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Sheriff investigating Wake Forest shooting
Wake, state again see highest 1-day increase in COVID-19 cases
Adults 65 and older can make vaccine appointments in Wake County next week
Wake public schools to stay remote through mid-February
Franklin County Arrests: Jan. 6-12
Rep. Price votes to impeach Trump, says President’s actions ‘criminal'
Police: Suspected cigarette thief led cops on chase, crashed into dentist office, found on rooftop
‘American Pickers’ to film in NC
Vance-Granville Community College to offer agri-tech class
New plan: Build 2 public safety stations in Knightdale for price of 1
MLK Jr. community celebration to be virtual
Community Briefs: Here's what's closing for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Wake-Franklin transit study finds support for greenways, less urban sprawl
Wake County Arrests: Jan. 6-12
Granville schools extending remote learning through March 15
Granville health department sets up COVID-19 vaccine hotline
Wake to vaccinate 75-and-older adults next week; Franklin continues vaccine rollout
Knightdale Mayor to represent N.C. House District 39
Government Notebook: WCPSS launches substitute recruitment effort
Wake Forest man wins $100K from Powerball
Top Stories

Sheriff investigating Wake Forest shooting
WAKE FOREST — Law enforcement is searching for a man who shot someone in Wake Forest, the Wake Count...

Adults 65 and older can make vaccine appointments in Wake County next week
RALEIGH — Wake County residents 65 and older and healthcare workers can join a waiting list for the ...

Wake public schools to stay remote through mid-February
CARY — All students in Wake County public schools will continue to have class only online until at l...

Police: Suspected cigarette thief led cops on chase, crashed into dentist office, found on rooftop
KNIGHTDALE — A Raleigh man was charged with a vehicle crash that damaged a dentist's office early Th...

New plan: Build 2 public safety stations in Knightdale for price of 1
KNIGHTDALE — The town of Knightdale may be able to build two fire stations and renovate its existing...

MLK Jr. community celebration to be virtual
WAKE FOREST — Several local churches and community organizations will honor the life and legacy of D...
Crime Stories

Sheriff investigating Wake Forest shooting
WAKE FOREST — Law enforcement is searching for a man who shot someone in Wake Forest, the Wake Count...

Franklin County Arrests: Jan. 6-12
The following is a list of arrests made Jan. 6-12 by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office. All infor...

Police: Suspected cigarette thief led cops on chase, crashed into dentist office, found on rooftop
KNIGHTDALE — A Raleigh man was charged with a vehicle crash that damaged a dentist's office early Th...

Wake County Arrests: Jan. 6-12
The following is a list of arrests made Jan. 6-12 by the Knightdale, Rolesville, Wake Forest, Wendel...

Wake County Arrests: Dec. 30 through Jan. 5
The following is a list of arrests made Dec. 30-Jan. 5 by the Knightdale, Rolesville, Wake Forest, W...
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COVID-19 Stories
Wake, state again see highest 1-day increase in COVID-19 cases
RALEIGH — COVID-19 cases reached a new record high across the state Jan. 9, according to the North C...
Adults 65 and older can make vaccine appointments in Wake County next week
RALEIGH — Wake County residents 65 and older and healthcare workers can join a waiting list for the ...
Wake public schools to stay remote through mid-February
CARY — All students in Wake County public schools will continue to have class only online until at l...
Why I got the COVID-19 vaccine
For most of us, this past holiday season was unlike any other we have experienced. Instead of the ty...
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Latest SPORTS

JV Vikings knock down Wolverines
CREEDMOOR — South Granville’s junior varsity basketball team handed Wakefield its first loss of the ...

Franklinton powers through Rolesville with late surge
ROLESVILLE — Franklinton’s girls basketball team trailed at the end of the first quarter at Rolesvil...

Huskies, Cougars fall in first round of 4A state playoffs
WAKE FOREST — The high school volleyball regular season wrapped up last week, and both Heritage and ...
Top Sports Stories

Girls basketball
Franklinton powers through Rolesville with late surge
ROLESVILLE — Franklinton’s girls basketball team trailed at the end of the first quarter at Rolesvil...

Heritage’s 3-pointers stifle Fuquay-Varina
WAKE FOREST — Heritage’s girls basketball team converted seven out of 23 3-point shot attemps on the...
Community SPORTS
Former Wakefield player joins in basketball handout at Boys & Girls club
WAKE FOREST — Marcus Hodges, who won two boys basketball state championships with Wakefield High Sch...
UNC wins Battle in the Forest esports tournament
WAKE FOREST — An esports team from UNC-Chapel Hill won first place in the town of Wake Forest’s gami...
Mets win Wake Forest senior baseball league
WAKE FOREST — The Mets finished the fall baseball season in first place with an 8-2 overall record t...
Fungo White win national tournament championship
WAKE FOREST — The 15U Fungo White baseball team went undefeated at 4-0 to win the Top Gun Winter National Championship at Pawley’s Island in South Carolina Sunday Nov. 22. Fungo White …
Columns

Protect the right to be wrong
RALEIGH — I have strong opinions — but not about how to perform brain surgery, write a smartphone ap...

Cawthorn cries freedom, then plays censor
His name may be a nod to the Founding Father and fourth president, but Rep. Madison Cawthorn is no J...

Will online shopping replace supermarket, mall trips?
One of my most enduring memories as a small child was the weekly shopping trip with my mother. This...

Get the children back in class
COVID-19 is raging. More and more school districts are making decisions not to return students to in...
Butner-Creedmoor News
SGWASA agrees to expand financial aid opportunities
BUTNER — South Granville Water and Sewer Authority may begin working with more nonprofits and outsid...
Granville Health lowers age to 65 to get vaccine, plans weekend clinic
OXFORD — After state officials issued new guidelines this week, Granville Health System announced it...
Stem looks to finish zoning project, get more SGWASA representation
STEM — Commissioners are making progress on an overhaul of the town’s zoning ordinances after a boar...