2 NC counties are under alert, including Cumberland County.

We’re also following round after round of showers for the weekend. Plus, how Raleigh’s fight against crime downtown may be paying off. Also, find out why the world’s top golfer is calling his arrest and charges a "big misunderstanding." Watch WRAL News at 4 p.m., and search for these and other stories on WRAL.com.

On WRAL at 4: Man exposes himself to young girls & threatens to shoot up school, police say. How an online computer game played a role.

In all three of these sewer blowback cases, the homes were below the grade of the road or downstream from the main sewer line itself.

How sewage floods at home turned into nightmares for Raleigh families

Sewage floods inside Raleigh homes

The North Carolina Senate voted along party lines Wednesday to ban anyone from wearing masks in public for health reasons, following an emotional debate about the wisdom of the proposal.


Sen. Brent Jackson, R-Sampson