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
The Crystal Coast Boat Show proved to be a big hit, with more than 3,000 people attending for all the boats, food, music and vendors.
5/19/2013 - By: Amanda Wilcox
Thousands of kids from North and South Carolina, Georgia, Virginia and Tennessee came to Wilmington this weekend with one goal in mind: to win. The 20th annual Seaside Soccer Classic kicked off Saturday and continued Sunday at soccer fields all across Wilmington.
5/19/2013 - By: Katie Rufener
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
More than 2,500 people crowded the streets of Jacksonville on Saturday morning for the eighth annual Run for the Warriors, hosted by Hope for the Warriors, a nonprofit that helps wounded, ill and injured service members re-cooperate from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
5/18/2013 - By: Amanda Wilcox
Changes at the Pender Memorial Hospital in Burgaw will mean a faster diagnosis for some patients. The hospital unveiled renovations that have been two years in the making at a grand opening event on Saturday.
5/18/2013 - By: Katie Rufener
People in Sunset Beach are celebrating a smaller milestone in Brunswick County on Saturday. The town is marking 50 years since its incorporation.
5/18/2013 - By: News 14 Carolina Staff
Some lifeguards along the coast prepare to hit the stands with new training and tools. On Friday, Carolina Beach Ocean Rescue got acquainted with a new beach response vehicle operated by New Hanover Regional EMS.
5/17/2013 - By: Breanna Walden
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
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