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.

Tony Michael Crisco, 35, was ordered to serve 50 years in federal prison after prosecutors say investigators found hundreds of images and videos of child sexual abuse. He also faces separate state prison time after a recent plea.

Apex resident and former Durham County EMS worker Andrew Eric Childs was sentenced to 18 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to child‑pornography and animal‑cruelty charges.

A 41-year-old Pittsboro man is jailed after deputies say he shot and killed the family dog and injured his wife and 4-year-old son inside their home. Arrest warrants list multiple felony counts.