Apex News

Four western Wake County towns ranked in the top 10 of a list of the 50 safest cities in North Carolina compiled by a home-security company.

School leaders said that 612 of Wake's 9,000 teachers have resigned since the beginning of the school year, compared with 433 during the same time a year ago.

Butler, South Mecklenburg and Cox Mill high schools are among the top 10 in North Carolina in this year's U.S. News & World Report rankings of the nation's best high schools.

Cary's First Baptist Weekday Preschool has openings for children ages 18 months to 5 years for 2014-15.

The Waverly Artists Group will show new artwork like David Stickel's "Summer Splendor" from 6-9 p.m. during Final Friday, April 25, at 302 Colonades Way, suite A, Cary.

The Holly Springs Food Cupboard is serving many more families than when it opened in 2012.

The Wake County Republican Party is trying to focus the blame for the increase in teacher resignations on former Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue and the Common Core State Standards.

Apex at Athens Drive ; Holly Springs at Cary; Green Hope at Fuquay-Varina; Panther Creek at Middle Creek.

Cary's First Baptist Weekday Preschool has openings for children ages 18 months to 5 years for 2014-15.

Underwood Elementary School fifth grade teacher Kelly Nystrom talks with other teachers in the school's media center during a planning session Thursday, April 17, 2014.

Make a fairy garden in a free class at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 26, at The Garden Hut, 1004 Old Honeycutt Road, Fuquay-Varina.

The Galleria , a market in North Raleigh with 25 specialty shop vendors, has opened, and it will have a familiar feel to Triangle shoppers.

Get a primer on vintage glamour during The Beginner’s Guide to Vintage workshop on Saturday at Triangle Dance Studios in Durham.

Both towns had a jobless rate of 3.8 percent in February, according to data released by the N.C. Department of Commerce and seasonally adjusted by Wells Fargo.

"The thought of children, and their parents not being able to provide for their children, affected me deeply," said LoPiccolo, who lives in Apex.

By ASHLEY SIMMONS Earlier in the school year, Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools celebrated its highest graduation rate ever for the district.

Animals that do not have the rabies vaccination that state law requires and that come into contact with a rabid animal have to be destroyed or their owners have to agree to pay for a six-month quarantine.

The Triangle Seagals, a group of former or presently serving women of all sea services, will meet at noon Saturday, April 19, at Perkins restaurant, 908 U.S. 64, Apex.

Senior Bingo for Holly Springs residents will be from 1-3 p.m. every first and third Wednesday of the month at Bass Lake Park, 900 Bass Lake Road.

Volunteers packed more than 11,000 meals at a Stop Hunger Now event sponsored by the Apex Sunrise Rotary Club on April 6 at Dreamsports Center in Apex.