All state employees would get a minimum 7.5% raise over the next two years under a budget proposed Wednesday by Republican leaders in the state House. Their budget plan would also fund school safety improvements and economic development projects, while keeping previously approved tax cuts on track.

Double-digit raises for teachers, some other state workers. See what's in the first draft of the new NC budget.

The man accused of hitting and killing an 11-year-old girl during the Raleigh Christmas Parade faced a judge Wednesday morning.

'Hailey would pray we all find happiness:' Father speaks after driver in deadly Christmas crash jailed

Driver in deadly Christmas Parade crash given $250,000 bond, sent to jail

Clean water, better roads and raises for teachers are among the priorities Republicans in the NC House want to address in the new state budget.

Double-digit raises for teachers, some other state workers: See what's in the first draft of new NC budget

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A TikTok video of an Amazon driver walking casually through a police standoff in Raleigh is going viral.

'Amazon don't play!' Driver delivers package amid Raleigh police standoff, goes viral 

North Carolina Republicans scrapped the state's long-lived pistol permit requirement Wednesday, aided by the absence of several Democrats, which gave Republicans the numbers they needed to overturn Gov. Roy Cooper's veto for the first time since Republicans lost their veto-proof super majorities in the 2018 elections.

North Carolina ends pistol permit system

A handful of key Democrats missed a gun bill vote in the NC House of Representatives Wednesday, leaving empty seats. Also pictured in the blue jacket: State Rep. Marvin Lucas, who attended the session despite having a broken leg, according to House Democratic Leader Robert Reives.

A group of crumbling parking lots and abandoned buildings could soon be transformed into a waterfront destination in Raleigh.

Waterfront Park: Abandoned lots could be transformed into Midtown Raleigh destination 

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Motorists could run into delays this weekend on eastbound Interstate 440 because of lane closures, state transportation officials said.

<b>RALEIGH, N.C.</b> — Motorists could run into delays this weekend on eastbound Interstate 440 because of lane closures, state transportation officials said.

Single lane and inside shoulder closures will be in place from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday on the I-440 bridge over Atlantic Avenue, between the Wake Forest Road and Capital Boulevard exits.

Officials said the closures are needed so crews can remove the bridge’s old concrete deck and replace it with latex-modified concrete.

When the concrete pouring is being done overnight, a second lane will be closed from 9 p.m. Friday to 9 a.m. Saturday; 10 pm. Saturday to 11 a.m. Sunday; and 9 p.m. Sunday to 5 a.m. Monday.

The work is part of a $2.3 million contract awarded for preservation work on four bridges, including the westbound bridge in the same location, and two U.S. Highway 64 bridges over I-440 in west Raleigh. <br />

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Weekend lane closures planned for I-440 

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South Garner High School is hosting a press conference to name its next head football coach.

South Garner announces next head football coach

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

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.

Save Miss Belle's Bash: Fundraiser aims to raise $175,000 to save historic home from demolition

Community fights to save historic home in town of Cameron

The parents of Hailey Brooks, the 11-year-old girl who was killed by a runaway truck in the Raleigh Christmas Parade, speak after man charged with her death gets $250,000 bond.

'She would pray we all find happiness: Parents of girl killed in Christmas Parade share memories

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South Garner High School announced on Wednesday that Greg Greene will be the third head football coach in school history. Most recently, Greene was the assistant head coach and offensive line coach at Riverside High School in Durham. The Titans opened their doors in 2018. Daniel Finn was the head coach from the opening year until the end of the 2021 season.

South Garner names Riverside's Greg Greene as next head football coach

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The Raleigh arena that is home to the NHL's Carolina Hurricanes and NC State's men's basketball team will remain PNC Arena for, at least, the next two years under a new agreement between the hockey team and the bank.

Name remains the same: Hurricanes extend naming rights agreement for PNC Arena

Committee mulls over propsoals to upgrade PNC Arena, give fans world-class experience

Durham police released a picture of a shirtless man on a green and white motorcycle. Police believe he was involved in Thursday's shooting of a boy.