Wake County News

Police department detectives have charged a former Wakelon Elementary School teacher with two counts of taking indecent liberties by a teacher and two counts of taking indecent liberties with a child.

The city of Charlotte was the nation's 23rd fastest-growing city for the year ending in July 2008, and is now the county's 18th-largest city, according to Census estimates released Wednesday.

Lori Millberg is the current elected official from District One which consists of Northeast Wake County including the communities of Wendell, Zebulon, Wake Forest, and Rolesville.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina says a company lobbyist has been cleared of wrongdoing after allegations he tried to bribe a lawmaker in exchange for killing a bill.

Gov. Bev Perdue on June 19 signed Senate Bill 754, enabling North Carolina schools to use interest-free bonds for school construction, repair and renovation as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act .

The American Hospital Association announced the winners of the AHA NOVA Award. These five collaborative hospital-led programs work to improve community health by improving health habits and other social and educational factors leading to better health status and improving access to care.

The story begins... Kyle was 15 when we met him in the late-1990's, a fresh country beach boy with the smile that could light up a room.

Wake County Sheriff's deputies have arrested a suspect in Monday's murder of an elderly woman.

Wake County Sheriff Donnie Harrison said robbery could be the motive behind the murder of an elderly woman.

Raleigh detectives transported a 36-year-old man Tuesday from Baltimore to the Wake County Jail in connection with a 2007 homicide in South Raleigh.

The House Education Committee voted 26-21 on Tuesday against approving the measure.

The Wake County Democratic Party has nominated three people to potentially oversee local elections, including a former state official convicted in a criminal coverup.

The Wake County Sheriff's Office's STOP Team and the Wake County Traffic Safety Task Force conducted a DWI Checking Station Friday night, June 19, 2009, at the intersection of Tryon Road and Lake Wheeler Road.

A former Raleigh police officer was convicted Tuesday of attacking his former wife's new suitor and pointing a gun at the man in a heated exchange.

Wake County residents will soon have 12 new places to dump their used oyster shells and help the environment at the same time.

In response to flash flooding in the Raleigh and Garner areas, Wake County is opening a reception center at 11 a.m. today, Tuesday, June 16, 2009, at Garner United Methodist Church, 201 Methodist Drive, Garner.

Allison Baker, 41, resigned from her post as principal of Carver Elementary School in Wendell.

Curious little item in the real estate transactions listed in last week's Charlotte Business Journal , which I now repeat verbatim: James B. Sr.

Almost all of the chains of a Triangle health club, Peak Fitness, will close their doors over the next few days and weeks.

Forecasters say heavy rainfall in central North Carolina could lead waterways to flood.