A Wake Forest Road motel took a hit before dawn Thursday when a driver said he mixed up the gas and brake pedals.

Jose Manuel Martinez-Martinez was flown back to Henderson and jailed without bond on statutory rape and kidnapping counts.

A six-year legal fight ends with a Wake County judge finding the state violated citizens' constitutional fishing rights.

Henrietta Mason refused to believe her son died alone on Capital Boulevard — her search for the truth cost two troopers their jobs.

Kids can climb aboard a military Humvee and a police boat at The Factory on Aug. 29, with every dollar raised supporting Special Olympics NC athletes.

A Guilford County judge closed the book on the Sheetz beer-theft shooting, sentencing two accomplices while the mastermind already sits in prison.

Naphatis Shamain Hopkins allegedly cut a victim's hand and slashed three tires with a $10 kitchen knife before posting bond hours later.

Rita Slotnick, 86, died after her car collided with a log truck at NC 54 and West Main Street — an intersection long flagged for severe congestion.

Iasia Robinson's car overturned on South Smithfield Road early Sunday; two passengers were rushed to WakeMed with injuries.

A man died from a gunshot wound on the same Durham block that saw a 2021 killing. Police are asking for tips.

A man and woman were airlifted to UNC's burn center after a Colliers Chapel Church Road blaze near Linden turned into a mass casualty call.

Khisa Hhalille Williams died on the way to UNC Health after officers responding to a Wilson home found her wounded. Her case remains under investigation.

Crystal Gayle Strickland posted a $500 bond after a U.S. 76 wreck left a child hurt, warrants say.