A 17-year-old Lumberton High School student will be suspended for a full year after staff found a handgun and marijuana in his car on Thursday.

Lumberton High School student found with gun, drugs in car

Approximately 790,000 acres of North Carolina farmland are foreign-owned. WRAL Investigates why proposed legislation to prevent national security risks from countries like China, Russia, and North Korea could potentially hurt farmers.

On WRAL at 6: Foreign governments buying NC land: WRAL Investigates its impact on farmers and national security.

Students are reported for possession of non-firearm weapons about 20 times as often as they are for firearms. But schools are still relatively safe places, and many crime statistics in schools have been improving for years, experts say. 

Easy to conceal, harder to detect: Knives more prevalent than guns in schools 

School lockers 

Republican state Senate leader Phil Berger is endorsing Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson in the 2024 GOP primary for North Carolina governor. But he says he doesn't plan to make an endorsement in the presidential primary.

Why NC's most powerful Republican is endorsing a candidate for governor, but not president

Sen. Phil Berger

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Crawford and Son Coverage

Chef Scott Crawford's newest restaurant, Crawford Cookshop, will open for business Friday.



Scott Crawford's newest restaurant opens Friday in Clayton

Crawford Cookshop opens in Clayton

Jolie, a much-anticipated restaurant from Chef Scott Crawford, opens Friday.



Scott Crawford's French bistro, Jolie, opens Friday in downtown Raleigh 

Jolie Vichyssoise

New renderings released this month show what Scott Crawford's much-anticipated downtown Raleigh restaurant will look like. 



Crawford and Son Coverage

Scott Crawford's newest restaurant opens Friday in Clayton

Scott Crawford's French bistro, Jolie, opens Friday in downtown Raleigh

As Jolie nears opening date, a peek at what Scott Crawford's new French bistro will look like

Crawford and Son: The perfect winter cocktail