A 12-foot alligator sat peering through a Southport family's storm door Tuesday before wildlife crews captured and relocated it to a safer area.

A 25,000-square-foot museum honoring Carolina Marines will open June 8 at Lejeune Memorial Gardens, arriving with a Huey, an LVT and nearly 200 wartime artifacts. The project has been more than 25 years in the making.

A photoshopped, lewd Instagram image tied to a lacrosse account targeted Athens Drive and Broughton students and was deleted after parents and school officials condemned it. Schools say they will investigate and assign consequences.

Sunny Monday with a high near 85 and gusty southwest winds. Statewide open-burning ban remains in effect as heat builds.

Eight detention officers graduated in Durham, but the jail still has dozens of vacancies and heavy mandatory overtime. Officials say more academy classes are planned.

Boone-based Samaritan's Purse added 19 rebuild locations after Hurricane Helene; dozens of homes are complete or underway and applications are open across four states.

East Garner Middle and Elementary were placed on Code Red Friday after a suspicious person was reported on the middle-school campus; police later cleared the area and said students were safe.

Sky 5 footage shows a large blaze near Stoney Point and Gillis Hill in western Cumberland County; crews had the fire under control by late afternoon.

A Hillsborough resident matched all five numbers in the March 31 Cash 5 drawing, claiming $215,051 and taking home $156,109 after taxes.

Republican groups have asked a Wake County judge to approve a settlement that would use jury‑duty excusal records to flag and potentially remove suspected noncitizens from North Carolina’s voter rolls.

Raleigh police are investigating a shooting at Triangle Town Center. Forensics marked multiple evidence points across the mall parking lot.

ECU Health's sale of its home health and hospice services to Liberty may touch about 160 jobs and shifts the Service League Hospice House to a new operator.

A UNC System analysis finds the state’s 16 public universities must produce 5,000–10,000 more degrees a year, with the biggest shortfalls in engineering, education, accounting and nursing. Officials are testing fast‑track degrees and targeted funding to close the gap.