North Carolina State Highway Patrol is helping a 98-year-old widow after a wallet that held her late husband’s trooper badge for 71 years was “reportedly stolen” at a Walmart in Leland, a ...

The State Highway Patrol now reports directly to the Office of the Governor with Commander Colonel Freddy L. Johnson Jr.

North Carolina State Highway Patrol is helping a 98-year-old widow after a wallet that held her late husband’s trooper badge for 71 years was stolen, a spokesman said.

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — The North Carolina State Highway Patrol is now an independent agency, officials said Tuesday.

North Carolina State Troopers walk down South Road toward the Bell Tower on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus in August 2023. Proposed changes in retirement benefits could affect local and state officers.

North Carolina State Troopers walk down South Road toward the Bell Tower on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus in August 2023. Proposed changes in retirement benefits could affect local and state officers.

The North Carolina Highway Patrol is in the midst of a trooper shortage, effecting not just the triad, but the entire state. At this time hundreds of positions are vacant, meaning troopers have to ...

Amid staffing shortages, NC State Highway Patrol is paying students to undergo law enforcement training. In Western NC alone, there are 31 vacancies.

North Carolina State Highway Patrol is helping a 98-year-old widow after a wallet that held her late husband’s trooper badge for 71 years was “reportedly stolen” at a Walmart in Leland, a ...