Christina Rivenbark

The longtime sheriff of Orange County, North Carolina, has announced his retirement after getting into a pair of car accidents in about eight months. The sheriff, 79, appears to have been to blame in both incidents, though he did not say that they contributed to his decision not to seek...

Besides large cities, another type of place that can have problems with pedestrian-car accidents are towns with large seasonal populations. These towns’ streets may not have built to accommodate as much walking traffic as larger urban areas. As a result, serious pedestrian accidents can occur. A recent incident in which...

Former North Carolina state legislator Larry Womble, who retired from politics after being seriously injured in a car accident in 2011, has filed a personal injury suit against the estate of the man who caused the accident and the bar that served him alcohol that night. Womble’s attorney said that...