Wake County News

Wake County commissioners withdrew Monday from a joint project with the city of Raleigh to build a new emergency operations center, leaving the city to go forward on its own.

Knightdale mayor Russell Killen speaks against House Bill 150 at a Wake County Mayors Association press conference in March.

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A story on Page 1 of Wednesday's Hampton Roads section incorrectly reported the size of Wake County's public school district in North Carolina.

The Wake County Sheriff's Office said a call original thought to be a barricade situation was a false alarm.

Despite the arrests of three people suspected in the slaying of a woman in her apartment last week, those who live and work in the North Hills area of Raleigh say they are still rattled by what appears to be a random crime motivated by burglary.

Both towns have grown by more than 10 percent in the two years ending last July, according to estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Virginia Beach School Superintendent James Merrill, with a cinematography crew at Ocean Lakes High School in Virginia Beach on Dec.

The WakeEd blog is devoted to discussing and answering questions about the major issues facing the Wake County school system.

Ben Matthews, Director of School Support for the N.C. Department of Public Instruction laughs as News & Observer columnist Barry Saunders takes part in the annual State School Bus ROADeo.

But the compromise bill comes with a sweetener that has the support of city leaders and the governor's office.

Supporters along Lane Street in downtown Raleigh cheer on the 57 protesters who were arrested after the fourth Moral Monday demonstration at the State Capitol on May 20.

Police said 25-year-old Lana Awni Almashini was making a left turn when her car was hit broadside by the bus - killing her.

U.S. Housing and Urban Development awarded $806,566 in a second round of grants to support 16 local homeless housing and service programs in North Carolina.

Federal regulators are launching a special inspection of a nuclear power plant outside North Carolina's capital city that was forced to shut down last week.

RALEIGH, NC Three people have been arrested and charged with murder in connection to the death of a Bladen County native.

Zebulon officers took Richard Gardner Ennis, 50, of 510 Sallinger Street, Knightdale, into custody before he ever exited the bank.

Three Wake County men were arrested Tuesday by Mebane Police for a slew of financial crimes, including identity theft and financial card forgery.

Wake County sheriff's deputies fired four gunshots that killed a 35-year-old man who apparently tried to escape from involuntary commitment by fleeing in a stolen law enforcement vehicle in March.

Charlie Douglas Harris, 53, of 712 Shepard School Road was charged with one count of a sexual offense against a child and, was being held at the Wake County jail under $100,000 bail.