Our experts on parenting, frugal living and the best that the Triangle has to offer have scoured their sources and shopped the stores (and the internet) for the best suggestions for your holiday giving. No matter the age or interest, you'll find gift ideas here.

WRAL 2023 Holiday Gift Guide

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 

<b>CARY, N.C.</b> — Stephanie Bernabe and Gena Villari each scored Saturday as Raleigh's Broughton High School beat Greensboro Grimsley, 2-0, to win the girls' 4-A state soccer championship.

The shutout gave the Caps of coach Izzy Hernandez their fifth state championship in six years and seventh overall. Though some expected it to be a rebuilding season at Broughton, the team finished 22-0-2.

Sophomore striker Molly Skinner was named the most valuable player of Saturday's game at SAS Stadium.

Bernabe got the Caps on the board first, scoring at the 15:50 mark. Villari scored following a corner kick with just more than 10 minutes left against Grimsley.

The game marked the seventh state-championship game between the schools, with Broughton taking a 5-2 edge in the series.

Broughton Girls Win Yet Another State Soccer Title

Rain pushes away overnight Saturday. Sunday will be warm but cloudy.

Clouds stick around for Sunday

Morning showers Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023

Saturday marked the start of a contract for additional armed security patrols near a recent trouble spot in downtown Raleigh. Officers with the Capitol Special Police (CSP) - the same group that patrols city hall -  will be on hand daily around the GoRaleigh station near Moore Square.

Private security on patrol to make downtown Raleigh safer through the holidays

Capitol Special Patrol

According to the Animal Center, adoption service will resume on Monday, December 4. The adoptions are by appointment only. The center had been closed for eight weeks as it managed a dog flu outbreak.

Wake Co. Animal Center to resume pet adoptions on Monday after dog-flu outbreak

Wake County Animal Center

Jessica Nieto-Hernandez, 11, was last seen around 2:50 a.m. near Roffler Street wearing a black sweatshirt, shorts and sneakers.

11-year-old Wake County girl, missing 24 hours, has been found

Jessica Nieto-Hernandez

First responders from Cary, Fairview and Swift Creek fire departments rigged the rope lift to pull 11-month-old Mudge from the hole.

Cary firefighters rescue Great Dane pup from hole

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Daytime Pick 3 and Pick 4 drawings are held at 3 p.m. daily. They can be seen as live or on-demand video.

Daytime Pick 3 and Pick 4 Drawing

Nightly N.C. Education Lottery drawings during the 11 p.m. News.

Evening Pick 3 Pick 4 and Cash 5

Tuesday and Friday Mega Millions Drawing.

Mega Millions Drawing

The family of 15-year-old Delvin Ferrell, who was stabbed to death at Southeast Raleigh High School on Monday, is speaking live at a press conference. 

'Keep Delvin's name alive:' Family speaks out after 15-year-old killed in stabbing at Southeast Raleigh High School

Videos

Here's a look at which bowl bids NC State, North Carolina and Duke could accept.

Which bowl game will NC State, North Carolina and Duke play in?

Dave Doeren with Mack Brown

No. 7 Duke couldn't close the gap late and Georgia Tech hands the Blue Devils a loss to start ACC play.

Georgia Tech beats No. 7 Duke 72-68, handing Blue Devils their 2nd loss this week to unranked team

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NC State was lights out from behind the arc in the overtime period to win its first ACC game of the season, 84-78 against Boston College.

Horne, Taylor pace NC State to overtime win over Boston College, 84-78

NC State beats Va. Tech, 97-77

North Carolina Central drops to 4-5 after a second-half run falls just short of the comeback against USC Upstate.

North Carolina Central comeback falls short, loses to USC Upstate, 85-82

N.C. Central Logo

Alabama is again the top dog in the Southeastern Conference -- and perhaps headed to the College Football Playoff -- after beating Georgia 27-24 on Saturday.