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Raleigh crime and safety
Public Safety · 2 hours ago
Raleigh: Appeals court upholds Terrence Lawson's murder conviction in 2021 bedroom shootingCourts · 1 day ago
Raleigh: Psychologist finds Ryan Camacho incapable of standing trialPublic Safety · 1 day ago
Raleigh: Gunfire hits garage on Massey Preserve Trail; no injuries reportedPublic Safety · 2 days ago
Raleigh: Shaliah Battista charged with murder after Garner Road shootingCourts · 3 days ago
Raleigh: Attorney general joins suit saying Dollar General overcharged shoppersCourts · 4 days ago
Raleigh: Proposed settlement in eCourts wrongful-arrest class action
Cary crime and safety
Public Safety · 6 hours ago
Wake County: Child hospitalized after possible drowning near Cary, sheriff saysPublic Safety · 4 days ago
Cary: Felony gun charge against Jonathan D. Miller dismissed, prosecutors sayPublic Safety · Oct 23
Johnston County: Cary driver seriously hurt after Highway Patrol chase ends on N.C. 210
Apex crime and safety
Public Safety · Oct 7
Apex: Everyone gets out safely after house fire on Center StreetPublic Safety · Oct 7
Wake County: Sanitation worker killed near Apex identified as William Young, 35
Wake County crime and safety
Courts · 1 day ago
Harnett, Wake and Robeson: Justice Department charges 18 more with illegal votingPublic Safety · 1 day ago
Wake County: Bullets hit a Plaza Drive home near Garner; no one reported hurtPublic Safety · 2 days ago
Wake County: East Wake Magnet student arrested in class in Burlington casePublic Safety · 4 days ago
Raleigh: Quincy Lamont Thompson Jr. charged after man shot on Camden Street, police sayPublic Safety · 4 days ago
Garner: Man charged with murder in Oct. 11 Super 8 motel killing, sheriff saysPublic Safety · 4 days ago
Raleigh: Garage fire on Coleraine Court spreads to attic, fire officials say
Wake County traffic and road closures
Public Safety · 3 days ago
Raleigh: Jairo Josue Aguilera-Ramos indicted after July 31 Forest Oaks Drive truck crashPublic Safety · 3 days ago
Raleigh: Pedestrian dead after Wake Forest Road crash near Dresser CourtTraffic & Weather · 5 days ago
Garner: Two injured after truck runs red light on U.S. 70 Business, troopers sayPublic Safety · 5 days ago
Wake County: One dead in head-on crash on NC-98 near Stony Hill RoadPublic Safety · 5 days ago
Raleigh: Trevor Gray, 24, killed while helping a driver on I-540, police sayPublic Safety · Oct 22
Wake County: Two juveniles in custody after Wendell Boulevard crash; two sought
Weather alerts
Events and weather · 2 days ago
Raleigh: Weather service lists no rain since Oct. 17; October total still 2.57 inchesEvents and weather · Oct 16
Raleigh: Rainy, much cooler Saturday after three straight record highs, weather service saysEvents and weather · Oct 15
Raleigh: Third straight daily record high, 88 Friday after 89 Thursday and 90 Wednesday, weather service saysEvents and weather · Oct 12
Triangle: NWS rates Fayetteville tornado EF-2; later surveys cover Jordan Lake, Linden and CarpenterEvents and weather · Oct 9
Raleigh: Last weekend to buy State Fair advance tickets; rain arrives SaturdayEvents and weather · Oct 8
Triangle weather: Dry forecast through midweek after Isaias remnant rain
Community news
Schools · 1 day ago
Wake County: Board hears students and principals on classroom devicesGovernment · 1 day ago
Wake Forest: NCDOT awards Rogers Road rail bridge; work may start Nov. 30Government · 1 day ago
Wake County: Raleigh and Apex Walmarts fined for price-scanning errorsGovernment · 2 days ago
Wake County: $60 EMS subscription enrollment for 2027 opens Nov. 1Government · 2 days ago
Raleigh: City will try rubber turn-calming wedges on Glenwood SouthGovernment · 2 days ago
Wake County: Capital Area board awarded $5.8 million to help laid-off workers