Cary NC

In January, I wrote in these pages that coordinated teacher “callouts” are not protected protest — they are illegal work stoppages under North Carolina law. Robert Luebke of the John Locke Foundation’s Center for Effective Education agreed, while adding an important qualifier: “I do sympathize with teachers. Having no budget places teachers and school districts in very difficult positions. The blame for that is on...

North Carolina teachers are trying to spread the message that they could leave the profession if they don’t get enough of a pay raise from the state. Compensation and school funding were concerns that the state Department of Public Instruction said were frequently mentioned in the 2026 North Carolina Teacher Working Conditions survey. The State Board of Education will get a presentation on the...

MORRISVILLE, N.C. (WGHP) — Vijaya Sundararaj, of Cary, bought a $30 scratch-off and won a $100,000 prize, according to an NC Education Lottery news release. Sundararaj bought his winning 200X The Cash ticket from the Wegmans on Davis Drive in Morrisville. He arrived at lottery headquarters on Monday to collect his prize. After required state […]

Explore amazing animal stories – visit Animal of Things Now and follow us! North Carolina does not have a single, unified law that tells you exactly what your outdoor cat can and cannot do — but that does not mean anything goes. The rules that govern outdoor cats in the state come from a layered mix of state statutes, county ordinances, city codes, and private community...

It started off innocently enough. Sixty-one degrees and sunny under a pure blue sky, as the Virginia men’s lacrosse team whooped their way through warmups at American Legion Memorial Stadium. It looked like any other game, and early in the second quarter it looked like one specific game. Virginia...

A stretch of Liberty Street near downtown Durham turned into a crime scene Sunday afternoon after a woman was stabbed in the 500 block and rushed to a hospital. Police said her injuries were not life-threatening, and detectives stayed on the scene into the evening piecing together what happened. Officers...

MORRISVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) — Police in Morrisville now say that a report of gunfire Saturday afternoon was a murder-suicide in the Kitts Creek neighborhood. The incident was initially reported as shots fired just before 2:30 p.m. in the 1000 block of Hildebran Lane in northwest Morrisville, according to a Morrisville Police Department news release. Saturday […]

DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) — A woman was taken to a nearby hospital after she was stabbed in Durham on Sunday afternoon, police said. The call about the stabbing was reported just before 2:40 p.m. in the 500 block of Liberty Street near downtown Durham, according to a Durham Police Department news release.

NORTH CAROLINA — A pedestrian was killed in an early morning crash Monday on a busy Raleigh overpass, prompting significant road closures during the morning commute, police said. Officers with the Raleigh Police Department responded around 3:40 a.m. to a vehicle crash involving a pedestrian near the 2900 block of South Saunders Street, along the […] The post One person dead after being struck by...

My name is Faith West, and I am a student at Carrboro High School, I’m writing to you because I am frustrated and hurting. Recently, there was a shooting right here outside my school. What’s making it even worse is that it feels like there hasn’t been enough news coverage. To the rest of the world, it might just be another headline, but for...