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WFWC recognizes outstanding women
WAKE FOREST — At the recent Wake Forest Woman’s Club Silver Awards Ceremony, the club honored severa...
Wake Forest presents Fireworks Spectacular
WAKE FOREST — Presented by Capital Chevrolet, the 2022 Fireworks Spectacular will be Sunday, July 3,...

Mudcats for America series on deck this week
ZEBULON — The Carolina Mudcats return to Five County Stadium June 28 with a new six-game homestand v...

Leaders encourage attendance at Veterans Coffee and Outreach
WAKE FOREST — The members of VFW Memorial Post 8466 are aware and concerned that veterans, young and...

Park and Ride lot will relocate to Senior Center
WAKE FOREST — Beginning Friday, July 1, the Wake Forest Bus Service Park and Ride Lot will relocate ...

YHS holds 50th reunion
June 26, 2022
Honor flags raise money to reduce hunger
June 26, 2022
The Creative Cup brings coffee, arts to downtown
ZEBULON — The downtown district is growing and The Creative Cup is adding to it.While the shop been ...

Lions Club helps make home improvements
WAKE FOREST — The Wake Forest Lions Club received a $2,000 grant from Wake Electric Foundation in Oc...

Knightdale adopts 2022-23 budget
KNIGHTDALE — The Knightdale Town Council adopted the FY23 budget on June 16. The budget was adopted ...

Police warn residents about crypto ATM scam
WAKE FOREST — The Wake Forest Police Department is urging residents to guard against becoming the vi...

National amateur radio event approaches
YOUNGSVILLE — Ham radio operators from the Franklin County Amateur Radio Club in Franklin County and...
Wake County arrests: June 14-20
The following is a list of arrests made June 14-20 by the Knightdale, Rolesville, Wake Forest, Wende...
Franklin County arrests: June 14-20
The following is a list of arrests made June 14-20 by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office. All info...

Veterans Coffee and Outreach meets Thursday
June 21, 2022
Heritage Elementary students perform virtual concerts
WAKE FOREST — In-person performances took a hit due to COVID-19, but music teacher Barina Bailey wan...
Wake County arrests: June 7-13
The following is a list of arrests made June 7-13 by the Knightdale, Rolesville, Wake Forest, Wendel...
Franklin County arrests: June 7-13
The following is a list of arrests made June 7-13 by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office. All infor...
Franklin County arrests: May 31-June 6
June 13, 2022The following is a list of arrests made May 31-June 6 by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office. All i...
Wake County arrests: May 31-June 6
MAY 31• Sierra Monique McLean, 24, of North Honeycutt Street, Coats; possession of a controlled subs...
Wake County arrests: May 24-30
The following is a list of arrests made May 24-30 by the Knightdale, Rolesville, Wake Forest, Wendel...
Franklin County arrests: May 24-30
The following is a list of arrests made May 24-30 by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office. All infor...
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Zebulon holds Juneteenth celebration
NECC holds Juneteenth event
Louisburg fireworks show canceled
Wake Forest earns National Main Street accreditation
WCPH to offer vaccine for kids 6 months and older
Rustic Phoenix opens in Zebulon
WFFD dedicates Memorial Garden
History abounds at new Wendell Museum
East Wake High graduates 245
Flaherty Park fitness court opens Saturday
State of the Chamber 2022
Commissioners approve Franklin County budget
Koinonia Foundation grants $22K to local nonprofits
Wake Forest Chamber welcomes Tree City Tire
High school graduates go forward
Youngsville creates a social district
Tyson Brothers Band to perform at BBQ in the Burg
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Baseball
Tigers finish regular season undefeated
WAKE FOREST — The Christi Spencer State Farm Tigers of Wake Forest’s Parks and Recreation’s Senior B...

Red Rams promote Morris to football head coach
FRANKLINTON — Franklinton’s football team will be led by new head coach Elerod Morris for the upcomi...

Passionate fan bringing high school hockey to Wake Forest
WAKE FOREST — Rich Garrett of the newly formed N.C. Scholastic Hockey Association is helping lay the...

All-conference teams set for baseball, softball and girls lacrosse
WAKE FOREST — The NAC 6 all-conference teams for baseball, softball and girls lacrosse have been rel...

New employee added to N.C. State Parks
RALEIGH — Vonda Martin is the new division of parks and recreation grants and outreach manager, the ...

Angels conclude regular season with unbeaten record
WAKE FOREST — Wake Forest’s Parks and Recreation’s Junior Softball League’s regular season came to a...
North Wake Grays win Summer Qualifier
ERWIN — The 12U North Wake Grays from Wake Forest won the championship game at the BODYARMOR State G...
Telling an aging relative she can’t drive anymore
North Carolina is blessed with more than its share of great writers. And I am looking over some of m...

Remembering the recent past this Fourth
June 27, 2022We are about to celebrate a third consecutive national holiday that reminds us of what it means to b...
Will Joe Biden really go stag?
Soaring prices. Social unrest. A resurgent Russia. A military withdrawal followed by the collapse of...

The right’s lonely war against Medicaid expansion is doomed
A dream so long enjoyed cannot cease without hardship. But the psychological pain of diminishing hop...

America needs a national day of mourning
While a portion of the nation recently celebrated a day of freedom and a beginning of progress on Ju...
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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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When Hiram met Sandra
Hiram Webb came to the Oxford Orphanage in 1954 and graduated from John Nichols School on the orphan...
Students go to work job shadowing
OXFORD — The Southern Granville Ministerial Alliance will expand its partnership with the sheriff’s ...
Creedmoor officers earn degrees
CREEDMOOR — Officers Tiffany Smith and Timothy Kapp Jr. were recently awarded associates degrees in ...
Princeton history gets a marker
PRINCETON — Tina Ray recalled her days as a student at Princeton Graded School, which taught the com...
Barrage of gunfire injures bystander
SELMA — A shoot-out in broad daylight injured an innocent bystander, police said. Just before 1 p.m....
Marty Stuart in concert this weekend in Clayton
CLAYTON — With legends like George Jones, Johnny Cash and Merle Haggard all passed on, country music...