Wake County News

The state Senate granted initial approval Wednesday to legislation that would alter how North Carolina counties can raise sales taxes.

There's a little bit of buzz over the new cell phone application – or app – that's being developed in Wendell.

Tony Wagner, an education expert from Harvard University, led the brainstorming among the school board and senior staff that focused on making sure: The school system plans to release a strategic plan by the end of 2014 that sets out goals and priorities for the next five years.

Although the Triangle isn't known as a hotbed for corporate headquarters – just two Fortune 500 companies are based here – the region has a history of successfully luring European companies looking to establish a home for their U.S. operations.

By official records, this July has been rainy. The National Weather Service in Raleigh has recorded 6.98 inches of rain so far this month - 3.84 inches above average.

Family members, many of whom who also live on Howard Street in Fuquay-Varina where the dead men were found, also reported a door kicked in, missing vehicles and a predawn disturbance at the house before the deaths were discovered on Saturday afternoon.

"I am disappointed that they're continuing to take away the tools we have at the local level," McFarlane said.

Zebulon Elementary's United Arts Committee, from left: Rosemary Douna , Tonya Suggs , Hope McCullough , Marion Evans , Rhonda Evrard , Sarah Gardner .

In an attempt to catch the health care golden goose of better health outcomes at a lower cost, the state's largest health insurer joined a large Wake County Accountable Care Organization.

Senate Republicans have retooled a proposal limiting local sales taxes in North Carolina but could still stop two large counties from putting referenda on the ballot this fall.

Police responding to a call of a disturbance around 4:34 a.m. on July 11 found an argument taking place in the 3200 block of Hodges Road.

The black 2007 Corvette forfeited by a man convicted of a drug felony several years ago in Wake County has remained in the control of the Wake Sheriff's Office far longer than it should have.

The state recently awarded Holly Springs the final $500,000 the town needs for a $1.6 million plan to realign the intersection of Avent Ferry Road and the N.C. 55 Bypass.

The Republican-led county commissioners took transit out of cold storage Monday with a pledge to launch a new, fast study of bus and rail transit improvement options for Wake County.

An N.C. State University professor of business law and corporate finance will become a district court judge in Wake County.

From 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday and Friday Chick-fil-A will give coupons for a free regular or spicy chicken sandwich to customers bringing three canned food items.

Kimberly Jones Little, named as Kimberly Michelle Little in an arrest warrant sworn out by Apex police during their investigation of the April 30 holdup at a First Citizens bank branch, is charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon and common law robbery.

Arrest warrants that Cary police had obtained for Vickers when he was living on Woodbury Court charged that he made an inappropriate video of the sleeping child.

Fuquay-Varina High School students participated in the Future Business Leaders of America National Leadership Conference in Nashville, Tenn, from June 29 to July 2. Each of the school's five participating students won first place in their competitions.

Sheriff spokesman Capt. James Stevens confirmed the two men found slain on the 200 block of Howard Road as Arthur Lee Brown, 78, and David Eugene McKoy, 66. The department received a 911 call reporting the discovery of the bodies at 1:10 p.m. Saturday.