Homeowners insurance doesn't cover floods, so purchasing separate flood insurance is crucial in North Carolina, especially in high-risk areas.

Homeowners insurance doesn't cover floods: How to protect your home in North Carolina

Princeville residents weigh options after Hurricane Matthew

Athens Drive Magnet High School and Conn Magnet Elementary School won national awards Saturday at the Magnet Schools of America's annual conference.

Top two magnet schools in the US are in Wake County

Athens Drive High School

Officers with the Goldsboro Police Department charged 52-year-old Sylvester Earl Braswell of 1903 Palm Street with first degree rape, first degree kidnapping, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury and breaking and entering for his connection with an incident that occurred 29 years earlier in 1987.