Tammy Gore Vargas of Delco died at the scene on U.S. 74-76 after a Dodge Caravan hit her moped from behind, troopers say.

The brief lockdown came just two days into the new school year, deputies say. No injuries were reported.

Nicholas Simms allegedly punched the victim and used a pizza spatula and a pot of boiling water in the June attack, court records show.

Jonathan Grooms, 27, allegedly threatened to grab a gun after strangling a woman until she passed out, with a child nearby.

A second injured victim turned up five minutes away on Vanstory Street as detectives pieced together the mall altercation.

K-9 Maddy tracked the man about 200 yards into the woods near his Clover-area home before he was reunited with family.

A dispute near Davie Street erupted into gunfire, sending four people to the hospital along Raleigh's busiest social district.

Chief Lawrence Wiggins says the Demetrius Fleming case is open and equivocal, with no assumptions ruled in or out.

Raleigh starts Saturday with fog, humidity and storm chances before a sunnier, drier stretch arrives Sunday.

A Kendall Hill Drive home caught fire after a direct lightning strike as Thursday's storms also knocked out power near Willow Spring.

The 1920s-style lounge on Orange Street needs a nightly passcode dialed into a vintage phone booth to get inside.

Bernard Brown, who has a cognitive impairment, hasn't been seen since last contact on Sunday. Police think he may still be near View Drive.

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