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Saunders: I fought the school bus course – and the school bus course won
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.
House panel, Raleigh agree on Dix compromise bill
But the compromise bill comes with a sweetener that has the support of city leaders and the governor's office.
Crowd size and arrest totals increase at latest Moral Monday protest
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.
Driver killed after car collides with Wake County school bus
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.
Feds open inspection into shuttered NC nuke plant
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.
Three charged with murder in Bladen Co. native's death
RALEIGH, NC Three people have been arrested and charged with murder in connection to the death of a Bladen County native.
Zebulon police spoil robbery attempt
Zebulon officers took Richard Gardner Ennis, 50, of 510 Sallinger Street, Knightdale, into custody before he ever exited the bank.
Mebane Police arrest three men for financial crimes
Three Wake County men were arrested Tuesday by Mebane Police for a slew of financial crimes, including identity theft and financial card forgery.
Mental patient was shot four times during March escape attempt, autopsy shows
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.
Zebulon man with history of sex crimes charged with a sex offense with a child
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.
Beach School Superintendent finalist for Wake County job
School board chairman, Dan Edwards, announced Tuesday night, that School Superintendent Dr.
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Voter Integrity Project' founder speaks to TEA Party May 30
Jay DeLancy. of Voter Integrity Project NC, will discuss the North Carolina Voter ID Bill moving through the N.C. Senate at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 30, at the Agriculture Cooperative Extension, 589 Raccoon Road, in Waynesville.
Pre-K funding, eligibility will be a key budget issue
As Joanna McConnell bragged on how her son, Jordan, had learned to count over the past year, the 5-year-old obliged and began sounding off: "1, 2, 3..." McConnell, a single mom from Garner, credits her son's pre-kindergarten class, with turning him from a shy boy to one who gets along with other children well and will sing about butterflies at the ... (more)
Autopsy finds Wake County deputies shot mental patient in back
An autopsy report says Wake County sheriff's deputies shot an unarmed mental patient four times, including once at point-blank range in the back.
Law enforcement backs N.C. attorney general on SBI
North Carolina's Democratic attorney general is opposing a state Senate budget provision that moves much of an investigative unit from his department to one headed by an appointee of Republican Gov.
Five UUs arrested in 'Moral Monday' protest
The Rev. John Saxon, lead minister of the UU Fellowship of Raleigh, N.C., was among those arrested in the "Moral Monday" protests.
NRC meets public after NC nuke plant shuttered
The sudden shutdown of a nuclear power plant outside North Carolina's capital city because of year-old data is likely to prompt questions at a local meeting with federal regulators.
Raleigh police await opinion on Internet sweepstakes parlors
City Attorney Tom McCormick has told the Raleigh City Council that he’s waiting for guidance from Wake County District Attorney Colon Willoughby.
Toy gun triggers alarm at Wakelon Elementary
A teacher reported a fifth-grader at the school had what appeared to be a gun in their book bag just as students arrived to their classrooms around 9:15 a.m. The plastic pistol was small and black.