SOUTHPORT (AP) The police chief of a coastal North Carolina city has been arrested following what authorities say was a "long-term investigation" by the FBI and State Bureau of Investigation. The Brunswick County District Attorney's office announced Southport Police Chief ...

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WINSTON-SALEM (AP) The attorney for a dentist acquitted of a murder charge in his estranged wife's death says his client has reached a $200,000 settlement in his lawsuit alleging that State Bureau of Investigation agents in North Carolina tried to ...

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ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — The State Bureau of Investigation is looking into an officer-involved shooting near Biltmore Village. The Asheville Citizen-Times reports authorities say the shooting, which involved a drug-suppression police unit, occurred Thursday in the parking lot of Ash ...

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DUBLIN (AP) — The State Bureau of Investigation has released the name of a man shot and killed by police in Bladen County this week. SBI spokeswoman Teresa West in a statement said that 24-year-old Declan Owen of Elizabethtown died ...

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RALEIGH (AP) — Some leadership changes are being made in the State Bureau of Investigation, after the Department of Public Safety took over control of the agency. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported that two assistant directors have been ...

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The director of the State Bureau of Investigation says the agency was justified in firing an agent because he repeatedly violated policy.

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North Carolina's Democratic attorney general is opposing a state Senate budget provision that moves much of an investigative unit from his department to one headed by an appointee of Republican Gov. Pat McCrory.

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RALEIGH (AP) — The State Bureau of Investigation has opened a probe into the handling of 12 drunken driving cases by Wake County District Court Judge Kristin H. Ruth. SBI spokeswoman Noelle Talley confirmed the investigation last week. The investigation ...

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