WRAL.com: Raleigh, Durham, Fayetteville

Log in to WRAL.com with one click using your favorite social network:

Register with WRAL.com using your favorite social network:

Login Options

2:48 a.m. • 2-12-12

24°F

Weather Forecast for Raleigh

Today: Clear.
- Hi: 41° F
Mon: Mostly Cloudy.
- Hi: 50° F
Tue: Light Rain.
- Hi: 53° F

Other Locations

7 Day Forecast

Marketplace Links

Social Links

Main Menu

Martin Luther King Jr. celebrations

Schools, churches, cities and other groups around central North Carolina planned a variety of events to celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. The civil rights leader was assassinated April 4, 1968. A federal holiday is celebrated the Monday after his birthday, Jan. 15.

Read profiles of local black Americans who are living out King's legacy.

The map is color coded as follows:

Aqua raindrop Monday, Jan. 19
Blue tack Tuesday, Jan. 20
Purple raindrop Wednesday, Jan. 21
Red tack Friday, Jan. 23
Pink raindrop Saturday, Jan. 31

View Larger Map

Read the full text of King's "I Have a Dream" speech given in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 28, 1963.

SeeClickFix

Raleigh police unveil online system for non-emergencies
Raleigh Police on Tuesday introduced a system that allows people to report some non-emergency crimes online.
Web, mobile app helping to 'fix' Raleigh
Raleigh residents continue to make good use of a mobile and Web-based tool developed by WRAL.com, the vendor SeeClickFix and the City of Raleigh, according to a report from the city.
City: SeeClickFix has good first month
Hundreds of problems, such as potholes and litter, were reported and resolved in the first month of use of a mobile and Web-based tool developed by WRAL.com, the vendor SeeClickFix and the City of Raleigh.