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We are minutes away from another freeze warning. WRAL meteorologist Anthony Baglione is in the WRAL Severe Weather Center tracking when the springtime thaw arrives.

On WRAL at 11: A springtime freeze? We time out how long the cold stays and when the spring-time thaw arrives

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Officers with the Raleigh Police Department arrested a 55-year-old man Thursday night and charged him with murder.



A Raleigh man was arrested Thursday night and charged with murder almost a year after a senior citizen was killed.

<a href="https://www.wral.com/raleigh-police-investigating-death-of-85-year-old-as-homicide/18471141/">On June 13, Benjamin Franklin Merritt, 84, was found dead</a> along the 2200 block of Evers Drive during a welfare check. The cause of death was not provided.

Raleigh police say the death of a man on June 13 is now being investigated as a homicide.

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Raleigh police investigating death of 85-year-old as homicide

Benjamin Merritt, Raleigh homicide victim

On Thursday night, Michael Nicholson, 55, of Raleigh was charged with murder in connection with the case, according to the Raleigh Police Department. He was being held without bond Friday in the Wake County jail, according to arrest records.

Nicholson was taken into custody at the Wake County Detention Center on Hammond Road. He has arrests dating back to 2007.

Michael Nicholson was being held without bond Friday in the Wake County jail, according to arrest records. 

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Merritt, originally from Mount Olive, served in the Army during the Korean War. He attended St. Augustine's and North Carolina Central where he got a master's degree in education and counseling that led him to mentor young men for 40 years.

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Raleigh man charged in June slaying of 84-year-old veteran

Cary firefighters responded to a fire Sunday morning when they found someone who had been shot.

Cary fire fighters find human remains in trash fire; police find man shot on property

Cary fire fighters find person shot while responding to trash fire

Police officers were called to UNC Health Wayne, where they spoke with medical staff about the dead child.

Goldsboro police investigating death of a 7-month-old

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Yurii Vakhniak was loading cars onto a truck when he was struck and killed by a suspected drunk driver March 13.



Family, friends raising money for trucker killed on US-70 in Clayton

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A small town is rallying to save a beloved old house from destruction - a home that once belonged to the woman whose life and poetry was a love story to that very town.

Saving Miss Belle's: Small town hopes to save beloved 1800s home from demolition

Miss Belle's Tea Room: Community rallies to raise money to save Cameron historic home 

The University of North Carolina System's universities have less than four months to catch up with the 'science of reading,' and improve how they prepare prospective teachers to teach reading before the Board of Governors takes action. 

Many NC kids aren't reading well. How teacher colleges are racing to fix the problem 

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Rocky Mount High School and Research Triangle High School battle for supremacy in the 27th season of Brain Game on WRAL.

Brain Game, March 18: Rocky Mount High School vs. Research Triangle High School

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Tennessee's experience -- the Vols start four seniors -- proved too much for Duke's highly touted freshmen.

Tennessee beats up Duke, wins 65-52 to advance to Sweet 16

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s calls for protests ahead of his anticipated indictment in New York have generated mostly muted reactions from supporters, with even some of his most ardent loyalists dismissing the idea as a waste of time or a law enforcement trap.