposal to establish a Legal Support Center at its meeting Thursday. It could help more people navigate the court system.

A North Carolina judge sentenced the wife of an Irish businessman and her father to additional prison time Wednesday after their pleas to voluntary manslaughter in her husband’s 2015 beating death.

In the year since the Winston Weaver fertilizer plant fire, five lawsuits have been filed against the company alleging negligence. A lawyer representing…

Thirty-nine former students have filed a lawsuit against the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, alleging they were sexually abused by…

A Northwest North Carolina district court judge has been suspended following a decision by the state Supreme Court. Under the state's Judicial Code of…

With North Carolina courts closed for in-person appearances through mid-January due to a surge in COVID-19 cases, eviction hearings are temporarily put on…