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“Sudden wind changes when you're someone flying through the air can really get you," said Mike Hollister, owner of Skydive Raleigh

A 19-year-old is being held on no bond after being charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury.

CARY, N.C. (WGHP) — Montfort Faulkner, of Cary, bought a Fast Play ticket and won a $1,578,846 jackpot, which is the largest Fast Play win in North Carolina Education Lottery history. Faulkner bought his winning $20 Jackpot 777 ticket on Feb. 3 from the Publix on Kildaire Farm Road in Cary, according to an NC […]

Educators and military-connected individuals gathered on Friday for the annual Purple Star Award ceremony at the North Carolina National Guard Base in Raleigh. Nearly 600 schools across the state were designated by the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) during the ceremony as “military-friendly.”. “North Carolina is home to a...

Justin Gainey and his staff were quiet Saturday and Sunday, but hosted another potential addition to the backcourt.

This story originally published in The 9th Street Journal. Over half of Durham Public Schools high schoolers were chronically absent in the first six months of the current school year — yet another challenge for a district already facing state underfunding and declining enrollment. “In no way are we...

A popular pitstop with made-to-order food and customizable coffee has plans to expand in the Charlotte region. Sheetz is eyeing a site near Weddington Road in Concord, the Altoona, Pennsylvania, gas station chain confirmed. It is early in the process and too soon to share additional details regarding the project, Sheetz said in a statement to The Charlotte Observer. Sheetz submitted a...

Durham County's newest four-legged resident is living his best life — and capturing hearts along the way.

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — A man is in police custody after they said 2 pedestrians were injured in a crash involving him driving while impaired on Fayetteville Street and East Hargett Street in downtown Raleigh. According to the Raleigh Police Department, officers responded to a crash around midnight Sunday to the downtown intersection, where they […]

CARY, N.C. (WNCN) — Thousands of art lovers and families found a blooming good time in Cary on Saturday at the Spring Daze Arts & Crafts Festival at Bond Park. More than 180 artists from across the Tar Heel state, including 19 from Cary, set up shop for the juried art show — now in […]