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.

A Wendell girl died Monday morning in a wreck on State Road 2322 near State Road 2409, according to police.

<b>WENDELL, N.C.</b> — A Wendell girl died Monday morning in a wreck on State Road 2322 near State Road 2409, according to police.

Tiffany Michelle Strickland, 18, of 2400 Davistown Road, ran off the road to the right and over-corrected. She hit a cable box, ran into a ditch and her car flipped, according to the report on the wreck. She was not wearing a seat belt.

No other vehicles were involved, and Strickland was alone in the car, police said.

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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

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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

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 

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 small earthquake rumbled through western New York early Monday, alarming people in a region unaccustomed to such shaking but apparently causing no significant damage.

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