Garner News

A new council that seeks to encourage local residents to buy more local produce is up and running in Onslow County.

Garner High School students experience the difficulty of texting while driving by texting while driving a golf cart in a controlled course at the school on April 9, 2014.

The winner of American Idol''s tenth season, country crooner Scotty McCreery began singing as a child in Garner, North Carolina.

A police department spokesperson said around 10 a.m. Monday, a Wake County Deputy was met with a realtor at a home at 104 Dunnsbee Drive to change the locks on the property currently under eviction.

The National Weather Service has confirmed a tornado hit two Wake County towns. The weather service said Sunday that a tornado with winds of 80 mph touched down in Garner shortly after 9 p.m. Saturday.

The National Weather Service has confirmed two tornadoes touched down in eastern North Carolina over the weekend.

The first report of an EF0 tornado - with maximum wind speeds of 85 mph - touched down near the intersection of Old Stage Road and N.C. Highway 42 in Willow Spring at 8:57 p.m., according to a storm survey report the weather service released Sunday evening.

Parts of southeastern Wake County were under a tornado warning Saturday night as a severe thunderstorm moved through central North Carolina.

They have asked the public’s help after being unable to track down the truck since the accident happened Tuesday evening, sending the moped rider to a hospital with serious injuries.

Scotty McCreery, an "American Idol" winner from Garner, N.C., outside Raleigh, will play March 29 at House of Blues in North Myrtle Beach, riding his return to country's Top 10 singles with "See You Tonight."

Clemson and USC are keeping in regular contact with ATH Nyheim Hines of Garner, NC.

Ashli S. Garrett, 28, of 8110 Hebron Church Road, Garner, was arrested March 19 on a charge of possessing drug paraphernalia.

On his way to Garner with his mother, Beth Bond, Graham saw a fire in a chimney near Sanderford and Rock Quarry roads outside Garner.

The League of Municipalities and Garner officials oppose House Bill 150, which passed the House last spring but didn't make it to a vote in the Senate.