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A 19-year-old died in a head-on collision in Knightdale just after midnight Friday night, the State Highway Patrol said. Jaime Flores Valdez was driving a 2010 Honda Civic on Bethlehem Road when he collided with a 2013 Ford Econoline van driven by 73-year-old Richard Winn Varnum, the SHP said. Varnum was taken to...

Fire officials are currently investigating what started a heavy fire at a home Saturday morning in Garner that left one person injured and a family without their home.

Allen Peterson of Raleigh beat the odds of 1 in 8 million when he became the grand prize winner in the Jackpot Spectacular Game.

Wake County, NC – In a dramatic sequence of events following a five-car crash on Tuesday, two individuals have been arrested, with one facing a slew of serious felony charges. The crash left two people injured and prompted a detailed investigation by Wake County sheriff’s deputies. Details of...

A Wake County mother says the school system has agreed to provide an extra instructional assistant to try to keep her 6-year-old daughter with autism from running out of the school again. Arya Futch has a history of running away from her teachers, including on Aug. 25 making it a half-mile down the greenway from...

Tucked away on a corner street in downtown Raleigh sits a burger shack that locals can’t stop raving about. The line often stretches around the block during lunch hours, filled with regulars who swear these are the best burgers in North Carolina. I’ve been a loyal customer for five...

Authorities are investigating after a high-speed chase that ended in a crash in Wake County.

In a unanimous vote Tuesday, Durham City Council passed a resolution to make the North Carolina city a “Fourth Amendment Workplace,” increasing protections for city workers against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids and arrests. The Fourth Amendment protects citizens against arbitrary searches and arrests...

As school gets underway, North Carolina law enforcement are urging motorists to stop for school buses picking up and dropping off children. Jeff Young with the Clayton Police Department wants the public to remember that it's against the law to drive past a school bus stop sign and carries consequences if not obeyed.

A three-legged shelter kitten was bursting with joy — and now, he gets a fresh start. Peewee, an “optimist” who craves affection, has been adopted in North Carolina . “We were ECSTATIC for him,” Mady Thielemann, a spokesperson for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) of Wake County, told...