A viewer told WRAL News delays extend beyond Six Forks Road as the State Highway Patrol works to clear debris from the road. 

Debris on I-540 westbound create backups in Raleigh near Louisburg Road

WRAL Investigates how a prank call turned into a near-death experience, and what needs to be done to prevent an innocent person from being killed.

On WRAL at 6: How a prank call turned into a near-death experience and what needs to be done to prevent an innocent person from being killed.

NCAA bracket

College hoops bracket challenge

<b>SANFORD, N.C.</b> — Police say an argument may have led to the shooting death of a Sanford man Tuesday night.

Junior Ridges, 29, of Sanford,  is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of James Raeford, 26,

Raeford was shot in the head on Hall Street just before 8 p.m.

Ridges is being held in the Lee County Jail on $1 million bond.

Sanford Police Charge Man With Murder

Two 16-year-old boys are dead and another 16-year-old boy is in the hospital from a shooting in Durham on Tuesday.

Families mourn teens killed in Durham; 18-year-old scheduled to appear in court

Angel Canales

A Smithfield Middle School teacher has resigned after an investigation, which found the teacher taped students' mouths shut.

'He was humiliated': Johnston County mother questions why teacher taped middle school student's mouth shut

Catherine Webster said she got a text from her son on Feb. 14 from inside Smithfield Middle School. There was painter's tape across the sixth grader's face. Photo courtesy of Catherine Webster.

One of the men was a passenger in Wood's vehicle when she hit a parked car on Dec. 8.

2 men face misdemeanor charges after State Auditor Beth Wood's December crash

NC State Auditor Beth Wood charged with hit-and-run

High temperatures on Thursday are forecasted to reach 80 degrees.

Big, big warmup: Highs soar to the 80s on Thursday

Pattern change coming...

Thursday, March 23, 2023 -- I'd be delighted for the General Assembly to put Tools4Schools, the free classroom supply store for teachers, out of business.  Until then, Tools4Schools will be there so teachers can help meet all students' needs.

COLUMN: Legislators. Please put us out of business

Tools4Teachers Store

Get the latest WRAL WeatherCenter Forecast whenever you need it, including the DUALDoppler5000 and the 7-Day Forecast.

WRAL WeatherCenter Forecast

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

Evening Pick 3 Pick 4 and Cash 5

Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday Powerball drawings, as shown live on WRAL.

Powerball Drawing

Wednesday is the first of two votes in the full House required to put the Medicaid Expansion bill on Governor Roy Cooper's desk. The Senate has already approved it.

House session to vote on Medicaid Expansion Bill

The rate raise comes after weeks of economic turbulence, including high inflation, strong jobs growth and a banking crisis.

Federal Reserve raises rates after weeks of economic turbulence

Videos

Four North Carolina players have entered the transfer portal after a season that ended without an NCAA Tournament berth.

Armando Bacot returning to UNC; Puff Johnson entering transfer portal

Armando Bacot

A head-to-head win between two state champs -- 4A champ Northwest Guilford defeating 3A champ Fred T. Foard -- propelled the Vikings to the top spot.

HighSchoolOT's final statewide and area code rankings for dual-team wrestling

4A individual wrestling state championships

Jacy Sheldon made a tiebreaking jumper in the lane with 1.8 seconds left to lift No. 3 Ohio State to a 71-69 win over No. 6 seed North Carolina and help the Buckeyes advance to the Sweet 16 for the second straight season. 

 No. 6 UNC falls in final seconds to No. 3 Ohio St, 71-69, ending season

NCAA North Carolina Ohio St Basketball

A 21-year-old man faces charges of possessing a weapon on educational property and carrying a concealed weapon after a weapons detection system alerted when he entered Clayton Middle School Tuesday to pick up his sisters.