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Walkers celebrate National Day of Prayer
WAKE FOREST — More than two dozen people participated in the Prayer Walk to celebrate the National D...
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Central Children’s Home hosts Highland Games
OXFORD — The first Central Carolina Highland Games and Sheaf Championship to benefit the Central Chi...
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Mial, Stallings win BOC race; Rowe, Harrison are nominees for sheriff
RALEIGH — With the unofficial results in from the May 17 primary election, two seats on the Wake Cou...

Zebulon holds first Spring Fest
ZEBULON — Hundreds of people converged on the downtown district to take in the sights of Zebulon’s i...

Youngsville’s $4.7M budget invests in road improvements
YOUNGSVILLE — Town commissioners unanimously approved a $4.7 million budget for the 2022-23 fiscal y...

School of Rock’s budding stars take their show on the road
WAKE FOREST — School of Rock combines performance skills with life lessons.Doug and Kim Whaley opene...

Highway patrol to hold memorial ceremony
May 16, 2022
VFW Post 8466 installs officers
May 16, 2022
Wendell gets creative for Spring Into the Arts
WENDELL — Wendell will host its annual Spring Into the Arts event on Saturday, May 21, at J. Ashley ...

DAR welcomes Chris Grimes
May 17, 2022
Storymore opens in Wake Forest
May 15, 2022
Wendell woman wins $150,000 playing Powerball
RALEIGH – Donna Knowles of Wendell tried her luck on a Powerball ticket and won a $150,000 prize.Kno...

Former ABC investigator comes back with a book
May 14, 2022
Wake Prep to open doors this summer
WAKE FOREST — Wake Preparatory Academy is set to start its inaugural year in August.The 220,000-squa...

Franklin County selects emergency management director
LOUISBURG — Bringing more than 15 years of experience in emergency management at the federal, state,...

First Friday Night on White fills the streets
WAKE FOREST — Just ahead of the second Friday Night on White of 2022 on May 13, it’s high time to sh...
Franklin County arrests: May 10-16
May 17, 2022The following is a list of arrests made May 10-16 by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office. All infor...
Wake County arrests: May 10-16
May 17, 2022The following is a list of arrests made May 10-16 by the Knightdale, Rolesville, Wake Forest, Wendel...
Wake County Arrests: May 3-9
The following is a list of arrests made May 3-9 by the Knightdale, Rolesville, Wake Forest, Wendell ...
Franklin County Arrests: May 3-9
The following is a list of arrests made May 3-9 by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office. All informa...

Wake County Arrests: April 26-May 3
The following is a list of arrests made April 26-May 3 by the Knightdale, Rolesville, Wake Forest, W...

Franklin County Arrests: April 26-May 3
May 10, 2022The following is a list of arrests made April 26-May 3 by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office. All ...
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Thousands gather for Meet in the Street
Wake Forest man charged in prostitution sting
Police charge man with stealing traffic signal
Franklin County School Board candidates respond to questions
Wendell property tax to remain unchanged; Board recognizes team
Wake Forest UMC to hold fish fry on Friday
Wendell Public Safety Day returns
Elan Dental joins Rolesville Chamber
Ann Welton retires in style
Police seek help to locate missing person
Rolesville Board to hold public budget hearing
Coffee Connections focuses on transportation safety
5 candidates seek seats on Wake County Board of Commissioners
Veterans to meet this morning
Wake Forest VFW kicks off Buddy Poppy campaign
Early voting underway in Wake Forest, Wake County
Literacy and learning abound at Hope House
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Track and Field
Champions crowned at regional track meet
WILMINGTON — There were multiple first-place winners from local schools at the 4A east regional trac...

Franklin Academy tennis advances to semifinals
WASHINGTON — Franklin Academy’s boys tennis team will play in the 2A state east regional championshi...

Cougars take down Huskies in conference tourney
WAKE FOREST — Wake Forest’s softball team got off to a hot start on their way to beating Heritage 11...

Wolverines win first baseball conference tournament
RALEIGH — Wakefield’s baseball team capitalized off Heritage’s mistakes to beat them 6-4 in the NAC ...

Wake Forest holds spring signing day for 14 athletes
WAKE FOREST — Wake Forest will send 14 more student-athletes off to college after the school held it...

Lady Cougars crumble to Crusaders
WAKE FOREST — Wake Forest’s girls lacrosse team had its postseason cut short after a 17-8 loss to Ca...

Heritage baseball taken down by Apex
APEX — After celebrating an upset win over rival Wake Forest in the first round, Heritage’s baseball...
Housing prices reflect changes in work
It was bound to happen. The percentage of adults working from home has fallen significantly from its...
Election winners: Trump, outside money and rage
Pundits and politicos like to talk about “mainstream” or “Main Street” Republicans, as if they made ...

So much to report on these days
Despite my declaration to not work more than 12 hours a day, here I am doing just that on the night ...

Scammers target consumers with cryptocurrency scams
Scammers are always looking for what’s new and popular to strike the unsuspecting. Cryptocurrency is...
Suppressing insane ideas doesn’t stop insane conduct
Why did Payton Gendron — allegedly, but he livestreamed it, so it’s not like there’s much doubt — mu...
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How well has North Carolina dealt with COVID?
Even though COVID-19 continues with its variants, medical experts are hopeful the virus is becoming ...
Outreach effort vaccinates 1,000
WAKE FOREST — North Carolina may be first in flight, but it’s in the bottom half of states for COVID...
Feds blew it on COVID relief
If ever there was justification for sudden, expedited, large-scale federal expenditure, the COVID cr...
Wake Health distributes free N95 masks
Wake County Public Health will distribute free N95 masks at five locations starting Jan. 20 while su...
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State, local Democrats on same page
Johnston County Democrats on Tuesday cast ballots in just two partisan races — U.S. Senate and U.S. ...
Vendor fair showcases small businesses
For a Saturday in April, the wedding venue Twin Oaks Barn at Umstead Ranch became a shopping center....
Corinth Holders wind ensemble is a world champion
The wind ensemble at Corinth Holders High School won the Class A title at the Winter Guard Internati...