Clayton Storage Break-In Investigation Leads To Arrest
CLAYTON, N.C. — A Clayton woman has been charged after investigators say she sold a cellphone stolen during a break-in at a rental storage unit. The Johnston County Sheriff’s Office said the case began Jan. 28 when a 27-year-old Clayton man reported his storage unit on Loop Road had been forcibly entered. About...
Man injured in drive-by shooting near downtown Durham
It unfolded on Main Street near Angier Avenue, just a few blocks from DPD headquarters.
Funeral held for NC trooper killed in line of duty wrong-way crash in Durham
A North Carolina State Highway Patrol trooper who died in the line of duty earlier this month was laid to rest after a funeral service in Cary Wednesday.
North Carolina lawmakers want to revamp property tax relief programs for seniors
Southeast Raleigh homeowner Anthony Pope fought long and hard to qualify for one of the state’s senior citizen property tax exclusions. When Pope finally got it, his property tax bill dropped from $4,600 to roughly $2,000 a year. Like many seniors on fixed incomes, Pope was feeling the pinch of rising property taxes...
Cary, N.C.: Ignorant Driver On Walnut Has Bright Idea To Cut Off Cary Cop,...
Right after cutting off a cop, they come to a complete stop in the wrong lane. Wake County driver and Redditor /u/DJseto shared headshaking dashcam footage from earlier in February (Feb 13, 2026) to the /r/IdiotsInCars subreddit showing a clueless driver cutting off a police vehicle on their way to slipping into what...
Woman killed in Hillsborough stabbing was ‘a precious soul,’ her sister says
Paula Floyd was friends with the man accused of stabbing her Friday and had been cleaning his family’s home for many years, according to relatives and a 911 call released this week. Floyd, 54, of Durham was a self-employed housekeeper. She had just arrived for work at the home on Running Pine Court in Hillsborough...
Spice Rush: IndiFresh To Anchor $17 Million Apex Hub By Costco
A specialty Indian grocer called IndiFresh is set to be the main attraction in a roughly $17 million retail-and-office project planned in Apex, just west of Raleigh. The development sits near the town's Costco and mixes medical-office suites with street-level retail aimed at nearby neighborhoods. Early plans and a...
Funeral for fallen Highway Patrol Trooper Steven Perry took place in Cary
It is happening at The Shepherd's Church in Cary at noon.
Poe Hall Cancer Mystery Deepens as Feds Decline to Pin Blame on PCBs
Federal investigators spent months combing through decades of health records tied to North Carolina State University's Poe Hall and still did not deliver the answer many people were hoping for. A new review from NIOSH stopped short of a clear link, with investigators saying they could not determine whether PCB...
4 Restaurant Chains Closing Doors in North Carolina: April 2026
The North Carolina dining landscape is undergoing a significant "portfolio rebalancing" this spring. As we move into April 2026, the Tar Heel State is seeing a shift away from oversized, high-overhead legacy storefronts toward leaner, tech-integrated models. Driven by rising labor costs and a massive push for digital...

















