Wake County Superintendent Tony Tata on Friday defended a plan to change the schedules at most of the district's schools this fall, while also saying that school leaders may reconsider where they relocate Panther Creek High's freshmen.

Seven-term Raleigh City Councilman John Odom knows all too well about the rigors of running for office every two years. Odom wants the city to consider four-year terms. He says it would result in better government.

Prosecutors trying Jason Young on accusations that he murdered his pregnant wife spent much of this week highlighting how long Young waited to provide an account of his whereabouts at the time of the death.

Henny Penny the chicken lives in pseudo-secrecy, known by her neighbors but banned by the town of Cary. Visits from the meter reader and government employees bring the threat of fines and confiscation for Henny Penny and her coop-mate.

Under a new North Carolina law, state health officials have begun collecting data on infections that patients get while in the hospital, and plan to begin making it public this fall.

Sen. Richard Stevens of Cary, the co-chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee and one of the most influential lawmakers in the Triangle, said Friday that he will not seek re-election.

A new bridge to carry passenger trains across Capital Boulevard is part of the alignment recommended this week by North Carolina and Virginia transportation officials for a proposed 162-mile track that would run trains as fast as 110 miles per hour between Raleigh and Richmond, Va.

The fire department suspects arson in a fire that burned down a Raleigh home early this morning.

An investigation into bootleg DVD trafficking led to the arrest of a WakeMed employee for drug possession.

A Wake County investigator testified Thursday during the Jason Young murder trial that he called Raleigh-Durham International Airport during his investigation to find out whether any small planes had landed Nov. 3, 2006, from southwestern Virginia.

Police have charged a driver in an accident where a 52-year-old woman was hit by a car while crossing Duraleigh Road at the intersection of Pleasant Valley Road on Thursday evening.

A former Raleigh resident accused of kidnapping a 3-week-old girl from Harlem Hospital in 1987, then raising the child as her own, is expected to plead guilty to charges in New York federal court today.

The Catholic Diocese of Raleigh will soon begin the long process of determining whether the first North Carolina native to be ordained a priest should be declared a saint.

Keith Adams says he simply wanted to reclaim more than 30 of his paintings that were inside Bistro 155, a restaurant that had recently closed.

A woman who owns a house in southern Wake County where police discovered 24 marijuana plants and 4.75 pounds of clippings was arrested Thursday, joining three others already facing drug charges.

Wake County sheriff's deputies jailed a man Wednesday on charges that he raped and molested a 12-year-old girl over several years.

Court dates have been scheduled for the 30 protesters who were arrested at Wake County school board meetings in 2010.