Fuquay Varina News

The Wake County Sheriff's Office said a call original thought to be a barricade situation was a false alarm.

Ronald Lee Anthony Jr., 23, Travian Devonte Smith, 20, and Sarah Rene Redden, 18, are accused of killing Melissa Huggins-Jones last week.

In fall 2012, the Fuquay-Varina Board of Commissioners voted to form a Parks and Recreation Advisory committee to advise the Town Board of Commissioners in matters of recreation.

Both towns have grown by more than 10 percent in the two years ending last July, according to estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Fuquay-Varina Parks and Recreation Director Woody Harvey will retire on May 31 after six years with the Town of Fuquay-Varina. With more than 28 years of experience in Parks and Recreation, his dedicated service and expertise will be missed in Fuquay-Varina. Harvey has been instrumental in the growth of the Town's park system, in expanding the ... (more)

Three Wake County men were arrested Tuesday by Mebane Police for a slew of financial crimes, including identity theft and financial card forgery.

The winner of Green Hope and Fuquay-Varina's fourth-round tilt will play in a best-of-three series, likely starting Thursday, against the winner of Garner at Richmond County.

Overeaters Anonymous, a 12-step program for people who suffer from compulsive overeating, anorexia, bulimia and other food/eating issues, meets from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. every Monday at Christ the King Lutheran Church, 600 Walnut St., Cary.

The weekend’s off-and-on wet dampened attendance at the festival that is designed to promote North Carolina agriculture, food, wine and, for the first time this year, beer.

Jimmy Seth Perry, 62, of 200 Stone Path Drive, Fuquay-Varina, is charged with common law robbery.

New single-family building permits were up 65 percent in Wake County through the first four months of the year, according to data compiled by the Home Builders Association of Raleigh-Wake County.

The man, who police say is Jimmy Seth Perry of 200 Stone Path Circle in Fuquay-Varina, handed a teller a note, an arrest warrant says, "putting her in fear of bodily harm." Raleigh police were told that the robber left the bank in a taxi that headed east on New Bern Avenue.

Mr. and Mrs. Marky Liles of Fuquay-Varina, N.C., are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Jamie Alanna Liles, to Mr.

Cotton futures rose the most in a week amid declining output in the U.S., the world's biggest exporter.

Two schools in western Wake County would see renovations, and the area would gain about half a dozen new schools in the coming years under a proposed list of school construction projects.

Mayor John Byrne, left, and Mayor ProTem Charlie Adcock helped the Chamber celebrate the grand opening of KB Homes in Lakestone Village on April 18.

Mayor John Byrne, left, and Chamber Executive Director Tommy Broadwell, right, helped staff cut the ribbon at the Wake Radiology ribbon cutting event on April 23 at their new facility at 7636 Purfoy Road.

The WakeEd blog is devoted to discussing and answering questions about the major issues facing the Wake County school system.

Are you ready for a puzzling who-dun-it? You can match your wits with these sleuths while relaxing in your favorite chair.

Trying to decide what to make for dessert? With the strawberry season upon us, the answer is the one and only strawberry shortcake.