A Durham couple with gunshot wounds pulled into the sheriff’s east substation Tuesday; the child in their car was unharmed and has been placed in DSS custody.

A Wendell resident says a mid‑November workplace arrest and a month at a Georgia detention center left her shaken as legal fights over bond and workplace raids continue.

Court warrants show a 3-year-old was hospitalized with a gunshot wound after a babysitter reported a loud bang at a Trinity Commons apartment; investigators seized a Glock. Local and state officials point to rising child firearm injuries and push safe-storage changes.

Tolling is off the table for the Capital Boulevard rebuild, but NCDOT still expects construction years from now. Here’s what the delay means for Raleigh and Wake Forest.

Fayetteville’s utility board approved a two‑year rate plan that will add roughly $8 a month for a typical 1,000‑kWh household next May. The utility cites rising wholesale power and capital costs as the reason.

A Johnston County jury convicted Paul Richard Yenchik and he was sentenced to up to 73 years in prison for multiple child-sex offenses.

State and local leaders gather in Durham as closures and a long subsidy waitlist squeeze North Carolina’s child-care system.

Gunfire was reported at Parkstone at Knightdale Wednesday; police say a suspect vehicle has been identified and no injuries were reported. Investigators are canvassing the scene.

A new state report finds 159 North Carolinians died in fires in 2025, and early‑2026 data show a worrying uptick; officials urge testing smoke alarms.

Sen. Ted Budd and Rep. Mary Miller introduced the Stop Illegal Alien Cops Act to bar government entities from arming people in the U.S. unlawfully. Sponsors say it closes an enforcement gap exposed by recent ICE arrests.

Raleigh crews extinguished a blaze Wednesday at an abandoned apartment building off Marriott Drive; it was the second fire at the site this week.

Millbrook Magnet High School went into a Code Red lockdown Wednesday after a potential threat; officials say students are safe and police are on scene.

Gov. Josh Stein joined tribal and state leaders to celebrate federal recognition for the Lumbee Tribe, a change that opens access to federal health, housing and education benefits for thousands.