A Raleigh police officer was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after their vehicle, at the scene of an earlier crash, was rear-ended on I-440.

A person was shot in Chapel Hill and a suspect is in custody facing charges including attempted murder. The shooting stemmed from an argument. The victim's injuries are not life-threatening, and police say there is no public threat.

The 4th Circuit Court reinstated an exclusion of transition-related treatments from the North Carolina State Health Plan, reversing a lower court's decision.

A Wake County man was arrested for setting up fake Duke Energy accounts, defrauding the company of nearly $500,000 using identities of the living and deceased.

A juvenile was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after a stabbing in Raleigh; no arrests have been made as police continue to investigate the isolated incident.

The Fayetteville community mourned three high school football players killed in a car crash at a vigil at Westover Recreation Center, as reported by CBS17 and WRAL.

A pedestrian died after being hit by a car on Fayetteville's Country Club Drive; the driver cooperated with police during the investigation. The road was closed but later reopened.

A man is in critical condition after a late-night shooting in a Goldsboro cul-de-sac. Police found Da'Shaun Webb with multiple gunshot wounds; no suspects or motives are known yet.

Deliberate vandalism caused a major internet outage in Moore County after fiber-optic lines were cut, affecting emergency communication and prompting repairs.

A woman from Wilson County, named Heather Ann Robinson, faces 190 charges for insurance fraud, identity theft, and unlicensed medical practice, having fraudulently gained over $87,000.

Due to West Nile virus in Durham County, health officials plan to conduct ULV mosquito control spraying on October 6 and 7 in specified neighborhoods.

Former Raleigh Police officer Tremale Cogdell appeared in court on charges of sexual misconduct and obstruction of justice related to allegedly trading sexual favors to drop a DWI case.

Selma Rodas Vicente, a 30-year-old woman abducted in Raleigh, was found safe in Tennessee. Raleigh Police canceled the Ashanti Alert and the suspect, Ismael Niz-Miguel, is in custody facing charges.