37 NC counties are under alert, including Cumberland, Johnston, Wayne, Harnett, and Moore counties.

More than a dozen former employees say understaffing at Brynn Marr Hospital contributes to what they describe as a dangerous place for patients and employees. Hospital officials say allegations of violence, sexual assaults, overmedication and lack of mental health therapy are unfounded.

Former employees say short-staffed NC psych hospital rife with violence, abuse

Brynn Marr Hospital

According to a recent Edmunds used vehicle report, demand for used cars is dropping and so are their values as the new-car market rebounds from pandemic-induced shortages. T 

Edmunds: Trade or sell your car? What's best might surprise you

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On Feb. 12, the Nash County Sheriff's Office responded to UNC Nash General Hospital in reference to a woman being sexually assaulted. Upon arriving at the hospital, deputies identified the victim as a 20-year-old woman with a mental disability.

Three men arrested after young woman with mental disability raped repeatedly at Spring Hope home

Markeefe La'Shaun Scriven, Roylando Lucas and Aaron Danay Lucas

A family is suing a small town in Nash County after a 30-mile police pursuit ended in a crash, leaving a wife and mother with "catastrophic" injuries.

Husband sues Spring Hope PD after crash leaves wife unable to walk, talk

Husband hoping for miracle after devastating crash leaves wife with catastrophic injuries

A family is suing a small town in Nash County over a 30-mile police pursuit that left an innocent wife and mother with "catastrophic" injuries.

CARS DOT COM. >> A FAMILY IN WENDELL IS SUING A NASH COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT OVER A 30 MILE HIGH-SPEED PURSUIT CHASE THAT ENDED WITH A CRASH THAT CRITICALLY INJURED AN INNOCENT WOMAN. 2 YEARS LATER, SHE'S NOT TALKING WALKING OR RESPONDING. WRAL'S JOE FISHER REPORTS. THIS LAWSUIT IS CHALLENGING GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY WHICH PROTECTS POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN MANY CASES FROM LIABILITY. >> THIS POLICE CHASE STARTED OVER A SPEEDING VIOLATION AND IT ENDED WITH A WOMAN'S LIFE FOREVER CHANGED. >> AND THAT COULD GIVE EYE CONTACT. CAN YOU GIVE I CAN TELL YOU. >> FOR 2 YEARS, AL BEEN OR HAS CARED FOR HIS WIFE WITH A ROUND. THE CLOCK HELP FROM NURSES? YES, IT'S ME. IT'S ME. GIVE YOU FULL. YOU KNOW, GORGES CAROLYN TROUBLE. FIELD BUTTER SPENT 88 DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL, SUFFERING A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND SPINAL CORD INJURY AFTER A HOME WITH A CRASH THAT NEARLY KILLED HER. WHEN I SAW THAT SITUATION HAD NO STRENGTH AND SO IT'S BEEN FROM THAT POINT. AND TO NOW, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST WE JUST LIVING OFF THE GRACE AND THE LOVE OF GOD. THE 71 YEAR-OLD WAS WORKING FULL TIME VOLUNTEERING AND TAKING CARE OF HER ELDERLY MOM, A VIBRANT, ENERGETIC WOMAN NOW CONFINED TO A WHEELCHAIR, BARELY RESPONSIVE. SHE WAS, YOU KNOW, EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY ACTIVE, EXTREMELY ACTIVE. SO THIS IS A, YOU YOU KNOW, I THINK COMPLETE 180, WHAT IS THE HARDEST PART ABOUT SEEING, CAROL AND THIS CONDITION WATCHING HER SUFFER SOME TIME. I KNOW SHE'S GOT THE WIN AND, YOU KNOW, HOPING AND THINKING THAT, YOU KNOW, LIFE IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT AND WHAT IT WAS. IN MARCH OF 2021. BUTTER WAS HIT BY TERRY HARRIS WHO WAS SPEEDING AWAY FROM POLICE. NOW THE FAMILY IS SUING THE SPRING. HOPE POLICE DEPARTMENT ACCUSING AN OFFICER AND HIS SUPERVISORS OF GROSS NEGLIGENCE FREE 30 MILE CHASE STARTING IN NASH COUNTY. TOPPING SPEEDS OF 100 MILES AN HOUR BEFORE ENDING IN THE CRASH ON POOL ROAD IN KNIGHTDALE. THE LAWSUIT SAYS, QUOTE, OFFICER LUCAS BREACHED HIS DUTY OF CARE AND WAS NEGLIGENT BY INITIATING AND CONTINUING A LENGTHY HIGH-SPEED CHASE BECAUSE OF A ROUTINE SPEEDING OFFENSE. AND BY FAILING TO STOP THE CHASE WHEN IT BECAME READILY APPARENT THAT THE CHASE WITH LIKELY TO ENDANGER THE LIVES AND SAFETY OF INNOCENT CIVILIANS SUCH AS MISS BONNER. MAJOR DECISIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES. AND WE'RE LIVING WITH THOSE CONSEQUENCES. AND YOU THINK SOMEONE NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. THE TOWN OF SPRING HOPE DENIES CLAIMS OF NEGLIGENCE. A POLICE REPORT SHOWS HARRIS WAS DRIVING IN AN ERRATIC MANNER AND IN A COURT FILING, THE TOWN'S LAWYER WRITES, QUOTE, OFFICER LUCAS DID NOT KEEP UP WITH HARRIS BUT RATHER MAINTAIN SITE WHILE KEEPING A SAFE DISTANCE. THE TOWN SAYS GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY PROTECTS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE OFFICER FROM LIABILITY JUST BREAKS MY HEART HONOR SAYS CHASES LIKE THESE DO NOT HAVE TO HAPPEN, BUT WE WOULD HOPE FOR IS A MAJOR REDUCTION OF NOT HAVING TO GO THROUGH WHAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH. >> EVEN AS HE GRIEVES THE HARSH REALITIES AND A POOR PROGNOSIS. HE'S CHERISHING EVERY PRECIOUS MOMENT. WHAT ARE THE PRECIOUS MOMENTS NOW? IT IS WHEN WE'RE TOTALLY ALONE AND SHE LOOKS AT ME. IN THE WAY SHE USED TO LOOK AT ME A GLIMMER OF HOPE THAT HIS WIFE OF 31 YEARS, HIS BEST FRIEND. WE'LL BE FULLY RESTORED THERE, GIVING US A PROGNOSIS. BUT >> THERE'S A LOT OF UNKNOWNS ABOUT HIS THIS TYPE OF BRAIN INJURY. YOU'RE HOPING FOR A MIRACLE? THAT'S CORRECT. I DON'T THINK THE ONE AND ONLY TONY, THOUSANDS OF I JUST NEED ONE. >> I'M JOE FISHER. WRAL NEWS. THE TOWN OF SPRING. HOPE. SHANE, IT DOES NOT COMMENT ON PENDING LAWSUITS. THE TOWN MANAGER SAYS THE OFFICER INVOLVED IN THE CHASE DID NOT

An entire North Carolina town is without water after Duke Energy's rolling blackouts over Christmas weekend.

Entire NC towns without water for days after power outages, freezing weather

Spring Hope residents go days without water

Joshua Frazier, 33, was charged with first-degree murder in the death of 60-year-old Mildred Allen Frazier. 



Police: Son stabs mother to death in Nash County 

Mother stabbed to death by son in Nash County, according to police

A son stabbed his mother in Nash County on Wednesday, according to Spring Hope police. 



>>> THE END OF AN AIR A. ELLE >>> POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A STABBING WHERE ONE FAMILY MEMBER KILLED ANOTHER. WRAL'S KEENAN WILLARD HAS AN UPDATE. >> SPRING HOPE POLICE SAY THEY WERE CALLED OUT TO THIS HOME ON WALNUT STREET JUST BEFORE 10:15 THIS MORNING. WHEN THEY GOT HERE, THEY FOUND A PERSON STABBED TO DEATH. THEY SAY THE VICTIM AND THE ACCUSED KILLER ARE RELATED. POLICE TELL WRAL THERE WERE CALLED FOR THE  POSSIBLE DISTURBANCE INVOLVING A MEDICAL ISSUE. THEY WENT INSIDE ONE OF THE BEDROOMS AND FOUND THE VICTIM'S BODY. THEY HAVE NOT PROVIDED ANY INFORMATION ON WHO THE VICTIM WAS BUT THEY ALREADY ARRESTED THE SUSPECT.

Three businesses in Nash County were forced to close when a commercial warehouse next door partially collapsed, spewing bricks and other debris.

