Wake County News

Every year businesses make decisions about what organizations they will sponsor or donate their time, gifts, or talents.

Wake County will open H1N1 vaccination clinics primarily for healthy children ages 2 to 18 on Saturday, November 21, 2009.

North Carolina shoppers without the spare cash to drop into Salvation Army kettles can charge their good will this holiday season.

A hearing was held Monday to throw out statements a man accused of killing five people in Wake County made to detectives from several law enforcement agencies investigating the deaths.

Wake County teens ages 13 to 17, and their parents, are invited to the 5th Annual Teen Talk Lock-In on Friday, November 20, 2009, through Saturday, November 21, 2009, at the Wake County Commons Building, 4011 Carya Drive, Raleigh.

The WakeEd blog is devoted to discussing and answering questions about the major issues facing the Wake County school system as it prepares to undergo historic changes.

At approximately 3:15 p.m. today, the Wake County Sheriff's Office Special Response Team assisted by the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation executed a search warrant for drugs, drug paraphernalia, and a meth lab at 1913 Buck Rowland Road, Willow Spring, North Carolina.

The leaves are changing, and there's a chill in the air. For Wake County book lovers, it also means the Wake County Public Libraries' annual weeklong book sale.

Entertainer Clay Aiken is calling the newly elected Wake County school board members "selfish idiots" and says he hopes the public can get rid of them before they "ruin the school system." This fall, four school board members were elected to office to help form a new majority that backs neighborhood schools and opposes busing for diversity and ...

The prosecutor handling the campaign finance case of former Gov. Mike Easley said Thursday he wants to decide by February whether to seek criminal charges against the two-term Democrat.

According to officials, two pregnant women have died from complications related to the flu within the last two weeks.

Rick Parker's existence is baffling. He credits part of it to a miracle and the other part to state-of-the-art treatment given to him by McDowell County Emergency Services paramedics.

A North Carolina man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a 10-month-old infant girl.

A Wake County man is charged with the murder and sexual assault of a 10-month-old. Joshua Stepp, 26, of 1223 Silver Sage Dr., Apt 306, Raleigh, is being held without bond.

Wake County will be distributing one of its biggest shipments yet of the H1N1 vaccine at five free clinics Monday.

The Wake County Sheriff's Office and Range Safety Management, LLC are offering a 4 hour course on home firearm safety on Sunday afternoon, November 8, 2009 at the Countya TMs Firearms Education and Training Center in the Apex-Holly Springs area.

Garner's Mayor Ronnie Willams, left, shakes the hand of the winner. slideshow John Tedesco won the School Board District 2 seat by a landslide with 6,658 votes, 75.96 percent of the 8,765 votes cast, according to the Wake County Board of Elections unofficial results.

Despite a letter from incoming school board members this week saying they wanted to put the brakes on the new Forest Ridge High School in Wake County, the current board is holding firm.

Evidence 'would tend to indicate ... criminal violations' By Rick Henderson Carolina Journal RALEIGH - Less than 11 months after completing his second term as North Carolina's 72nd governor, Mike Easley may face a criminal probe of his campaign finances.

Wake County health officials said Thursday 9,900 doses of the H1N1 swine flu vaccine have arrived and they'll open five clinics on Monday, November 9 to distribute them.