Garner News

The winner of American Idol's tenth season, country crooner Scotty McCreery began singing as a child in Garner, North Carolina.

When Wake County superintendent Tony Tata made his weekly press briefing Friday morning, much of the conversation centered around the school system's decision to change start and dismissal times.

The memory of a store clerk who insists Jason Young was not where he said he was the night his wife was beaten to death is challenged.

Scotty McCreery , the reigning "American Idol" from Garner, has received a double dose of good news: he now has a second gold single and he's up for a second country music award.

Low temperatures for Saturday and Sunday will be in the 20s, according to Kathleen Carroll, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Raleigh.

Three men were arrested today when 24 marijuana plants and 4.75 pounds of clippings were discovered at a house in southern Wake County.

Scott Lyons was named principal of Enloe High in Raleigh with a salary of $99,666. He's been principal of Leesville Road High since 2009.

An Apex town council member convicted in January of driving while impaired is appealing the verdict with an unusual defense: An acid reflux problem, he claims, skewed the breath test he took when arrested.

Triangle Transit Authority presented a draft plan to the Raleigh City Council today recommending new commuter and light-rail services among other major transportation improvements.

The Wake County school board could vote today to buy a vacant movie theater in Garner to help with overcrowding at Garner High School.

The Wake County school board could vote today to buy a vacant movie theater in Garner to help with overcrowding at Garner High School.

They stirred the venison chili, peeled the foil off the rabbit and stuck a test-fork into the deep-fried alligator.

Dr. and Mrs. Russell Emerson of Gastonia announce the engagement of their daughter, Allison Dianne Emerson, to Lee Paul Walton, son of Mrs.

With his dog Ellie by his side, Jim Kerick puts in extra hours Saturday at his home in Garner.

An Apex Town Council member convicted in January of driving while impaired is appealing the verdict with an unusual defense: An acid reflux problem, he claims, skewed the breath test he took when arrested.

The White House invited McFarlane and eight other mayors to meet President Barack Obama prior to a larger gathering.

The FBI asked the public Friday to help it identify a robber who has been seen carrying off cash from at least three Raleigh-area banks since Sept.

But among all fur-covered meteorologists, the best-guesser's crown belongs to a 5-year-old critter who lives indoors and doesn't even hibernate: Mortimer, the pride of Garner.

Apex Town Councilor Scott Lassiter was convicted in January - a month after he took office - for driving with a BAC of 0.11. He and his lawyer contend that Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease artificially increased his BAC.

An unidentified woman was arrested early this morning under the name "Akilah Shani Ford" after she used the false identity to obtain treatment and prescription medicine at Duke Raleigh Hospital.