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

From "Bull Durham" to Academy Award-winning dramas, the state has played host to multiple films based on fact and fiction.

20 famous movies filmed in North Carolina

20 popular movies made in NC

Margaret Dale Kersey was in a holding cell early Saturday morning when jail staff found her unresponsive, the Orange County Sheriff's Office said.

<b>HILLSBOROUGH, N.C.</b> — Authorities said Wednesday that the death of a 58-year-old woman who died last week while at the Orange County Jail is under investigation.

Margaret Dale Kersey was in a holding cell early Saturday morning when jail staff found her unresponsive, the Orange County Sheriff's Office said in a news release.  Emergency workers were unable to revive her, and she was pronounced dead at the scene.

Her body was sent to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Chapel Hill for an autopsy.

Authorities said that deputies arrested Kersey after she had been drinking and causing a disturbance at her sister's home on Bethel Hickory Church Road, near Chapel Hill.

She had been in the holding cell for approximately 24 minutes while the arresting officer obtained a magistrate's order, authorities said.

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Orange County jail death under investigation

The 1,500-acre community known as Asteria will include 4,000 single-family and multi-family homes. The project is in the initial stages of development with home sales set to begin by 2027.

Disney announces Asteria, new residential community in Chatham County

Asteria, a Storyliving by Disney community

Thomas Swann was missing around noon Wednesday from his job assignment on Schieffelin Road in Apex, authorities said.

Inmate escapes work detail in Apex, authorities on the lookout

Thomas Swann is serving a seven-year sentence at Sanford Correctional Center for habitual breaking and entering.

Temperatures were in the mid to upper 40s Wednesday afternoon.

Sub-freezing temps expected Wednesday night before late-week warmup

Temperatures Dec. 6-10, 2023

About half of all Republican voters in North Carolina are still undecided on who they support as their party's nominee for governor. The 2024 primary elections are in March.

NC governor's race: Mark Robinson still GOP favorite, but ECU poll shows challengers gaining

Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson speaks at CPAC 2023

A Raleigh man was arrested Tuesday and charged with 12 counts of rape and other sexual assaults that occurred over nearly 10 years.



Raleigh man charged with 12 counts of rape, including a child, over span of a decade

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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

Thompson played three seasons for the Wolfpack from 1972-1975 and was a unanimous first-team All-American selection and ACC Player of the Year each season. Thompson is also one of just five college basketball players ever to win AP National Player of the Year twice. In September, the school announced he would be the first player to have a statue outside of Reynolds Coliseum.

NC State unveils statue of basketball legend David Thompson

Snow is falling Wednesday in Blowing Rock.

Snow falls in Blowing Rock

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

Evening Pick 3 Pick 4 and Cash 5

Videos

The WRAL Sports team breaks down college bowl season by matchups, mascots and must-sees to help you plan your viewing.

2023 college football bowl game guide: Dates, times, TV

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Former NC State quarterback MJ Morris detailed his decision to enter the transfer portal. He said he has heard from Baylor, LSU and Maryland so far.

MJ Morris: 'I still want to be here,' but NC State said it was moving on

MJ Morris

The sports betting committee of the North Carolina Lottery Commission reversed course Wednesday, stripping the prohibition on naming rights from its proposed rules.

In reversal, sports betting operators can buy naming rights at NC venues

Panthers Fan Fest

With the College Football Playoff set and ready to roll with absolutely zero controversy of any kind, bowl matchups are slowly announced over the course of Sunday afternoon. Check back here for the updates on which games the Triangle teams will be playing in and who they will matchup against in the final games of their season.