Cary NC

A Siler City teacher was charged Friday with 10 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, the N.C. State Bureau of Investigation announced. SBI agents, with help from the Carrboro Police Department, arrested Christopher James Rex, 40, at his Carrboro home, the SBI said in a news release. Rex works at ONE Academy, a...

What started as a cheerful Mother’s Day visit to the Wake County Animal Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, quickly turned traumatic. Lauren Seagroves brought her 8-year-old daughter to the shelter on May 12, 2025, hoping to find a shelter dog to adopt. Instead, both ended up in the emergency room after a dog they...

The judge rejected arguments that Austin David Thompson deserved the chance for release decades from now.

Wake Stone, now part of Vulcan Materials, is intensifying its legal battle to keep its quarry near William B. Umstead State Park operational beyond 2031, after a Wake County judge reinstated a 50-year “sunset” clause requiring closure by that date. The company has filed to intervene in a conservation coalition’s...

I never expected to spend an entire afternoon wandering through aisles of fabric, but that’s exactly what happened when I first walked into Cary Quilting Company at 935 N Harrison Ave, Cary, North Carolina. The moment I stepped inside, I understood why quilters drive from Ohio and beyond to visit this remarkable shop.

As the sentencing hearing continues in the Hedingham neighborhood mass-shooting case in Raleigh, the defense has pointed to a commonly prescribed acne medication, minocycline , as a possible factor in confessed shooter Austin Thompson’s behavior. In court filings and testimony, attorneys have suggested that...

Kansas upset No. 1 Arizona in Allen Fieldhouse, but not a single fan ended up on the court, unlike other blue blood programs.

North Carolina’s Mexican food scene is on fire, and the salsa is stealing the show. From the mountains to the coast, restaurants are serving up vibrant, house-made salsas that’ll make your taste buds do a happy dance. Whether you’re craving smoky chipotle heat or tangy tomatillo brightness, these...

Retiring State Rep. William Brisson received the N.C. Ag Partnership Award on Feb. 5 for his decades of service to agriculture, rural communit

DURHAM, NC – (Thursday, February 12, 2026)– The Durham County Sheriff’s Office Anti-Crime and Narcotics Unit (SAC/Narc), in its continued efforts to target local drug dealers, has arrested a Durham man for trafficking in fentanyl. On the evening of February 11, 2026, investigators were monitoring a known...