Mother of Smithfield-Selma High School Graduate Wade Swain, 17, Heads to Charlotte Mediation Seeking...
The Smithfield-Selma High School community in Johnston County, North Carolina, is grieving the loss of Wade Talley Swain, a 17-year-old recent graduate who was killed in a car accident on August 3, 2024. Wade, who was born on August 22, 2006, in Cary, North Carolina, had just graduated from Smithfield-Selma...
From local theater to CBS Soap Opera, Jaden Lucas Miller shares acting journey
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Jaden Lucas Miller caught the acting bug at a young age at the Raleigh Little Theatre and the North Raleigh Arts and Creative Theatre. “I have always had the bug. My mom helped me get to where I am today,” he said. Jaden...
Fiddler Tatiana Hargreaves Joins Dave Matthews Band In Raleigh
Dave Matthews Band rolled into Raleigh, North Carolina on Friday for a concert at the Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek. Fiddler Tatiana Hargreaves made her DMB debut at the show, where she sat in on four songs over the course of the evening. The septet continues to...
NC report finds rise in white-collar crime from 2020 to 2024
A new state report says reported fraud, embezzlement and extortion rose in North Carolina between 2020 and 2024.
Bloomberg Cash Supercharges Wake Tech’s New Teen Trades Academy
High school juniors in Wake County are about to get a paid, fast track into the trades, courtesy of a big check from Michael Bloomberg. Wake Tech Community College and Wake County Public Schools have rolled out the WakeWorks Youth Apprenticeship Academy, a new partnership that will let students earn tuition-free colleg
Defense says DA is fueling publicity she wants to stop in Faith Hedgepeth murder...
Attorneys for the man accused of killing UNC student Faith Hedgepeth say in a recent court filing that the Durham County district attorney is undermining her own effort to limit pretrial publicity. The defense team’s criticism centers on District Attorney Satana Deberry’s request to seal all motions and orders leading
Carolina Hurricanes Foundation gives $50,000 to address childhood summer hunger
RALEIGH, N.C. (WECT) - The Carolina Hurricanes Foundation has given $50,000 to the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina to address summer hunger among children. The money will fund more than 150,000 meals for families during the summer months, when students lose access to school breakfast and lunch programs,
Raleigh passes smaller city budget. Why the tax rate is still going up
Raleigh passed its budget Monday, which raised the city’s property tax rate despite cutting spending by around 1%. The new tax rate of 37.2 cents per $100 of assessed property value will give the owner of a $391,000 home, the median assessed value in Raleigh, a city property tax bill of $1,454.50. That’s a nearly $67 i
Young Boss Tevo Arrest: Durham Man Charged With Murder In 83 Babies Rapper Shooting
Young Boss Tevo murder suspect D’Monte Kinney faces first-degree charges as a fourth unreported victim surfaces in the Durham case. Young Boss Tevo finally has some justice coming. Nearly three months after the rapper was gunned down alongside a second man in a triple shooting, police have taken a suspect into custody
Foodie market & deli planned for former downtown Raleigh grocery space
Here's what we know about the business going into the vacant storefront.

















