A drone was used as a guide when the family became lost in woods after dark at Jesse Helms Park in Wingate, NC, the Union County Sheriff’s Office said. Union County Sheriff’s Office photo A family ...

Funeral services for former Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.), who died July 4, have been set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Hayes Barton Baptist Church in Raleigh, N.C. A public viewing is today at the church.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Dorothy Coble Helms, wife of the late U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms, has died. She was 96. Spokesman Mark Blake of Brown-Wynne Funeral Home said Mrs. Helms died Friday in her hometown of ...