17 NC counties are under alert, including Cumberland, Sampson, and Hoke counties.

Officials are encouraging residents to take steps to prepare for extreme weather ahead of hurricane season. New data shows flood and wind risk is changing in the state.

Inland homes at risk for high winds, flooding during hurricane season. Here's what you can do now.

Holly Springs shed damage

More than a dozen former employees say understaffing at Brynn Marr Hospital contributes to what they describe as a dangerous place for patients and employees. Hospital officials say allegations of violence, sexual assaults, overmedication and lack of mental health therapy are unfounded.

Former employees say short-staffed NC psych hospital rife with violence, abuse

Brynn Marr Hospital

The decapitated body of David Ruben Green Jr., 52, was found in a freezer at his home in Wake County on Oct. 6, 2010. His long-time girlfriend, Wendy Edmond Green, and two children, Alexis Morgan Green and David Ruben Green III, are each charged with first-degree murder in the case.

WRAL.com archive: David Green slaying