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  Queen Walters had been using a scooter to shop at the Walmart in Roxboro when she became groggy from the medication she had been taking to prep her for surgery, and she fell asleep.  Store surveillance video showed Queen asleep when a man approached her and then took her purse while she was out […]

Former East Carolina University and Campbell University coach Earl Smith passed away Sunday morning, according to the the Fayetteville Observer.

Since the phone service changed 4 months ago, requiring everyone to dial their are code before dialing the phone number, many with the area code of 919 have been misdialed as 911. Officials ask that if you make a mistake and dial 911, please stay on the line and let the operator know that it […]

Scotland County has struggled especially hard during these past few years of economic recession. June unemployment numbers show the county continues to shoulder the state’s highest unemployment rate. During July the rate came in at 17.6 percent. “It’s been kind of rough, we’ve been managing. I had been working for 20 some plus more years […]

It’s been there for as long as I can remember…  Crabtree Valley Mall turns 40 today with a 1970’s inspired celebration.  So from 6-9pm the mall is inviting the public to celebrate with them.

    Wake County students at every grade level made steady academic gains in 2011-12, the state Department of Public Instruction said Thursday. Wake County’s graduation rate in 2012 checked in at 80.8 percent.      Graduation rates in North Carolina cracked the 80 percent mark in 2012, compared with 77.7 percent in 2011, the […]

First Lady Michelle Obama is scheduled to visit the University of North Carolina at Greensboro at 1pm today to drum up support for President Obama’s re-election bid. This is the first stop for the First Lady in Greensboro connected to her husband’s re-election bid.  She was in Greensboro earlier this year to speak at NC […]

This week life on the road will get even smoother for drivers in the Triangle. The second phase of the Triangle Expressway will open to traffic Wednesday.

The USA Olympic Gymnastics Team, also known as the “Fab Five,” are leading in the 2012 London Olympic Games. The “Fab Five” consists of Gabby Douglas of Virginia Beach, Virginia;  McKayla Maroney of Long Beach, Calif.; Aly Raisman of Needham, Mass.’ Kyla Ross of Aliso Viejo, Calif.; Jordyn Wieber of DeWitt, Mich. The Women’s Team finals […]

Via: News14.Com Three young men died after a horrific accident in southeast Raleigh near Clayton. The accident happened on Rock Quarry Road when 21-year-old Devin Mosteller was driving with friends, and his Saturn SUV went down an embankment and crashed into a tree. His passengers, 18-year-old Christopher Pretty and 19-year-old Adonis Banks were also killed […]