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A Black man was found hanging from a tree in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, on Friday, August 21, but the police indicated that they are investigating the death as a suicide. The 38-year-old man, Demetrius Fleming, was reportedly found dead by medical personnel responding to an emergency call about an attempted suicid

Some breakfast counters are easy to forget, but the right one can stay with you long after the last bite. At Watkins Grill in Raleigh, North Carolina, the appeal is wonderfully uncomplicated: hot coffee, generous plates, and grits that have earned plenty of praise from people who know their way around a Southern breakf

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Four central North Carolina counties have the fastest internet in the state, a study found. Hoke County has the fastest internet in North Carolina with average download speed of 472.7 megabits per second, according to the study from AI readiness expert Faro. The study ranks...

In a city without a river, bay or lake, one of the most common views of the Raleigh skyline has a road in the foreground, where U.S. 401 snakes from the south into downtown. Now that view is changing, as several private and city construction projects alter the landscape of Raleigh’s southern gateway. Perhaps the most o

MORRISVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) — Officers now say that 60 vehicle break-ins were reported over four days starting late last week in areas of Raleigh and Morrisville near Raleigh-Durham International Airport. There were more than two dozen Morrisville car break-ins early Monday near a Raleigh apartment complex that was hit by

Picture the scene. The sun’s going down over Koka Booth Amphitheatre, string lights strung between food stalls, the aroma of Indian food is close enough that you can smell it from the lawn. A live band tunes up in front of a crowd that’ll hit 15,000 before the night’s over. Then the fireworks go up over the amphitheate

A SHOPPING center is in for a major redevelopment, with a two-story portion of it to be demolished to make way for new tenants — including a Whole Foods competitor. The 39-year-old shopping hotspot will see a brand-new Sprouts Farmers Market as well as hundreds of luxury apartments. The...

Wake County Sheriff Willie Rowe has spoken with the county’s police agencies about jail overcrowding but says he’s not asking them to change their operations or the number of people they are arresting. The sheriff told WRAL that he’s talked with police chiefs in the county about the situation and reportedly urged polic

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Members of the Raleigh Police Department and the Raleigh Fire Department are at the scene of a mulch fire that has closed a portion of a Raleigh road. According to Raleigh police, a section of Gresham Lake Road is closed between Gresham Hills Drive and Durant Overlook Road due to a large mulch fi

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — One person was found shot at an apartment complex off Sunnybrook Road in Raleigh early Wednesday afternoon. According to the Raleigh Police Department, officers responded to a reported shooting in the 400 block of Carrollwood Drive, which is the location of Sunnybrook Pointe Apartments. Once ther