Compared to pre-pandemic prices, ground beef is up 35%, chips are up 45%, bread is up 57% and a 12-ounce can of soda is up 66%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which tracks trends on common grocery store items.

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The board will lose millions of federal dollars next year, but staffing challenges are pushing board members to find a way to give staff raises.

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Police called off a search for a missing 2-year-old boy in Dunn Sunday afternoon after emergency crews determined that everyone was accounted for in the community.

<b>DUNN, N.C.</b> — Police called off a search for a missing 2-year-old boy in Dunn Sunday afternoon after emergency crews determined that everyone was accounted for in the community.

Residents told authorities Saturday night that a toddler was missing in the debris of a damaged mobile home park, but no police report had been filed regarding a missing child.

Police ended their search after they determined that no one was missing. One person was killed and another man seriously injured after tornadoes and severe thunderstorms thrashed the area, authorities said.

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Police: No missing toddler in Dunn

An NC State student is out $41,000 after university police say he fell victim to a global dating agency scam.

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At 1:37 a.m., the Chapel Hill Fire Department responded to a report of a house fire on Rogerson Drive. When crews arrived, they found the home fully engulfed in flames and a person dead inside the home. 

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Make sure you get outside on Thursday! It's going to feel like summer with highs in the upper 80s and lots of sunshine.

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Speakers focused on problems in public schools and suggested more discipline and having schools cut ties with federal programs and outside nonprofits as solutions.

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Hours after she escaped the Columbine High School shooting, 14-year-old Missy Mendo slept between her parents in bed, still wearing the shoes she had on when she fled her math class. She wanted to be ready to run.

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A crash has shut down all but one lane of Interstate 540 westbound near Buffaloe Road in Raleigh. Sky 5 is over the scene

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The NHL has set the start times for game 1's across the Eastern Conference. The Canes are the opening act with puck drop Saturday at 5 pm from PNC Arena.

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NCAA athletes will be immediately eligible to play no matter how many times they transfer -- as long as they meet academic requirements -- after the association fast-tracked legislation Wednesday to fall in line with a recent court order.

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