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Raleigh Christmas Parade to kick off

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:48:19 -0500

With temperatures expected near the freezing mark, coffee shops along the route of the Raleigh Christmas Parade are preparing for a busy day.

Christmas parade could be coldest in decades

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:48:19 -0500

Skies will stay clear for the WRAL-TV Raleigh Christmas Parade, but temperatures will stay in the 30s throughout the event. Slight winds could make it feel like it's still in the 20s.

Low-interest loans available to tornado victims

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:52:38 -0500

Homeowners and renters in Johnston, Franklin, Harnett, Nash, Sampson, Wake, Wayne and Wilson counties can apply for up to $200,000 to fund repairs to storm-damaged properties.

North Carolina's budget shortfall widens to $320M

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:55:46 -0500

North Carolina's state government budget shortfall has widened by nearly another $100 million, according to a General Assembly report released Friday, attributing lower-than-expected tax collections to a weakening job market.

Majority of Wake mayors support transit plan

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:08:04 -0500

Raleigh's Charles Meeker is pitching a plan that would expand bus routes and add light rail to ease travel among the county's 12 communities. Some of his peers are not convinced commuters would use it.

Apex drivers, leaders worried about railroad bridge

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:10:44 -0500

Tim Donnelly, Apex public works director noted in an internal memo, "The bridge negatively impacts our citizens and clearly the traffic flow and safety of N.C. 55."

Roanoke Rapids charity rebuffs turban-wearing donor

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:05:00 -0500

Gary Khera said he just wanted to give. Union Mission employees cited a policy against headwear indoors.

N.C. unemployment trust fund running out

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:42:07 -0500

The National Employment Law Project, a New York-based think tank, estimates reserves in the trust fund will last for about four more months.

Judge cuts prison time in UNC football players' assault

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:54:24 -0500

A conversation with the father of one of the victims in the case prompted Superior Court Judge Carl Fox to cut eight to 14 years off Michael Lewis' original sentence.

Louisburg College names new president

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:05:33 -0500

Dr. Mark David La Branche has experience in bringing a school from financial struggles to success.

Investigator recalls catching serial killer soldier

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:22:16 -0500

More than two decades later, Jack Watts said, he still remembers every grisly detail of Spc. Ronald Gray's string of murders in Fayetteville.

Record low possible before coldest parade in decades

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:29:54 -0500

Temperatures could reach a record low Friday night in the hours leading up to what is expected to be the coldest Raleigh Christmas Parade in nearly 30 years, WRAL Meteorologist Mike Maze said.

Car linked to Cary slaying found

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:13:00 -0500

Anson County deputies found a 2004 Saturn believed to have been used to flee a Cary home where a woman was killed two months ago.

Cold, wind follow 'big, fat, fluffy' flakes

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:22:34 -0500

After morning snow showers from Person County to Fayetteville, cold winds rushed in and prompted a burning ban for central North Carolina. Short bursts of snow are possible throughout the day.

Cooper limited to phone calls with daughters

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:29:32 -0500

Brad Cooper may have no visits – physical or virtual – with his daughters so long as he remains incarcerated for the murder of his wife, Nancy, a Wake County District Court judge has ruled.

AAA: Fewer to travel over Thanksgiving holiday

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:31:59 -0500

Despite a dramatic drop in the price of gasoline in recent weeks, fewer North Carolina residents are planning to travel on the road or by airplane this Thanksgiving, according to AAA Carolinas.

N.C. adds jobs but unemployment rate reaches 7%

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:16:04 -0500

North Carolina employers added a net 4,100 jobs in October but unemployment number reaches all-time high of nearly 319,000. Jobless rate is highest since January 2002. Holiday hiring picture, meanwhile, is mixed.

Spring Lake officer cleared after 17 months

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:23:00 -0500

A Spring Lake police officer who spent more than a year on administrative leave for shooting a man was cleared Thursday of any wrongdoing.

Court-martial resumes in 'fragging' case

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:44:57 -0500

Attorneys representing a New York National Guard sergeant charged with killing two superiors are set to resume their case.

Police: Rocky Mount officer hit by drunk driver

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:56:51 -0500

Officer Jill Tyson-Johnson was trying to make an arrest near 2045 Woodruff Road Thursday night when a car hit her and then her cruiser, police said.

Weak economy could delay projects at RDU

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:52:35 -0500

The struggling economy won't affect the completion of Terminal 2, but could delay renovations to Terminal 1 by at least two years, airport officials said.

Lawmakers express outrage over mental patient's death

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:00:49 -0500

Some state lawmakers are calling for harsher disciplinary action for employees who were both directly and indirectly responsible for neglecting a Cherry Hospital patient who died after 22 hours sitting essentially unattended in the same chair.

Convicted killer: 'I didn't murder nobody'

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:24:40 -0500

Ever since a Lee County boy was killed four years ago, the man arrested and convicted in the case has insisted another man was the killer. Last month, a second man admitted to taking part in the crime.

Life in prison for man convicted in girl's death

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:44:57 -0500

A North Carolina man has been sentenced to life in prison for fatally shooting a 13-year-old girl when he and other men broke into an apartment looking for a man who owed them drug money.

Man charged in slayings of Virginia sisters

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:37:42 -0500

Hertford County authorities have arrested a man in the deaths of two elderly sisters from Virginia whose bodies were found along a rural road more than two years ago.