Shinmai Moku opens in September with a 10-seat bar, a 70-person dining room and the group's first full liquor license.

Wake Forest or Rolesville will host the county's seventh DMV office, with 10 examiners and a 2027 target opening.

Daniel Eugene Jones faces two felony counts after Wayne County detectives say he photographed a female juvenile inside her residence.

Legion Drive near Legion Park Avenue stayed closed for hours as detectives worked the deadly scene. The victim's name is being withheld until family is told.

Levi Ashe, 6, died three days after being pulled unresponsive from a Caribbean Resort pool. No charges have been filed as police investigate.

J.F. Webb High students hit YouTube nearly 40,000 times in a month, pushing Granville County toward tech-free Mondays and Tuesdays.

A man was hospitalized after a Friday evening shooting on Durham's Middle Street — a block that saw a fatal shooting just last year.

Raleigh could feel like 105 degrees Saturday before late-day thunderstorms enter the picture. The heat intensifies again Monday.

Fayetteville's short-lived Bahama Breeze is becoming a Chuy's Tex-Mex Grill, with hand-rolled tortillas expected by late September.

William Medina Morazan fled on foot near Main Street after his Infiniti got stuck on I-95's shoulder in Benson.

Raleigh faces a 97°F high and heat-index values near 106°F Friday, with storms possible by afternoon. Saturday brings only a brief break before another hot stretch.

Camren Creme was going up to 30 mph on a Smith Creek Park trail when he hit the child, who was airlifted to UNC Medical Center.

Joe L. Hawkins Sr. was arrested after a month-long Craven County probe into a July report involving two young victims.