Wendell News

Wake County sheriff's deputies arrested a 19-year-old man wanted in Franklin County on charges that he broke into a dozen vehicles last November and stole guns, computers, cameras and a flat-screen TV.

Wake County's mayors were going to be discussing school-related issues. Wendell mayor Tim Hinnant was planning a meeting before that discussion to get feedback from local principals about the school landscape in eastern Wake County.

Town staff told board members they could not find documents provided to the town by a consulting agency that helped lay out a frame work for developing the town's fledgling economic development program.

Two men were arrested and charged in possession of over 1 pound of marijuana by the Wake County Sheriff's Office.

A Wake County sheriff's deputy who escaped serious injury when his armored vest protected him during a shootout that killed a man in Wendell in November was hospitalized Saturday night after a car struck him during a traffic stop in Knightdale, officials said.

A Wake County sheriff's deputy who escaped serious injury when his armored vest protected him during a shootout that killed a man in Wendell in November was hospitalized Saturday night after a car struck him during a traffic stop in Knightdale, officials said.

Our lives get so awfully hectic and, even here in the Old South, we get busy and race from one obligation to another more often than most of us care to admit.

The move came one month after the demotion of a former Knightdale Public Safety shift supervisor who the town says failed 23 attempts to qualify even after remedial training sessions.

A trio of business executives plans to open a business incubator this month in downtown Cary.

Town officials began the search for a new town manager Monday, approving a search process schedule during a closed session meeting.

The sticking points on whether the Lake Myra Christmas Lights Show lights up Wendell come down to costs and an unsecured location.

"We've been working using the minimum housing code for about six months. I thought we should get an update on code enforcement, how is it going?" Commissioner Christie Adams said.

The sign by the gas pumps advertised Western Union money transfers. Shelves of snacks and coolers of drinks crowded the tiny store.

After months of listening to gunshots from a neighboring shooting range, residents on both sides of the Johnston-Wake line near Wendell took their case to Johnston officials last month.

Five days a week, Francis "Mac" McRackan swings an 86-year-old leg over the crossbar of his red Specialized, pushes an 86-year-old foot down on the pedal and scoots his 86-year-old body down the Crabtree Creek greenway - 10 proud miles at a time.

Space needs for town staff became the prevalent issue at Tuesday's planning retreat agenda, held in the town hall commissioners' meeting room.

If you only follow the crowd from booth to booth, the North Carolina Farmers Market in Raleigh is sometimes just another market.

Anyone who traveled to Lake Myra Road over the holidays to take in the giant computer-animated light show knows what a fascinating experience that is.

Commissioners put the power to manage the town board's work back in the hands of the mayor Monday night.