Wake County, Wake Forest reinstate mask requirements in government buildings
RALEIGH — Employees and visitors to Wake County owned buildings will be required to wear face masks,...
Northeast Coalition community garden providing free meals
WAKE FOREST — The Northeast Community Coalition hopes to grow a strong neighborhood with its garden ...
Knightdale OK's housing development, industrial park projects
Gruber Alston Renaissance Centre to get $107K federal grant WAKE FOREST — The Wake Forest Renaissanc...
Knightdale selects designer for 4th fire station
KNIGHTDALE — Knightdale officials on July 21 selected Bobbitt Design/Build to be the architect for t...
Wake County opens cooling stations through Friday
RALEIGH — Temporary cooling stations will be open at the county’s regional centers through Friday to...
Wake County Arrests
The following is a list of arrests made July 21-27 by the Knightdale, Rolesville, Wake Forest, Wende...
Rolesville father recounts shock after 3-year-old wanders off for 2 hours
ROLESVILLE — A parent’s worse nightmare had a happy ending in Rolesville on Friday when a police dog...
State: COVID cases spike in unvaccinated patients
RALEIGH — After months of decline, North Carolina is experiencing a rapid increase in COVID-19 sprea...
Casa Esperanza approved to build new school in Wake Forest
WAKE FOREST — The Wake Forest Board of Commissioners on Tuesday narrowly approved a master site plan...
Police K-9 helps finds child missing from Rolesville
ROLESVILLE — Multiple police departments worked together to find a missing girl in Rolesville on Fri...
Franklin County Arrests: July 21-27
The following is a list of arrests made July 21-27 by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office. All info...
Zebulon man accused of sex offenses with girlfriend’s kids
ZEBULON — A Zebulon man was charged with multiple sex offenses involving his girlfriend’s three chil...
‘Suspicious vehicle’ leads to drug, break-in charges
LOUISBURG — A Louisburg man was charged with drug related offenses after Franklin County Sheriff’s d...
Sheriff: Uber driver sexually assaulted woman he picked up in Wake Forest
RALEIGH — An Uber driver has been charged with allegedly assaulting a customer during a ride. Accord...
Franklin County Arrests: July 13-20
The following is a list of arrests made July 13-20 by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office. All info...
Wake County Arrests: July 14-20
The following is a list of arrests made July 14-20 by the Knightdale, Rolesville, Wake Forest, Wende...
Bones reveal few clues in unsolved death
Joel Fund gets grant for veteran writing classes
Leadership Wake Forest applications being accepted
James named Franklin Correctional warden
Rauch turns 103
Community Briefs: Rolesville plans first National Night Out in 10 years
Experiment shows cell networks improve severe weather warnings
Zebulon Elementary gets $42K education package
Soup kitchen awarded grant from The Jandy Ammons Foundation
Saffold graduates aviation camp
Wake County Community Foundation awards $13K in grants
Rep. Winslow has 1st bill signed into law
Roadside skeleton’s identity remains unknown
PHOTOS: Zebulon kids enjoy Popsicles in the Park
Wake Forest band performs at FloydFest
Wake County Public Health going door-to-door with vaccines
Government Notebook: Renaissance Center to get $107K federal grant
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An altar call for the unvaccinated
Sometimes I hate it when I’m right. My April Fool’s column predicted that our return to life as we ...
3 of 4 staff members vaccinated at state facilities
As of July 1, 77% of staff at state-operated health care facilities were fully vaccinated, according...
Old face masks as useful as cannonballs
Quite a few years ago, I stumbled across a book with the unlikely title of “New Uses for Old Cannonb...
What economic lessons has the pandemic taught us?
Although I no longer teach students in the classroom — having retired after 43 years at N.C. State U...
Baseball
Fungo raise $4.5K for charity sports programs
WAKE FOREST — Wake Forest’s collegiate summer baseball team, the Fungo, hosted a home run derby fund...
Kinkelaar’s perseverance during wife’s illness earns Braveheart award
ROLESVILLE — Rolesville High School athletic director Tom Kinkelaar was awarded the N.C. Athletic Di...
Community comes together to save Wake Forest parks baseball season
WAKE FOREST — Wake Forest parks and recreation’s summer baseball league came to an end in June, conc...
Wakefield basketball wins Bodyarmor State Games
RALEIGH — Wakefield High School’s boys basketball team defeated Millbrook 76-71 to win the Bodyarmor...
Franklin’s 1st runners camp gets start
FRANKLINTON — Exactly six years ago, Franklinton High School hosted its first Franklin County Runner...
Our Opinion: Lawmakers, be good sports and kindly butt out
When legislators have a vested interest in the outcome, no institution is safe from their meddling —...
Antetokounmpo can lead Bucks to new dynasty
The Milwaukee Bucks just celebrated their first NBA championship in 50 years after a 105-98 victory ...
Merit pay for teachers boosts student success
RALEIGH — How much say should the public have about public education? Parental revolts against “wok...
Democrats’ familiar debate: Left or center?
The headline raised the dreaded “c-word” that deeply divides Democrats — centrist: “Jackson projects...
The ugliest word, or the sweetest
Revenge. It may be the ugliest word in the English language. Or the sweetest when it describes a pol...
Granville County administration welcomes new hires
OXFORD — Granville County government announced the addition of two hires to the administration team....
Speakers sound off on Wilton Elementary closure
FRANKLINTON — Parents, grandparents, teachers and former students pleaded with the Granville County ...
Butner industry adding fun to children’s furniture
BUTNER — A fun-loving industry geared to growing imaginations now operates from the Falls Lake II Bu...