Durham County sheriff's deputies are looking for the person they say opened fire Sunday night on another driver in the parking lot of a gas station. Deputies recovered a total of eight rifle shell casings in the parking lot of Han-Dee Hugo's at 423 Pleasant Drive.

Caught on camera: See the moment of road rage when someone shot at another driver in a Durham parking lot. Deputies need help IDing the shooter.

From restaurants to school bus drivers, North Carolina is experiencing a major worker shortage. 5 On Your Side's Keely Arthur looks at what caused it and how businesses are dealing with the problem.

On WRAL-TV at 6: NC's worker shortage is still being felt in many industries. What caused it and the factors making it harder to find employees.

According to police, Anthony Earl Brown, 44, of 611 E. Grand Ave., poured rubbing alcohol on Martha Alford, 37, then threw a match at her.

<b>ROCKY MOUNT, N.C.</b> — A Rocky Mount man has been found guilty in connection with a domestic violence incident in which police say he set fire to a woman.

Anthony Earl Brown, 44, was convicted Tuesday of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury. He was sentenced to between four-and-a-half and six years in prison.

Police said that on Sept. 21, 2009, Brown poured rubbing alcohol on Martha Alford, 37, and threw a match to ignite the alcohol. Alford was treated for severe burns at the North Carolina Jaycees Burn Center at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill.

State Department of Correction records show that Brown has a criminal record dating to 1982 that includes convictions for assault inflicting serious injury, common-law robbery, communicating threats and trespassing.

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Rocky Mount man convicted of setting woman on fire

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Rescuers in Turkey and Syria were desperately combing the rubble in search of survivors after a series of powerful earthquakes collapsed thousands of buildings, killed more than 3,000 people and raised the specter of a new humanitarian disaster.

NC State grad joins frantic search for survivors after series of quakes in eastern Turkey

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Gavin Lloyd Miller, 18, and Dillon Thomas Piper, 19, were each charged with second-degree murder in connection Hamilton Woods Jr.'s death on Jan. 29 in the Kerigon Lane area of Youngsville.

Franklin County murder case gets special prosecutor, two held on $5 million bond

Hamilton Woods murder suspect

The driver of the four-door Audi took a rifle from his car and fired multiple rounds at the Mustang as it drove away from the scene, according to the Durham County Sheriff's Office.

Durham County collision leads to road rage shooting; deputies looking for shooter in an Audi

Durham County sheriff's deputies are looking for the person they say opened fire Sunday night on another driver in the parking lot of Han-Dee Hugo's at 423 Pleasant Drive. Picture courtesy of the Durham County Sheriff's Office.

There are hidden places in North Carolina where you can walk in the footsteps of the Underground Railroad - where you can see what freedom seekers saw and try to gain a deeper understanding of the experience of escaping slavery.

'They were seeking freedom:' Centuries-old secrets hidden in giant coastal swamp

Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. Image courtesy of U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.

Leslie Muhammad's Toyota Camry bore an AirTag, an Apple tracking device, and her husband was able to see where it was using an app on his phone.

$29 AirTag helps Cary family, police locate stolen car within minutes

AirTags tracking suit: Two women say exes stalked them, sue Apple

Whether they realize it or not, the thousands who go hiking, biking or boating at Dismal Swamp State Park have passed near remnants of the Underground Railroad - and relics from the communities of free Black families who chose to make that swamp their home.

Secrets of the Underground Railroad found in ancient NC swamp 

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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

According to the Wilson Police Department, the shots were fired Monday afternoon in the parking lot of the Walmart on Forest Hills Road.


Sky 5 flies over a Wilson Walmart where shots were fired

A heartbreaking more than 2,300 people died when a 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Turkey and Syria on Monday, and authorities fear the death toll will rise further.

2,300 people lose their lives in 7.8 magnitude earthquake

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A 53-foot long trailer on Monday arrived at Carter-Finley Stadium to begin the process of turning the football field into an outdoor ice hockey rink.



Ice at Carter-Finley Stadium: Will warm temps cause issues for outdoor Canes game?

Ice-making machines arrive at Carter Finley ahead of Canes' outdoor game

Purdue's unquestioned grip on No. 1 in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll is gone after a weekend loss. That didn't stop the Boilermakers from remaining at the top anyway.

Purdue stays No. 1 in AP Top 25; NC State in at No. 22

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Shots were fired in broad daylight Monday outside a Walmart in Wilson.



Shots fired outside Walmart in Wilson

A woman was shot Monday several times outside a food mart in Fayetteville.



Woman shot 4 times as men tried to steal car outside Fayetteville store

Attempted carjacking, robbery 

A dozen headstones at a Wilson cemetery were destroyed by a hit and run driver over the weekend.

