For the Wake Weekly | January 30, 2025
The town of Rolesville has refined the 2025 Trail Art Design Competition, which is underway now. The application process has been split into two parts and those who make it to roundtwo will be paid for the artwork they create for Trail Art. The initial application process requires all artists...
By Justin Thompson
jthompson@wakeweekly.com | January 30, 2025
Wakefield cheerleading added the largest trophy yet to its trophy case last week, winning the national competition in Dallas after having claimed both county and state championships. The team from Wakefield won the top prize in the intermediate co-ed varsity category. It beat out nine other teams in the same...
By Alan Wooten
The Center Square | January 30, 2025
Impacts from statewide public school closures during the COVID-19 era are still being felt, North Carolina’s new Democratic superintendent at the Department of Public Instruction says. “These students had their learning disrupted during a critical time in their early education,” Mo Green said in a release Wednesday morning following publication...
For the Wake Weekly | January 30, 2025
In 2022, 6.1 million people in the United States struggled with opioid use disorder. In an epidemic of this scale, finding the right treatment resources can be overwhelming. But what if intervention started when the ambulance arrived? That is the question that Wake County EMS sought to answer with their...
By Justin Thompson
jthompson@wakeweekly.com | January 29, 2025
The chief of the Wendell Police Department told the town board Monday night about a new body camera program the department is planning to implement. The body worn camera program establishes guidelines for the department to follow regarding the use, management, and storage of body camera footage and audio files....
By Justin Thompson
jthompson@wakeweekly.com | January 30, 2025
Wakefield cheerleading added the largest trophy yet to its trophy case last week, winning the national competition in Dallas after having claimed both county and state championships. The team from Wakefield won the top prize in the intermediate co-ed varsity category. It beat out nine...
By Amanda Dixon
amanda@butnercreedmoornews.com | 919-424-1785 | January 4, 2025
The Wake Forest Cougars used a strong second half offensive showing to defeat the Franklinton Red Rams 62-39 in the South Granville Holiday Invitational Dec. 31. Palmer Chase, listed as a six-foot-five-inch center, dropped a 3-pointer to set the tone for the Cougars offense. Juel...
By Amanda Dixon
amanda@butnercreedmoornews.com | 919-424-1785 | January 4, 2025
The Wakefield Wolverines jumped out to an early lead against the Tunstall Titans, in the last day of the South Granville Holiday Invitational basketball tournament, and never looked back. The Wolverines defeated the Titans with a 59-46 score. Leading 17-5 at the end of the...
By Amanda Dixon
amanda@butnercreedmoornews.com | 919-424-1785 | January 2, 2025
Northwood and South Granville squared off in the Columbia bracket championship game of the invitational tournament Dec. 31. The Chargers managed to hold off the Vikings in the closing minutes to take the tournament championship with a 63-56 win. The physical battle started early in...
By Amanda Dixon
amanda@butnercreedmoornews.com | 919-424-1785 | January 2, 2025
The East Wake Warriors defeated the Louisburg Warriors 70-41 for third place in the Navy bracket of the South Granville Holiday Invitational Dec. 31. East Wake managed to find the basket early in the first quarter with Jacob Byers and Pierre Crespo combining for the...
By Amanda Dixon
amanda@butnercreedmoornews.com | 919-424-1785 | December 29, 2024
The Northwood Chargers used size and strength to defeat the Franklinton Red Rams 68-20 in the first round of the South Granville Holiday Invitational basketball tournament Dec. 27. The Chargers jumped out to an early lead thanks to baskets by Cam Fowler. Franklinton tried to...
January 31, 2025
A report published last week in “The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology” strives to redefine obesity. An international group convened to examine the longstanding concept and are recommending better terminology. Concluded...
January 31, 2025
When my multigenerational family of six evacuated our home this January, we wondered if the fires visible from our front porch would engulf our house as we fled. Text reports...
January 30, 2025
“With education funding following the student rather than being assigned to government-run institutions in a growing number of states,” J.D. Tuccille writes in his annual National School Choice Week piece...
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