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Are you holding a $500,000 winning lottery ticket? Act quickly, it’s about to expire.
North Carolina lottery officials are looking for the holder of a Cash 5 ticket that matched all five numbers of the Jan. 9, 2019 drawing. The ticket was sold in Circle K in Lillington in Harnett County. → Read More
Man found dead in Durham pond
The Durham Police Department is investigating a drowning after a man was found dead Sunday morning in a pond behind a retirement community. → Read More
Man found dead in Durham pond
The Durham Police Department is investigating a drowning after a man was found dead Sunday morning in a pond behind a retirement community. → Read More
Water main break shuts down part of Raleigh’s Atlantic Avenue
A water main break on Atlantic Avenueon Sunday could result in the road being shut down om Whitaker Mill Road to Six Forks Road through Monday morning. → Read More
In a place ‘where dress up is real,’ drag queens read to Raleigh kids
Dozens of people packed into a small storefront in a Raleigh shopping center waiting for what appears to be Raleigh’s first “Drag Queen Story Hour,” to begin. → Read More
In a place ‘where dress up is real,’ drag queens read to Raleigh kids
Dozens of people packed into a small storefront in a Raleigh shopping center waiting for what appears to be Raleigh’s first “Drag Queen Story Hour,” to begin. → Read More
Body-camera footage shows struggle between Durham police and man before fatal shooting
Police body-camera footage of a 30-year-old man shot by police shows a struggle to put on handcuffs escalating to Ondrae Hutchinson being tasered and shot in seconds. Police responded to 9 Bevel Court March 30. → Read More
Body-camera footage shows struggle between Durham police and man before fatal shooting
Police body-camera footage of a 30-year-old man shot by police shows a struggle to put on handcuffs escalating to Ondrae Hutchinson being tasered and shot in seconds. Police responded to 9 Bevel Court March 30. → Read More
Man pleads guilty to killing father and son; Prosecutor says it was murder for hire
Douglas Jones pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder in the death of father and son Dewayne Greer Sr. and Dewayne Greer Jr. The killings were described as murders for hire in Durham County court. → Read More
Man pleads guilty to killing father and son; Prosecutor says it was murder for hire
Douglas Jones pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder in the death of father and son Dewayne Greer Sr. and Dewayne Greer Jr. The killings were described as murders for hire in Durham County court. → Read More
Teen charged with killing Durham convenience store clerk in shootout pleads guilty
Jarrell Paylor, 19, of Durham was charged with killing John Wesley Pruitt Jr. at the Family Fare convenience store on Guess Road in 2017 during a robbery. On Wednesday he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. → Read More
Teen charged with killing Durham convenience store clerk in shootout pleads guilty
Jarrell Paylor, 19, of Durham was charged with killing John Wesley Pruitt Jr. at the Family Fare convenience store on Guess Road in 2017 during a robbery. On Wednesday he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. → Read More
He killed a Durham convenience store clerk, then shot his accomplice. Next stop, prison
Robert Jackson pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the December 2015 fatal robbery that killed Buy Quick clerk Mohamed Shoufar. Jackson also killed Nicholas Bell, who was also involved the robbery, a prosecutor said. → Read More
He killed a Durham convenience store clerk, then shot his accomplice. Next stop, prison
Robert Jackson pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the December 2015 fatal robbery that killed Buy Quick clerk Mohamed Shoufar. Jackson also killed Nicholas Bell, who was also involved the robbery, a prosecutor said. → Read More
Durham police open homicide investigation after man found dead in Dodge Durango
Police on Monday morning are investigating a homicide on East Geer Street in Durham after finding a man with an “apparent gunshot wound. The man was found inside a Dodge Durango. → Read More
Durham officer put on administrative leave after police respond to ‘juvenile in crisis’
Durham police officer Lauren Maidment has been placed on administrative duty while officials investigate her actions involving a juvenile in crisis, according to police. No charges have been filed. → Read More
12-year-old boy shot Sunday night in Durham
The shooting happened shortly after 10:30 p.m. in the Oxford Manor public housing community, according to police. → Read More
12-year-old boy shot Sunday night in Durham
The shooting happened shortly after 10:30 p.m. in the Oxford Manor public housing community, according to police. → Read More
Durham man charged with 56 counts of sexual exploitation of minor
Philip Stephen Stallings of Durham is charged with 56 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor by the Sheriff’s Office and U.S. Department of Homeland Security. He is founder of Biblical Flat Earth Society. → Read More
‘I knew I had to do something’ says 11-year-old boy who stopped thief with his machete
Braydon Smith, 11, shares what happened when someone broke into his Mebane, N.C.. home, and why decided to pick up a machete to defend himself and his home. → Read More