6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (302+ words) ACC women’s basketball fans can finally plan their winter activities after the conference — including Duke, N.C. State and North Carolina — released a complete schedule last week. All three Triangle programs have at least four nonconference games against Power Four…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (274+ words) A man has been arrested on multiple charges after allegedly stealing a $900,000 air conditioning system from a Durham elementary school for scrap metal. William Leroy Jenkins, 38, of Durham was arrested Tuesday on five charges, including felony larceny, in the Aug....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (216+ words) The late-summer heat wave forced an abrupt end to the school day at Hillside High School in Durham. Students were dismissed at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday after the building’s HVAC system broke under the extreme temperatures in the Triangle. Temperatures climbed to 95 degrees…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (165+ words) A 35-year-old man faces charges of felony hit-and-run and misdemeanor death by motor vehicle after a pedestrian was struck and killed along Capital Boulevard early Saturday, Raleigh police said. Tyrone Jamaal Jackson, 35, was driving a 2016 Dodge Challenger north on Capital…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (190+ words) A former Campbell University student was arrested Wednesday after being accused of planning a mass shooting on campus. Gabriel David Sharlow, 19, of Greenville is charged with communicating a threat of mass violence on educational property, as first reported by WRAL....

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (480+ words) Forty years ago, North Carolina’s coastal fisheries were nearly overflowing with local species like the Atlantic croaker, spot and weakfish. But today, experts say the once-abundant coastal waters are nearly empty, after decades of overfishing led to a staggering decline…...