Even after wrongfully convicted people in North Carolina are exonerated, they aren't eligible for restitution for their time ...

An Alamance County man who went through three murder trials before being acquitted and a Pitt County pastor who was ...

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has commuted what have been lengthy sentences served by six criminal offenders in state ...

Late Wednesday, Governor Roy Cooper announced he had commuted the sentences of six people in North Carolina prisons and granted pardons of innocence to two others. According to the governor's ...

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper will be in our area on Friday to discuss progress in Helene recovery efforts.

Gov. Roy Cooper predicts Kamala Harris will win North Carolina, citing high early voting turnout among women concerned about ...

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — We spoke with North Carolina governor Roy Cooper today about the importance of voting on ...

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Roy Cooper is pardoning two men ... pastoring local churches and starting youth mentoring programs. Years later, new facts would emerge that backed up his claim of innocence: A Pitt County ...