Garner News

The town was Garner, where Stevens still lives. The venue would become the Garner Performing Arts Center, where Stevens one day would book Broadway stars to perform.

Laura Schnoor of Apex earned the High School Diploma in Piano and the Padwereski Gold Medal from the National Guild of Piano Teachers.

The turnout surprised him. "We had no idea how many people would be here. I thought like 20 kids would show up," said Ladner, the executive director of U.S. Veterans Corps, an organization that undertakes a variety of projects to help wounded veterans.

Fire departments from two counties responded to a major natural gas leak on June 23 night in the 4700 block of Guy Road in Clayton.

Robert Lee Alston, 32, of 3301 Trail Drive in Wendell was named in an arrest warrant charging him with two counts of cocaine trafficking and with maintaining a vehicle as a place to keep drugs.

Detours are in place, but Raleigh police recommend that drivers avoid the area. A citizen contacted police to report suspicious persons and a suspicious vehicle on Oakwater Drive, where a home break-in was reported, near Hall Boulevard at about 1 p.m., police said.

PitchBlak Brass Band, a hip-hop brass band, performs at the CCB plaza in downtown Durham.

He can’t get a job, and he sees the business as a chance to provide for himself, his wife and their daughter, who turns 3 in August.

Assistant Attorney General Matt Liles said the Consumer Protection Division is working to identify the owners of the property to return the items to them.

How do you blow out 238 candles on a single cake? Heck, how do you get them all lit without the first candles burning the cake before you can get the flame puffing from the 238th candle? There aren't likely to be too many cakes floating around next Friday when this country celebrates the 238th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of ... (more)

Stacy Chandler sorts through accumlated items while clearing out junk from her home garage in Garner on Tuesday, May 27, 2014.

Speedy WR Nyheim Hines of Garner, NC is sitting on 23 offers this summer and will cut down his list in late July.

Brentwood Elementary second-grade students Samantha Santoyo-Villasenor, left, and Khyati Patel use puzzle pieces to practice spelling on Tuesday.