The Senate is proposing a $20 billion budget that would increase spending by 2.3 percent and offers what senators are calling the largest tax cut in the state's history. The plan was released late Sunday evening. It includes more than $1 billion in additional state dollars to control Medicaid costs.
5/19/2013 - By: News 14 Carolina Web Staff
Greensboro police are taking extra steps to protect members of their community. After several home break-ins, officers with the Eastern Patrol Division helped folks in the area ramp up their home security—all at no cost to the homeowners.
5/19/2013 - By: Meg Smith
One lucky person has beat the odds and won the Powerball. Last night's jackpot was the biggest in Powerball history at more than $590 million.
5/19/2013 - By: Preston Jones
Wearing a seat belt could save your life; that's the message authorities are sending to drivers across the state as they kick off the 20th annual "Click It or Ticket" campaign on Monday.
5/19/2013 - By: News 14 Carolina Staff
A store with a unique concept opens its first store in the Tar Heel state. B-thrifty, a “super" thrift store with more than 250,000 different items, held its grand opening in Greensboro on Saturday.
5/18/2013 - By: Meg Smith
The National Association for Colleges and Employers says schools have cut career office budgets by an average of 16 percent, in the past year. Wake Forest University says that will only lead students on a path to nowhere. For some college students, graduation arrives before they know it and navigating the global workforce can be intimidating.
5/17/2013 - By: Brittany Edney
Bicyclists all over Winston-Salem have been hitting the roadways this week. The city has encouraged its residents to choose bicycling over driving to their destinations, whether it was to the local farmers market, to work or to the gym.
5/17/2013 - By: Amanda McKenzie
NCDOT scheduled weekend shutdowns on westbound I-40 at the Forsyth County/Davie County line. Beginning May 31, crews will close a two-mile stretch up to three weekends to make repairs to the westbound Yadkin River bridge.
5/17/2013 - By: Ed Scannell
Rallies in Charlotte, Raleigh and across the country took place Friday, calling on the Boy Scouts of America to keep its current ban on gay membership. Next week in Texas, the National Council will vote on a resolution that would allow gay boys to join but not openly gay adults. Both are currently banned.
5/17/2013 - By: Becky Bereiter
There were two winners in Friday night's Mega Millions drawing. A ticket in N.J. and a ticket in Farmville, Va. matched all six numbers.
5/18/2013 - By: News 14 Carolina Staff
A report from the market research firm IRI says sales of white, granulated sugar are up 15 percent since 2009. Last year, Americans spent nearly $1.7 billion. The increase in white sugar sales comes as Americans shy away from artificial sweeteners. Sales of Splenda are down 40 percent since 2009, the study said, and Sweet'N Low purchases are off 16 percent.
5/17/2013 - By: Adam Rhew
David Lawson scored his career-best fifth goal with 2:16 remaining to lift Duke to a 12-11 win against Notre Dame in the lacrosse quarterfinals Sunday.
5/19/2013 - By: Associated Press
Eric Law scored with 13 seconds left to cap Denver's big comeback in a 12-11 win over North Carolina in an NCAA lacrosse quarterfinal Sunday. Denver trailed by as many as six goals and was down five at halftime.
5/19/2013 - By: Associated Press
Jimmie Johnson became the first four-time winner of NASCAR's annual All-Star race Saturday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
5/19/2013 - By: Associated Press
Kyle Busch snapped a seven-race drought on the NASCAR Truck Series by winning Friday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
5/18/2013 - By: Associated Press
Four former all-America student-athletes are headed for induction into Appalachian State's Hall of Fame.
5/18/2013 - By: Associated Press
Chef Josh Rosenbaum, of Johnson & Wales University, shows us how to prepare smoked corn on the cob, a perfect snack or complement to any summer meal.
5/19/2013 - By: Chef Josh Rosenbaum
Chef Robert Brener, of Johnson & Wales University in Charlotte, shows us how to prepare a light, healthy dish using English peas sauted in butter complemented with cooked sweet butter lettuce.
5/18/2013 - By: Chef Robert Brener
Chef Josh Rosenbaum, of Johnson and Wales University in Charlotte, makes a roasted portabella mushroom. The best part about this recipe is that you can stuff the mushroom with the cheese of your choice before roasting.
5/18/2013 - By: Chef Josh Rosenbaum, Johnson and Wales
In today's Cooking at Home recipe, Chef Dan Eaton makes a meal with salmon, baby potatoes, sweet onions and broccoli. He serves that with a simple parsley, caper and balsamic vinaigrette. He cooks everything in a 400-degree oven, in stages, starting with the potatoes.
5/17/2013 - By: Chef Dan Eaton
News 14 Carolina's Rob Boisvert talks with Rahman Khan about the Goodworks Youth Awards, taking place on Wednesday, May 22, at UNC Charlotte Center City.
5/19/2013 - By: Rob Boisvert
Metal manufacturing students at Weaver Academy in Greensboro are using a machine to make clocks for sick children in the hospital.
5/19/2013 - By: Meg Smith
Two artists look back on their careers in show business in new memoirs this spring. The director of such classic thrillers as “The Exorcist” and “The French Connection,” William Friedkin, reveals his own exploits in his autobiography “The Friedkin Connection,” out from Harper Collins.
5/19/2013 - By: Forrest Wickman