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Operation Safe Passage led to two arrests near the American Tobacco Trail, roughly five months after fatal stabbings in March and April 2026.
A Moore Place search turned up stolen firearms, a machine gun and narcotics tied to Durham's break-in surge.
A sobriety test followed a head-on wreck near Sandlewood Drive, and North Roxboro Street reopened just after 4 a.m.
David Orion Bennett, 44, pleaded guilty to six felonies tied to years of abuse that began while he taught at Chapel Hill High School.
The 4,800-square-foot outpost at Hub RTP gives the park round-the-clock deputies for the first time as apartments and nightlife move in.
WBTV found Social Security numbers, driver's licenses and even a rape report exposed on a jury-excuse form. State courts still haven't notified the AG's office.
Patrick Jerry Gelin, 22, was captured in North Carolina months after Ishmael Muhammad was fatally shot in Newark.
Nathaniel Bane hasn't been seen since he arrived at the Bald Head Island Marina on Sept. 12. The SBI's K-9 and boat teams have found nothing so far.
A 16-year-old was shot while sitting in a car; both suspects are held without bond in Greene County.
Crews responded around 4 a.m. Tuesday, and police say the closure could linger as officers untangle how it happened.
A single-vehicle motorcycle wreck shut down a Highway 17 lane in Jacksonville for over two hours Monday afternoon.
Terry Walker, 55, was killed on U.S. 701 near Beaverdam Road; his passenger was also thrown from the motorcycle and is expected to recover.
Russell Brock jumped onto a moving tractor-trailer near Newport and shut it down after finding the driver slumped in his seat.
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