I grew up in the northwest corner of the state where jutting up on the prairie an abbey and monastery stand like holy skyscrapers, farmland all around. I once visited the abbey, with a monk saying he ...

Prosecutors and defense attorneys were expected to make their closing arguments Wednesday in the sentencing phase of Jonathan Michael Monk's first-degree murder trial. Afterward, jurors were set to ...

After pausing several days due to last week's snowstorm, jury selection in Jonathan Michael Monk's first-degree murder trial picked up steam on Monday. Five of the 12 jurors and four alternates needed ...

A Superior Court judge sentenced prison inmate Jonathan Michael Monk to death on Wednesday for his role in the murders of four prison workers during an escape attempt at Pasquotank Correctional ...

A total of seven jurors have now been seated to serve in Jonathan Michael Monk’s first-degree murder trial. After five of the 12 jurors and four alternate jurors needed for the trial were confirmed on ...

Jurors in Jonathan Michael Monk’s first-degree murder trial on Wednesday were shown graphic autopsy photos and heard testimony from a forensic pathologist about the fatal wounds suffered by four ...

The Pasquotank Superior Court jury that will decide convicted killer Jonathan Michael Monk's sentence heard from a psychologist Friday about what she described as his "turbulent" childhood filled with ...