The shooter was a federal inmate, Kelvin Simmons, who escaped from an Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital facility in Murphy.

A federal inmate faces a first-degree murder charge after officials say he shot a Cherokee County officer June 30 while ...

On Monday, around 2:30 p.m., Macon County dispatch was informed by Clay County Emergency Services that the North Carolina State Highway Patrol was heading into Macon County in a vehicle chase.

Authorities in North Carolina say an escaped inmate fatally shot a detention officer with his own gun, then fled in a stolen ...

A North Carolina sheriff’s detention officer has died after being shot by an inmate trying to escape custody on Monday. The ...

Wilmington's ceramics community has lost 3 of its leading lights: Hiroshi Sueyoshi, Traudi Thornton and Dina Wilde-Ramsing.

Inmate Kelvin Simmons fatally shot Officer Francisco Flattes during a medical transport after overpowering him and seizing a ...

A detention officer with the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office is dead after an incident with a federal inmate at a hospital outside of Murphy, North Carolina.

Cherokee County Sheriff’s Officer Francisco Flattes, killed in the line of duty on Monday (Courtesy: Cherokee County ...