After an 18-month probe, Marion police charged a father with murder and felony child abuse in the death of his three-month-old. The infant was found unresponsive on Sept. 12, 2024.

Ashlon Jackson banked in a buzzer-beating 3 to lift Duke to an 87-85 Sweet 16 win over LSU in Sacramento, sending the Blue Devils to the Elite Eight.

Saint Augustine's University settled its 2025 lawsuit with its accreditor and secured financing aimed at shoring up the Raleigh HBCU's balance sheet. The agreements are meant to protect students and campus assets while accreditation and legal reviews continue.

Warrants say Gloria Yesenia Nieves gave a machete to an 11-year-old who allegedly advanced at a school employee, prompting a Feb. 25 Code Red lockdown and criminal charges.

Zaxby's on East Franklin Street closed Friday after about a year, leaving a high‑traffic UNC‑adjacent storefront vacant. Local reporting shows the listing also disappeared from some ordering pages.

The Durham school board voted to send a roughly $252 million budget request to the county seeking pay bumps for classified staff and money for capital repairs.

A Durham judge ruled Friday that Andrea Faust is not competent to stand trial and ordered inpatient psychiatric evaluation at Central Regional Hospital in Butner.

Gusty north winds and low humidity raise wildfire concerns in Raleigh on Saturday. Highs near 56°F; hard freeze possible Sunday morning.

GoTriangle, Chapel Hill Transit and Durham picked up more than $32 million in federal grants to buy buses, add training equipment and modernize a Morrisville maintenance facility.

Raleigh police searched for four people after a shot was fired aboard a GoRaleigh bus near St. Giles Street; no one was hurt.

The North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers warns a DOJ proposal would let the attorney general review bar complaints first and could delay state discipline. Comments close April 6.

Durham’s Proximity Brewing has closed its Driver Street taproom, citing 'ongoing challenges' and high operating costs. The brewery says it will continue brewing through wholesale partners.

A new DNA match led to the arrest of Darrell Jermaine Debnam in connection with a Dec. 24, 1998 sexual assault in western Wake County. Authorities say the kit matched a national database profile.