Knightdale News

Friends of Bruce Hemmingway are having a fundraiser 2 p.m. Sunday, May 19, at the Rudinos Restaurant, 4022 Village Park Drive, Knightdale.

Former Knightdale Mayor Billy Wilder and I are writing "Images of America: Knightdale," to be published in the fall of this year.

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

The town of Knightdale has defended itself vigorously against accusations by former police officer Vickie Powers that the town unfairly demoted her and subjected her to a hostile work environment.

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.

NCDOT Secretary Tony Tata said Tuesday that the project to redo of 11 miles of Interstate 40 through Wake County cannot be delayed.

Since Vickie Powers filed a lawsuit against Knightdale on Dec. 20, Knightdale has spent $31,000 in attorneys fees, according to town staff.

The Public Safety Committee at its meeting on May 6 instituted a new policy which requires wrecker services to have a tow yard within five miles of Knightdale in order to respond to towing requests through the town.

Mike Marsh, who began working at Stained Glass Associates at the age of 17, bought the downtown Knightdale business after the former owner passed away.

Tomisha S. Owens, 34, of 788 Chestnut St., Henderson, was arrested May 10 on a charge of failing to appear in court.

Kyree Reginald Easter, 21, of Wilmington was being held in the Wake County Detention Center when Garner police served him with arrest warrants on Friday.

Members of Shadows of Fire, a belly dancing troupe, move to the beat of an 80s-inspired Bollywood number as visitors to St.

Knightdale council members have limited the number of businesses that can retrieve wrecked or broken down cars from the town's streets and roadways.

Pirates of the "Cure-ibbean" Relay for Life team is hosting a dunking tank 6 p.m. May 17, at Five County Stadium, 1501 N.C. Highway 39, Zebulon.

Good Hope Baptist Church will host a movie night 7 p.m. Friday, May 17, at 4209 S. Smithfield Road, Knightdale.

Currently, a Knightdale police officer is based at Knightdale High, but not Forestville Road Elementary, Hodge Road Elementary, Knightdale Elementary, or Lockhart Elementary.

Currently, Knightdale allows residents to build secondary dwellings – also known as accessory buildings – so long as they abide by certain architectural standards and are only used by the homeowner.

The accidents took place within four hours of one another and about 12 miles apart on overlapping highways – the first on U.S. 264 in Nash County, just east of Zebulon, and the second between Knightdale and Wendell on U.S. 64/264. Highway Patrol spokesman Jeff Gordonsaid Monday that Raleigh resident Chauncy Adrian Freeman, 60, died after ... (more)

From the left, Leon Cobb, a blacksmith by hobby, creates a leaf as siblings Dillon and Isabella Alvarez stir air into the fire during an arts event in Wendell in 2003.

All lanes of U.S. 64/264 are closed near Wendell because of a vehicle accident, according to the N.C. Department of Transportation.