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Former Johnston County teacher charged with having sex with student

Officials say Eric Lamar Minter, who taught business education at Smithfield-Selma High School, had sex with a 19-year-old female student at his home in Clayton while he was still employed by the school system.

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STATE POLITICS

Johnston County teachers speak out against state budget proposals

Twenty Johnston County teachers who are fed up with how they’re being treated aired their grievances to a quietly receptive Rep. Leo Daughtry, a Smithfield Republican, on Monday in Clayton.
WEATHER

Tropical Storm Andrea soaking Triangle; flood warning in effect

The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for much of the Triangle. As much as four inches of rain could fall in some places, forecasters said.
JOHNSTON COUNTY

Johnston crash claims life of 4-year-old girl, hurts four adults

Madison Creech was killed in a one-car accident in which a car went off NC 96 between Antioch Church Road and Price Road and hit a tree, state troopers said.
JOHNSTON COUNTY

Motorcycle crash near Angier injures Fuquay-Varina man

State troopers said Dustin Lee West, 21, was riding north on Chisenhall Road when the machine went off the road.
WAKE COUNTY

Triangle students don’t make spelling bee semifinals

Though none of the five Triangle students made the semifinals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, they consider their performances a success.
WAKE COUNTY

Five Triangle students vie for title of nation’s greatest speller

Five boys from the Triangle area are competing in the Scripps National Spelling Bee just outside of Washington, D.C. Going up against 276 other spellers, the students will need a little bit of luck and a big vocabulary to take home the grand prize.
WAKE COUNTY

National Spelling Bee starts off with computer test

The inclusion of a vocabulary test this year is a major change. But it may just help several of the students from North Carolina.
WAKE COUNTY

Census: Rolesville, Knightdale lead growth in the Triangle

Rolesville and Knightdale have each grown by more than 10 percent in the two years ending last July, according to estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
CRIME

Princeton teen says he knew about shotguns in truck and lied about it

David Cole Withrow, a Johnston County teen, apologized Thursday for misleading investigators about a pair of shotguns found in his truck at Princeton High School, admitting that he knew the weapons were in his vehicle.
TRAFFIC

Tata takes steps to ease I-40 project pain around Raleigh

The I-40/440 rebuild project will cause traffic delays for Raleigh’s busiest expressway. NCDOT says it has taken steps to minimize the chaos.