The "Dueling Dinosaurs" exhibit opening this weekend at Raleigh's North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences will feature what's believed to be the most complete T. rex skeleton ever discovered.

'Dueling Dinosaurs:' One-of-a-kind dig at Raleigh science museum opens this weekend

DinoLab at North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

Athens Drive Magnet High School and Conn Magnet Elementary School won national awards Saturday at the Magnet Schools of America's annual conference.

Top two magnet schools in the US are in Wake County

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Officials say the two teenagers got into an argument. A 16-year-old student stabbed an 18-year-old student and he's still in serious condition at a local hopsital. 

AMANDA LAMB BREAKS IT DOWN >> SHOT IN 4 K ULTRA HIGH-DEFINITION. YOUR NUMBER ONE SOURCE FOR LOCAL NEWS, WRAL NEWS COVERAGE. YOU CAN COME HOME. >> NOW AT 5.30, POLICE ARE REASSURING WORRIED PARENTS AFTER A HIGH SCHOOL TRACK ATHLETE WAS STABBED BY A FELLOW STUDENT. THE VICTIM'S FAMILY SAYS HE'S IN FOR A LONG RECOVERY. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I'M LENA TILLETT AND I'M DAN HAGGERTY. THIS HAPPENED JUST AFTER THE TEAM FINISHED PRACTICE YESTERDAY AND ATTRACT DECIDE. MANNING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. >> IN ROANOKE RAPIDS, WRAL'S BRYAN MIMS SPENT THE DAY LOOKING INTO WHAT HAPPENED HERE AND WHAT THE FAMILIES IN THAT AREA NEED TO KNOW. BRYANT. AND THIS IS WHERE IT HAPPENED RIGHT NEXT TO THIS RUNNING TRACK. IT'S A TRACK USED BY THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND BY THE PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY THIS TIME OF DAY. AS A MATTER OF FACT. >> THERE ARE PEOPLE WALKING LAPS AS WE SPEAK. THIS STABBING, OF COURSE, STUNNED THE COMMUNITY. BUT POLICE SAY THIS WAS NOT A RANDOM ATTACK. >> THAT DISCUSSION THAT THE THE STUDENTS I OBVIOUSLY LED TO THE ASSAULT. THE ASSAULT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 5.30, THURSDAY EVENING AS THE ROANOKE RAPIDS, HIGH SCHOOL TRACK TEAM FINISHED PRACTICE. >> WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED, THEY FOUND 18 YEAR-OLD CALEB DAVIS HAD BEEN STABBED SEVERAL TIMES. POLICE CHIEF BOBBY MARTIN SAYS DAVIS AND HIS 16 YEAR-OLD ATTACKER. ALSO A STUDENT AT ROANOKE RAPIDS, HIGH. NO ONE, ANOTHER. >> THIS WAS A ALTERCATION BETWEEN 2 STUDENTS THAT. FROM FROM WHAT WE'RE GATHERING HAD A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION ON SOMETHING THAT I'M JUST NOT AT LIBERTY TO TALK RIGHT NOW DUE TO THE FURTHER THE INVESTIGATION, POLICE HAVE NOT RELEASED THE 16 YEAR OLDS NAME BECAUSE OF HIS AGE. THE VICTIM WAS FLOWN DIVIDED MEDICAL CENTER IN GREENVILLE. POLICE SAY HE IS IN SERIOUS BUT STABLE CONDITION. >> CHIEF MARTIN TOLD ME THE FAMILY SAYS IT WILL BE A LONG RECOVERY SUPERINTENDENT JULIE THOMPSON DID NOT DO INTERVIEWS TODAY BUT ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING THERE WAS NO TIME A THREAT TO ELEMENTARY STUDENTS AND STAFF. I WANT TO COMMEND OUR COACHES, STAFF AND STUDENTS ON THE TRACK TEAM FOR THEIR QUICK RESPONSE AND COMPASSIONATE ACTIONS TO CALL 9-1-1 AND BE ABLE TO GET THE STUDENT VICTIM HELPED. >> SANDY ROBERSON WALKS DISTRACT REGULARLY. SHE HAD NOT HEARD ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED UNTIL WE TOLD HER. IT'S QUITE FRIGHTENING BECAUSE LIKE SAY, WE COME HERE THE AFTERNOON AND WE ALWAYS HAVE FELT LIKE. >> WE'RE SAFER HERE IN THE SMALL TOWN WHERE WE KNOW EVERYBODY AND EVERYBODY PRETTY MUCH KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON. AND YOU DON'T THINK THINGS LIKE THAT CAN HAPPEN, ESPECIALLY RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN LIKE THIS. >> ESPECIALLY IN THE MIDDLE EVE OF THE EVENING LIKE IT IS NOW THAT PRACTICE JUST WRAPPED UP 24 HOURS AGO WHEN THE ASSAULT HAPPENED, A NUMBER OF PARENTS SPOKE WITH ME AND SAID THEY WERE SHOCKED AND SCARED BY WHAT HAPPENED. AS FOR THE 16 YEAR-OLD SUSPECT IS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO KILL, CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY THAN MOST OF THE KID WHO GOT HER. HE RECOVERS QUICKLY WHETHER PEOPLE ARE THREATENED OR NOT. TERRIFYING FOR SO MANY

Roanoke Rapids teen stabbed by another teen during track practice 

Teen stabbed by another teen during track practice 

A high school student was stabbed multiple times Thursday afternoon at track practice. 

NC student airlifted to hospital after being stabbed during track practice 

Track closed where Roanoke Rapids High School student was stabbed

But data obtained by WRAL News showed that only a fraction of the students invited to summer school in Roanoke Rapids this year completed the program.

YOU'RE WATCHING >>> IN EFFORT TO BRIDGE THE LEARNING LOSS GAP MANY STUDENTS EXPERIENCE DURING THE PANDEMIC, SOME FAMILIES OPTED FOR SUMMER SCHOOL. >> RECORD SHOW ONLY A FRACTION OF STUDENTS INVITED TO THE SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM OF ROANOKE RAPIDS FINISHED IT. KEENAN WILLARD SHOWS US WHY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS THE NUMBERS DON'T TELL THE WHOLE STORY. >> WE WANTED TO INVITE AS MANY KIDS AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE WANTED TO GIVE KIDS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE BACK IN PERSON. >> Reporter: NUMBERS FROM THIS YEAR'S SUMMER SCHOOL SESSION IN ROANOKE RAPIDS, HALF THE STUDENTS INVITED, ONLY HALF ENROLLED AND OUT OF THAT HALF OF THEM SHOWED UP. THE NUMBER DECLINE FURTHER AS THE SESSION WENT ON. 119 CAME ON THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER SCHOOL JUNE 3. EIGHT WEEKS LATER ON JULY 29, THE NUMBER DROPPED TO 84 STUDENTS OUT OF 184 MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS INVITED, 74 SHOWED UP WITH REGULAR ATTENDANCE AROUND 61 STUDENTS. IN HIGH SCHOOL, 121 STUDENTS INVITED 44 CAME ON THE FIRST DAY. THE END OF THE PROGRAM ON JULY 29, 18 STUDENTS CAME TO CLASS. >> WHAT WE FOUND THAT THE NUMBERS ARE CONSISTENT WITH PARTICIPATION IN THE PAST. >> Reporter: ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT JULIANNA THOMPSON SAID BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, 50% OF STUDENTS WOULD ENROLL AT THIS YOUR SESSION BROUGHT NEW CHALLENGES WITH THAT. >> SUMMER SCHOOL WAS LONGER, VACATIONS WERE PLANNED, SOME OF THEM AFFECTED BY QUARANTINE PERSONALLY OR IN THE SCHOOL. >> Reporter: THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL ONE OF THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS TO FALL OVER THE COURSE OF SUMMER SCHOOL. >> THE WAY THE LEGISLATION FOR THE SHARE WAS WRITTEN WAS THAT A HIGH SCHOOL THAT FINISHED COURSE RECOVERY WOULD NOT HAVE TO STAY FOR THE ENTIRE TIME. THEY COULD LEAVE AS SOON AS THEY FINISH THE COURSES THEY NEEDED. ATTRITION WAS EXPECTED. >> Reporter: THE DIFFICULTIES GETTING AND KEEPING STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM OVERALL, WE ASK THE DISTRICT WHETHER THEY CONSIDER THIS YOURS SUMMER SCHOOL SESSION A SUCCESS. >> ABSOLUTELY. VERY SUCCESSFUL FOR ANY OF THE KIDS THAT CAME, IT WAS A GREAT

Data shows most Roanoke Rapids students didn't finish summer school 

Data shows ost Roanoke Rapids students didn't finish summer school 

Summer school this year was a way to bridge the learning loss gap many students experienced during the pandemic.

Data shows most Roanoke Rapids students didn't finish summer school

Most students didn't complete summer school in Roanoke Rapids

Students and parents in Roanoke Rapids marched Thursday to express displeasure with the school system's plan to keep high school students learning remotely while elementary and middle school students return to the classroom next month. 

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Roanoke Rapids teen stabbed by another teen during track practice

NC student airlifted to hospital after being stabbed during track practice

Data shows most Roanoke Rapids students didn't finish summer school

Data shows most Roanoke Rapids students didn't finish summer school

Roanoke Rapids students march to demand in-person classes for high school