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Williams convicted: Families can breathe after six years

SALISBURY — The families of Sabrina Curzi and Allen Wright who were in court Thursday morning got to ...

News

Closing arguments expected Wednesday in double murder trial

SALISBURY — The state has completed the presentation of its case against Willie Earl Williams Jr., charged with ...

Nation/World

Alex Murdaugh convicted of murder in shootings of wife, son

WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) — Disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh was convicted of murder Thursday in the shooting ...

News

Former elementary teacher pleads guilty in sex crimes case

A former China Grove Elementary School teacher, convicted of statutory rape with a student, was sentenced to prison ...

Trial

Former Theranos executive gets nearly 13 years

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. — Former Theranos executive Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani was sentenced ...

News

Man convicted in Tutterow murder case seeks new trial

SALISBURY — One of three men convicted in the 1992 murders of B.P. and Ruby Tutterow is seeking ...

Crime

Jury finds Kim Yost Fraley guilty of exploiting mother-in-law

SALISBURY — A jury on Wednesday found Kim Yost Fraley guilty of three counts of exploitation of an ...

Crime

Second-degree murder case sent back to Rowan County to decide defendant’s right to speedy trial

SALISBURY — The North Carolina Supreme Court is sending a case back to Rowan County for a rehearing ...

Crime

Two convicted as habitual felons in Rowan County Superior Court

SALISBURY — Two men were convicted in Rowan County Superior Court last week as habitual felons, District Attorney ...

Crime

Former Salisbury High teacher accepts plea deal for sex offenses

SALISBURY — A former Salisbury High School teacher pleaded guilty to multiple sex offenses after accepting a plea ...

News

Kannapolis man convicted for 2018 burglaries, other offenses

Staff report SALISBURY — A Kannapolis man was convicted in Rowan County Criminal Superior Court of several offenses, ...

Crime

Habitual felon convicted of interfering with monitoring device

SALISBURY — A habitual felon was convicted in Rowan County Superior Court Thursday for interfering with an electronic ...

Nation/World

Jury finds Rittenhouse not guilty in Kenosha shootings

By MICHAEL TARM, SCOTT BAUER and AMY FORLITI Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted ...

Trial

Elizabeth Holmes takes the stand in Theranos criminal fraud trial

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writers SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Fallen Silicon Valley star ...

Trial

‘Somebody who didn’t want to look at what they’d done’: Juan Chunn found guilty of murdering father

SALISBURY — Juan Renardo Chunn was found guilty of first-degree murder in Rowan County Superior Court on Tuesday ...

Crime

Jury finds man guilty of first-degree murder for killing father with oxygen tank

SALISBURY — Juan Renardo Chunn was found guilty of first-degree murder in Rowan County Superior Court on Tuesday ...

Crime

Closing arguments, jury deliberation scheduled today in trial of man charged with killing father

SALISBURY — Lawyers are poised to deliver closing arguments this morning in the first-degree murder trial of a ...

Crime

Prosecution attempts to poke holes in defendant’s story in third day of murder trial

Editor’s note: This article contains graphic descriptions of injuries sustained by Eugene Chunn in connection with his death. ...

Crime

Murder trial turns to crime scene evidence, oxygen tank used as weapon

SALISBURY — Slowly turning a silver, blue and green cylinder over in his gloved hands, Assistant District Attorney ...

Crime

Prosecution weaves story of betrayal as trial begins for man charged with killing father

SALISBURY — During a frantic 911 call, Juan Chunn pleaded with the dispatcher to send help for his ...

Crime

R. Kelly fate in jury’s hands at sex trafficking trial

By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — R. Kelly’s fate is now in a jury’s hands ...

Crime

‘No winners’: Mason found guilty in fish arcade murder trial

SALISBURY — As soon as the court clerk read the verdict aloud, the tangible tension enveloping the courtroom ...

Crime

Jury begins deliberations in Fishzilla murder case

SALISBURY — A jury began deliberating Wednesday afternoon in the Fishzilla murder case, but a verdict wasn’t reached ...

Trial

Defendant testifies in Fishzilla murder trial

SALISBURY —  After watching other witnesses give accounts of the incident, Dedrick Michelle Mason took the stand on ...

Crime

Defense witness gives tearful account of deadly shooting in Fishzilla murder trial

SALISBURY — During a tearful testimony on Friday afternoon, Andrea Dillard recounted the moment she thought her life ...

Crime

Jury finds Robert Durst guilty of best friend’s murder

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — A Los Angeles jury convicted Robert Durst on Friday ...

Crime

Jeffrey MacDonald ends release appeal from infamous 1970 slayings

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH (AP) — A former Army doctor convicted for the infamous 1970 ...

Crime

Prosecution in Fishzilla murder case introduces more witness accounts, handgun used in shooting

SALISBURY — The prosecution on Thursday continued to build its case against Dedric Michelle Mason in an abbreviated ...

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