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  • Lower temps humidity signal pleasant weekend

    Raleigh, N.C. - Two things are going to drop dramatically over the next few days, WRAL Chief Meteorologist Greg Fishel said Wednesday: the temperature and the dew point, meaning a lovely spring weekend is on its way to central North Carolina.A cold front rolling through the area Friday will bring lower humidity and temperatures in the low to mid 70s after a several-day string of muggy, stormy ...

  • Eastbrook Road drama plays out in trial over slain toddler

    The first-degree murder trial of Ellis Royster, accused of the 2010 shooting death of a 2-year-old boy, turned into a neighborhood drama on Wednesday. As Royster and his attorney listened, Alvin Alexander, who like the defendant had grown up on Eastbrook Road in northeast Charlotte, told the jury how a soured $10 drug deal had later escalated into a barrage of gunshots. One struck and killed ...

  • Defense witnesses offer contrasting image of Abaroa marriage

    Durham, N.C. - Jurors hearing testimony in the first-degree murder trial of Raven Abaroa, accused of killing his wife eight years ago, heard Wednesday about a starkly different relationship than the troubled one prosecutors have portrayed for the past three ...

  • North Carolinas Raleigh Adding City Jobs Giving Workers Raises

    As Raleigh continues to recover from the recession, City Manager Russell Allen's proposed budget keeps property taxes steady while increasing utility bills, adding 40 new positions and giving employees a 3 percent raise. The budget for fiscal year 2013-14 totals $705.23 million in spending. Up from $679 million this past year, it's the highest in city history and a reflection of ...

  • JPMorgan celebrates banking team growth

    JPMorgan Chase President, Mid-Atlantic market, Wayne Trotman and North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory, speak at the Foundation For The Carolinas, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. JPMorgan Chase is celebrate its move into the Hearst Tower -- right in Bank of America's backyard. Davie Hinshaw - ...


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  • Public financing for judicial candidates faces opposition from Senate leaders McCrory

    RALEIGH Advocates of North Carolina’s public financing program for judicial candidates ramped up their efforts to keep it Wednesday in the face of opposition from Senate Republican leaders and Gov. Pat McCrory. Among other things, they distributed a letter signed by three former governors and more than 200 business leaders – many from Charlotte – in support of the nearly ...

  • 2014 NASCAR Hall of Fame class spans decades

    Tim Flock, Maurice Petty, Dale Jarrett, Jack Ingram and Fireball Roberts were elected as the five-man 2014 class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Wednesday. NASCAR chairman Brian France announce the five inductees in a ceremony at the NASCAR hall of fame. They were selected by a panel 55 voters, plus one ballot from a fan vote, from a list of 25 nominees. Flock, a two-time champion in what is now ...

  • NC college could lose aid for not reporting crimes

    ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) -- Elizabeth City State University could face the loss of federal financial aid as well as nearly $4.4 million in fines for not reporting more than 120 crimes as required by ...

  • Virginia Tech beats Virginia 10-1 in ACC tourney

    DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- Chad Pinder hit two home runs - including a sixth-inning grand slam - and drove in six runs to help Virginia Tech beat Virginia 10-1 on Wednesday in pool play of the Atlantic Coast Conference ...

  • Fort Bragg soldier from Osceola County declared dead

    ST CLOUD -- The US Army has declared dead a Fort Bragg soldier from St. Cloud, after being missing for more than a year. Specialist Kelli Bordeaux, 23, was last seen headed to a bar near her apartment in North Carolina in April 2012. Witnesses report seeing her leave the bar with a homeless sex offender, who denied any role in her disappearance. Volunteers scoured secluded areas around the ...

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