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A man crossing New Bern Avenue was hit and killed Monday night, according to Raleigh police

Overwhelmed with emotion, Victoria Gregg, left, wells up with tears as she greets her son Kenny Gregg after commencement exercise for Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School at the Progress Energy Center for Performing Arts in Raleigh on Tuesday, May 29, 2012. See other photos from the graduation...

A Wake County family has filed a complaint against the school system’s decision to suspend allowing elementary school students to take the new middle school math curriculum.

Some local vet practices have started to focus on at-home hospice care and at-home euthanasia services for pets.

His love of the sand extends well beyond his sculptures. He now runs an annual event at the beach for the families of children with cancer.

The Saturday Market, a small farmers market in the Boylan Heights section of Raleigh, attracts 300 customers each weekend looking for unique, local items.

Raleigh police charge that a woman had 20 prescriptions filled at a series of drug stores after getting the orders by withholding information from doctors or misleading them.

A Wake Forest man sought in his wife’s slaying and captured in Virginia was returned to North Carolina Friday night and formally charged with murder.

While many groups encourage U.S. troops deployed overseas by sending care packages, a Raleigh-based nonprofit’s mission is to welcome our warriors home.

The town of Cary has settled lawsuits from a former high school student and a cell-tower construction company.

An administrative law judge has found that last year, the state improperly analyzed all the proposals to build new hospitals or expand existing ones in Wake County. Both WakeMed and Rex Healthcare won approval to expand their services in the county.

A Duke University professor who specializes in the brain testified that Jason Williford was reeling from alcohol and drugs that stimulated his sexual addiction.

Sonny Lee Howard will be transported back from Virginia to Wake County, where he’ll be officially charged with killing his wife.

Wake County doesn’t think the erotic trilogy has staying power. Johnston just ordered it. Durham has a waiting list to read it.

The Raleigh Fire Department and State Bureau of Investigation are working together to find out what caused a fire that shot through the roof of an unoccupied building Wednesday evening.

An 18-year-old charged in a string of incidents of breaking and entering that occurred last week was discovered because he left his cell phone in one of the garages where he stole beer, according to Cary police.

When Virginia authorities stopped a pickup truck Wednesday afternoon, they discovered the body of a 50-year-old Wake County woman inside of the vehicle. Her husband, who was driving the truck, was detained.