12 taken to hospital after Cumberland Co. bus rear-ended

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:55:44 -0500

A pickup truck rear-ended a school bus on U.S. Highway 301 north of Fayetteville Friday afternoon, sending a dozen middle and high school students to the hospital. All of the injuries were minor, according to the state Highway Patrol.

Durham DA suspended from duty

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:50:06 -0500

A Franklin County judge decided Friday to suspend Durham County District Attorney Tracey Cline from her duties pending a hearing next month.

Faison latest to join gubernatorial fray

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:01:11 -0500

Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton put out a statement Thursday saying he'd run for governor, and State Rep. Bill Faison is expected to make the same decision Saturday morning.

Three arrested after man found dead in Raleigh hotel room

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:42:28 -0500

Raleigh police arrested three men Friday in connection with the death of Stephen Curtis Hoyle, 24, who was found shot to death in a room at the Studio Plus hotel in north Raleigh Thursday.

Two held without bond in deaths of Orange store owner, retired deputy

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:31:37 -0500

The two men charged with robbing a Cedar Grove thrift store on Wednesday and shooting the store owner and a retired deputy will spend the next couple of weeks in Central Prison, held without bond on charges of first-degree murder.

Durham police: 4-year-old found gun, accidentally shot himself

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:59:11 -0500

A 4-year-old boy found a gun and accidentally shot himself at a house on Brightfield Lane in the Ashefield Place subdivision Friday morning, according to police.