A 25-year-old man was recovered from Lake Royale in Franklin County on July 27; local dive teams and the private Lake Royale police responded. The death is under investigation.

Several police cruisers closed Gathering Square in Fuquay-Varina Sunday; officials have not yet explained the heavy response.

Family, friends and neighbors gathered at Matthews Family Mortuary to honor Gonzalo Torres Perez and press Rocky Mount leaders to add sidewalks and bike lanes on routes he rode. The visitation doubled as a call for safer streets.

A 19-year-old from Chapel Hill was arrested at Raleigh Union Station after police say he attempted to kill a man and attacked two Amtrak conductors.

A person was struck and killed Friday night on Blue Ridge Road near UNC REX Hospital in Raleigh; police and hospital officials are investigating.

Durham police responded to a reported shooting on Formosa Avenue Friday; investigators were on scene and details remain limited.

A man who walked away from Forsyth Correctional Center on Friday was found hours later at a house on Indiana Avenue in Winston‑Salem and is facing a felony escape charge. State officials released photos and a physical description as the department investigates.

Speed and heavy rain were blamed after a Chapel Hill woman’s car crossed the median on I‑40 and struck a tractor‑trailer, killing her.

Durham deputies say a Maple Street search turned up roughly 16 pounds of marijuana, THC products and psilocybin mushrooms, and a 29-year-old man was arrested.

Emergency crews responded Friday after an apparent partial collapse at the Han‑Dee Hugo's on Hillsborough Street near NC State. Officials had released few details.

A caller’s tip led Columbus County deputies to arrest four people and seize a drone and suspected narcotics near Columbus Correctional Institution. Investigators say monitored inmate calls referenced a planned drone delivery.

A Wake County judge sentenced Malik Scott‑McClarin to up to 2 years, 5 months after he pleaded guilty in the December 2024 Fenton parking-deck shooting that killed his friend.

A six-vehicle crash on Wake Forest Road in front of Duke Health Raleigh left one driver dead and several injured as police investigate.