LOCUST, N.C. — A Union County father is behind bars, suspected of robbing about a dozen Dollar General stores at gunpoint across the Carolinas. A rookie officer with the Locust Police Department ...

LOCUST, N.C. — A man reportedly robbed the Woodforest Bank inside the Walmart in Locust on Wednesday afternoon, police said. The man handed a note to the teller around 5:10 p.m. demanding $100 bills, ...

Governor Terry McAuliffe announced the award of a $72,000 grant from the Virginia Tourism Growth Fund (VTGF) to assist with the redevelopment of the Lynchburg Historic District Locust Thicket. With ...

Locust bean gum, also called carob gum, is a natural thickener that’s commonly added to packaged foods and has many uses in cooking and food manufacturing. However, its name (a locust is a type of ...

HENRY COUNTY, Ga. — What started as an attempt to serve a warrant, ended up with the shooting death of a local police officer and two others injured when a man opened fire on them. [READ: Officer ...

CBP Intercepts Invasive Locust in Detroit (U.S. Customs and Border Protection) DETROIT – A rare invasive species of locust was intercepted by U.S. Customs agents during a cargo inspection at the Port ...

When “old and ordinary” buildings are not “important” or “attractive,” they often come down. Once they are gone, their history goes with the building. Such may be the case with the “ordinary” brick ...