Fayetteville NC

A lightning strike was likely the cause of a house fire in Southern Pines over the weekend. Reports of smoke showing from a residence on Sheldon Road came into 911 on Sunday afternoon. The call came in during heavy thunderstorms that blanketed the area just before 2 p.m. Heavy smoke...

BENSON, N.C. (WNCN) — A Durham man is at large following a high-speed chase in Johnston County last week, the North Carolina State Highway Patrol said. According to the NCSHP, a trooper attempted to stop an Infiniti with a fake South Carolina license plate on Interstate 95 near mile marker 87 in Benson just after 1 p.m

The Fayetteville Woodpeckers (58-52, 26-19) and the Fredericksburg Nationals (68-44, 22-24) played game five on Saturday night at Segra Stadium. Adrian Ardines was on the mound for Fayetteville against R.J. Sales of Fredericksburg. In the bottom of the first inning, Fayetteville had a runner on third base with two outs

According to the sheriff's office, he was last seen in the area of the Erwin DMV, U.S. 421 South and surrounding areas.

LINDEN, N.C. (WNCN) — A woman and man were in critical condition after they were pulled from a Cumberland County house fire late Saturday morning that spawned a “mass casualty incident” designation because so many firefighters were impacted during a heat advisory, fire officials said. The call for the house fire was ar

Officers on the scene confirmed the two-vehicle collision left one person dead.

NORTH CAROLINA — Summer heat continues across the state Sunday, August 16, with partly to mostly sunny skies expected statewide. Highs will range from the upper 80s to the low-to-mid 90s across most of North Carolina, marking a slightly cooler day compared to Saturday’s readings. Highs Climb Into...

Christopher “Cole” Thomas was 22 years old when he vanished into the early morning darkness near downtown Benson, North Carolina, on November 25, 2016, and he has not been seen since. The Florida native had stopped his car near the intersection of East Morgan Street and North Elm Street around 3 a.m. that day, and acco

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – A young man disappeared on a road trip to North Carolina, and nearly ten years later his family is still looking for his body. Christopher “Cole” Thomas was 22-years-old, and originally from Florida. He graduated at the top of his class, and was studying at the University of Florida when he decid

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — The National Weather Service on Saturday issued a heat advisory for the fifth day this week for areas of central North Carolina. By mid-afternoon Saturday the advisory was also expanded into Durham, Chatham and Wake counties for a new heat advisory on Sunday. Earlier advisories...