An update is now available in a violent hammer assault case first reported last week, with investigators releasing new details and formal charges.

A break-in at a storage facility in Mooresville has led to felony charges following an investigation by the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office.

A 14-year-old boy is missing, and deputies are actively searching the area in Cleveland.

Sheriff’s deputies are investigating an alleged break-in and theft at the home of retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, just weeks after he and six others died in a plane crash last month.

A bill filed in the North Carolina General Assembly would make it illegal to operate a motor vehicle while holding a live animal in a driver’s lap.