Wake County News

The Wake County Public School System is still moving forward with plans to open two single-sex academies this fall - one at a modular school site in north Raleigh and the other at the Governor Morehead School for the Blind campus near downtown Raleigh.

A high-speed chase through several counties Thursday morning led to shots being fired and a foot chase, according to reports.

Calls for the creation of a N.C. Mining and Energy Commission to develop regulations to govern fracking.

Police have removed dozens of Maltese dogs from a home in Wilson that animal rights advocates call a puppy mill.

Defense attorney Ernest "Buddy" Conner delivers closing arguments to the jury in the murder and rape case against Jason Wiliford Thursday, April 31, 2012, at the Wake County Courthouse.

It's been three years since the General Assembly passed the bill allowing voters in Wake, Durham and Orange counties to decide whether they want to build a public transit system, i.e., add a 1/2-cent sales tax for transit in their respective counties.

Police have arrested one man and are searching for another after a high-speed chase that began in Granville County and quickly involved multiple police agencies.

The City of Durham Public Works Department announced Thursday that a portion of the American Tobacco Trail will close for 13 months for construction of a new cycling and pedestrian bridge over Interstate 40.

A former University of North Carolina student was charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon for allegedly robbing the SunTrust Bank inside a Harris Teeter grocery store on May 19.

Skeptics need only view the egregious behavior displayed by attendees of a General Services Administration conference for which the taxpayers footed a bill in excess of more than $800,000. While the details of that particular government boondoggle and promises to put a stop to it continue to occupy headlines, other agencies - both state and federal ... (more)

The U.S. Coast Guard has rescued three stranded boaters whose craft capsized in the Alligator River in Tyrrell County.

A House-Senate transportation oversight committee and the Senate transportation committee, controlled by Republicans, have given unanimous endorsement to legislation that would make permanent several changes Gov.

After 25 years associated with drugstore pharmacies in downtown Durham, Danny Gurley on June 1 will open a medical supply store at Shops at Northgate in north Durham.

Wake County public school teachers in 30 schools will be awarded more than $80,000 in classroom grants thanks to local business investments in Wake Education Partnership.

The Public Art Advisory Board requested funding from the town council May 21 to install a public art walk in downtown Clayton which would allow for a year-long exhibit of eight original sculptures.

Jonathan Lamont Sanders was trying to get away from a large, black dog when he ran into Fannie Brown Road in southern Wake County and was hit by a northbound SUV around 6:45 p.m. According to State Highway Patrol, the dog had ran out from nearby woods.

Local police say they issued arrest warrants for the former headmaster of East Wake Academy on Tuesday after a two-month-long investigation into claims that he harassed two teachers at the charter school.

Jason Williford sits with his attorneys as his trial continues in a Wake Co. courtroom in Raleigh, NC on May 24, 2012.

The General Assembly returned to Raleigh this week for a one-day session to reconsider the redistricting plans written earlier this year.

Two young Raleigh men were struck and killed by vehicles on Wake County roads five within five hours Tuesday night.