A teenager was shot Saturday on Dixie Forest Road in Raleigh. Police are investigating and asking witnesses to come forward.

Mid‑90s today in Raleigh with a hotter, dangerous stretch returning midweek. Slight chance of afternoon storms Monday, June 8.

A daytime shooting in Durham on June 6 left one person seriously injured and prompted an active police investigation.

A Richmond bank has offered to buy naming rights to the Raleigh Convention Center in a proposed 15‑year deal that would pay $525,000 a year; a council hearing is set for June 16.

Two children were killed and a third critically injured in a Fayetteville crash. City fire stations now offer permanent car-seat inspections and experts say proper harness fit can save lives.

A single-vehicle wreck early Saturday on Fayetteville Road near Ransdell Road killed the driver, and state troopers said speed appears to be a factor.

Police closed the 3500 block of Arlington Street after a Friday-night stabbing; one person was hospitalized and detectives are investigating.

Two people were shot early Saturday on Glenwood Avenue in downtown Raleigh; police arrested a suspect and say the victims will recover.

A Durham man was arrested June 4 and indicted in the March 13 shooting that killed rapper Tevin “Young Boss Tevo” Burney and Jarrett Godfrey, court records show.

Durham County rescinded an abrupt library order that had removed Pride Month displays after staff reports and a swift board intervention.

UNC hosts USC in a Chapel Hill Super Regional this weekend; winner advances to the College World Series in Omaha. Expect a pitching duel and a loud Boshamer crowd.

A Pender County jury convicted Cody Camron Coffield in the 2022 Hampstead double slaying; he was sentenced to two consecutive life terms. The DA called the killings "senseless."

North Carolina’s county risk pool has amended its decision and will now cover Pender County’s defense in a First Amendment lawsuit from the Pender-Topsail Post & Voice.