4 NC counties are under alert.

The chances for severe weather are dwindling after some in the viewing area saw hail during the afternoon.


Thunderstorms loom overnight after severe weather risk Sunday

Severe Weather Alerts - NC

Three people who were shot were taken to the hospital, where one person died on arrival.

Fayetteville Police: 1 person dead, 2 people injured in shooting Sunday

Police car crime scene night

The storms that ran through the south claimed the lives of dozens of people in Mississippi, but locals in the area are joining the efforts to help the state get back on their feet.

Red Cross, Samaritan's Purse aiding victims of Mississippi storms

Storm damage in Mississippi

Three men were arrested on Saturday in Nash County when deputies uncovered a cock fighting operation.

Fowl play: Deputies bust cock fighting operation in Nash County, 3 men arrested

3 arrested in cock fighting ring

First Citizens Bank of Raleigh could be in the final hours of negotiating the acquisition of failed Silicon Valley Bank, according to media reports.

First Citizens reportedly is close to deal to acquire Silicon Valley Bank

Report: First Citizens still hopes to acquire Silicon Valley Bank

NCAA bracket

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Authorities were investigating a school bus that wrecked in Hoke County Tuesday morning at the intersection of Arabia and Everitt Roads.

<b>RAEFORD, N.C.</b> — No one was injured when a school bus ran off the road Tuesday morning in Hoke County.

Troopers with the North Carolina State Highway Patrol said the accident happened about 7 a.m. at the intersection of Arabia and Everitt roads. The bus left the roadway to the right and came to a stop in a ditch.

Troopers said four children were on board, and no other vehicles were involved.

Derek Medlin

School bus crashes in Hoke County

Hoke County school bus wreck

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One little girl and the swift actions of a group with a shared goal helped to save a giant pacific octopus in Washington state.

On cam: Little girl rescues giant Pacific octopus 

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A man is dead after an altercation with Lenoir County Sheriff deputies during the early hours of Saturday morning.

Suspect shot, killed in Kinston after aiming rifle at deputies 

A shooting in Roxboro on the 200 block of West Morehead Street Friday afternoon has led to two deaths and one other serious injury.

Two dead, one hurt from Roxboro shooting after shooter dies from self-inflicted wound

Roxboro 

Once part of North Carolina's Medicaid expansion debate, the SAVE Act has lost steam. Nurses say doctors want to protect fees that current laws let them charge specialized nurses. Doctors say it's about patient safety.

Intense lobbying, broad support, no votes: NC nursing bill in limbo

Triangle hospitals experiencing nurse shortage as COVID hospitalizations rise 

ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — Help began pouring into one of the poorest regions of the U.S. after a deadly tornado tore a path of destruction for more than an hour across a long swath of Mississippi, even as furious new storms Sunday struck across the Deep South.