Published: 2020-05-24 17:50:00Updated: 2020-05-25 05:02:41Local NewsTags:By Nia Harden, WRAL reporter; Aaron Thomas, WRAL reporter — Comments made on social media ahead of today's ReOpen NC march raised concerns of safety​ and violence.Adam Smith, the husband of ReOpen NC's co-founder, said reopening NC to protect businesses and constitutional rights are issues some should be willing to kill over."We want to pick up arms? Do we want to kill anybody? Of course not, nobody wants to take lives. We don’t want to kill anybody. But are we willing to kill people, are we willing to lay our lives...…Published: 2020-05-24 17:50:00Updated: 2020-05-25 05:02:41Local NewsTags:By Nia Harden, WRAL reporter; Aaron Thomas, WRAL reporter — Comments made on social media ahead of today's ReOpen NC march raised concerns of safety​ and violence.Adam Smith, the husband of ReOpen NC's co-founder, said reopening NC to protect businesses and constitutional rights are issues some should be willing to kill over."We want to pick up arms? Do we want to kill anybody? Of course not, nobody wants to take lives. We don’t want to kill anybody. But are we willing to kill people, are we willing to lay our lives...WW…

Published: 2020-06-15 15:24:00Updated: 2020-06-15 23:57:09Local NewsTags:By Matthew Burns, WRAL.com senior producer/politics editor, & Leslie Moreno and Aaron Thomas, WRAL reporters — Noting that North Carolina's coronavirus case count continues to rise, Gov. Roy Cooper said Monday that requiring people to wear masks in public to limit the spread of the virus is "absolutely in discussion."Wake County commissioners also are considering such a mandate, and the Raleigh City Council plans to vote Tuesday on requiring masks.While , elsewhere in the state, they are currently required only for...…Published: 2020-06-15 15:24:00Updated: 2020-06-15 23:57:09Local NewsTags:By Matthew Burns, WRAL.com senior producer/politics editor, & Leslie Moreno and Aaron Thomas, WRAL reporters — Noting that North Carolina's coronavirus case count continues to rise, Gov. Roy Cooper said Monday that requiring people to wear masks in public to limit the spread of the virus is "absolutely in discussion."Wake County commissioners also are considering such a mandate, and the Raleigh City Council plans to vote Tuesday on requiring masks.While , elsewhere in the state, they are currently required only for...WW…

Published: 2020-05-30 06:46:00Updated: 2020-05-31 16:45:24Local NewsTags:— Protests, fires and outrage over the death of George Floyd have broken out in more than a dozen cities across the country, with some protesters smashing windows, setting cars ablaze and clashing with police officers.Tonight, protesters in Fayetteville and Raleigh have grown unsettled--and, in some cases, violent. A historic building was set on fire and vandalized, police cars are being smashed, flag were burned. Protesters have thrown bottles and other items at officers. By the end of the night, it was unclear if the...…Published: 2020-05-30 06:46:00Updated: 2020-05-31 16:45:24Local NewsTags:— Protests, fires and outrage over the death of George Floyd have broken out in more than a dozen cities across the country, with some protesters smashing windows, setting cars ablaze and clashing with police officers.Tonight, protesters in Fayetteville and Raleigh have grown unsettled--and, in some cases, violent. A historic building was set on fire and vandalized, police cars are being smashed, flag were burned. Protesters have thrown bottles and other items at officers. By the end of the night, it was unclear if the...WW…

Published: 2020-07-29 16:09:00Updated: 2020-07-30 11:49:55Local NewsTags:By Aaron Thomas, WRAL reporter — On Wednesday afternoon, investigators released dash camera video of the moment a Roxboro police officer shot and killed a man Friday.Roxboro Chief of Police David Hess had said 45-year-old David Brooks Jr. was armed when he was shot. The video shows him with a shotgun.Brooks' father, David Brooks Sr., alongside Roxboro police officers before its public release. He said, based on what he watched in the recording, that the shooting was not justified.In the first clip, an officer is...…Published: 2020-07-29 16:09:00Updated: 2020-07-30 11:49:55Local NewsTags:By Aaron Thomas, WRAL reporter — On Wednesday afternoon, investigators released dash camera video of the moment a Roxboro police officer shot and killed a man Friday.Roxboro Chief of Police David Hess had said 45-year-old David Brooks Jr. was armed when he was shot. The video shows him with a shotgun.Brooks' father, David Brooks Sr., alongside Roxboro police officers before its public release. He said, based on what he watched in the recording, that the shooting was not justified.In the first clip, an officer is...WW…

Published: 2020-07-06 18:06:00Updated: 2020-07-06 19:21:30Local PoliticsTags:By Matthew Burns, WRAL.com senior producer/politics editor — Wake County became the first county in North Carolina to formally recognize Juneteenth, when commissioners voted Monday to make June 19 a county holiday.The commissioners also voted unanimously to declare racism a public health crisis in the county.Juneteenth recognizes the after the Civil War.Commissioner Jessica Holmes said the day is the oldest national celebration of the end of slavery."We all enthusiastically celebrate the Fourth of July and our...…Published: 2020-07-06 18:06:00Updated: 2020-07-06 19:21:30Local PoliticsTags:By Matthew Burns, WRAL.com senior producer/politics editor — Wake County became the first county in North Carolina to formally recognize Juneteenth, when commissioners voted Monday to make June 19 a county holiday.The commissioners also voted unanimously to declare racism a public health crisis in the county.Juneteenth recognizes the after the Civil War.Commissioner Jessica Holmes said the day is the oldest national celebration of the end of slavery."We all enthusiastically celebrate the Fourth of July and our...WW…

Published: 2020-05-12 20:42:00Updated: 2020-05-12 22:26:50Local NewsTags:— Goldsboro city workers are demanding better pay and protection on the job in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.Workers began their march to city hall after holding a protest there. City workers said they’ve spent months asking the city manager for proper and hazard pay. They eventually took their concerns inside.Workers took their concerns into the city hall building and waited for Goldsboro City Manager Tim Salmon. He eventually came down and talked with a city worker who works in Greensboro but is standing...…Published: 2020-05-12 20:42:00Updated: 2020-05-12 22:26:50Local NewsTags:— Goldsboro city workers are demanding better pay and protection on the job in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.Workers began their march to city hall after holding a protest there. City workers said they’ve spent months asking the city manager for proper and hazard pay. They eventually took their concerns inside.Workers took their concerns into the city hall building and waited for Goldsboro City Manager Tim Salmon. He eventually came down and talked with a city worker who works in Greensboro but is standing...WW…

Published: 2020-05-16 15:35:00Updated: 2020-05-18 09:57:12Local NewsTags:By Aaron Thomas, WRAL reporterAfter filing a lawsuit against Governor Cooper's order allowing gatherings of only 10 people or less, church leaders won a temporary restraining order, allowing them to meet in larger numbers for worship for at least 14 days.The ruling was issued Saturday by US District Court Judge James C. Dever III. He wrote, in part:"There is no pandemic exception to the Constitution of the United States or the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment. Plaintiffs have demonstrated that they are...…Published: 2020-05-16 15:35:00Updated: 2020-05-18 09:57:12Local NewsTags:By Aaron Thomas, WRAL reporterAfter filing a lawsuit against Governor Cooper's order allowing gatherings of only 10 people or less, church leaders won a temporary restraining order, allowing them to meet in larger numbers for worship for at least 14 days.The ruling was issued Saturday by US District Court Judge James C. Dever III. He wrote, in part:"There is no pandemic exception to the Constitution of the United States or the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment. Plaintiffs have demonstrated that they are...WW…

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Published: 2020-08-17 14:51:00Updated: 2020-08-18 08:37:01EducationTags:By Matthew Burns, WRAL.com senior producer/politics editor, & Keely Arthur and Aaron Thomas, WRAL reporters — The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will shift all undergraduate classes online, starting Wednesday, as the number of coronavirus cases on campus continues to grow, Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz told students and faculty Monday.– five or more cases – of the virus have been reported at and a fraternity since Friday. According to UNC-Chapel Hill data, 130 students and five employees tested positive...…Published: 2020-08-17 14:51:00Updated: 2020-08-18 08:37:01EducationTags:By Matthew Burns, WRAL.com senior producer/politics editor, & Keely Arthur and Aaron Thomas, WRAL reporters — The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will shift all undergraduate classes online, starting Wednesday, as the number of coronavirus cases on campus continues to grow, Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz told students and faculty Monday.– five or more cases – of the virus have been reported at and a fraternity since Friday. According to UNC-Chapel Hill data, 130 students and five employees tested positive...WW…

Published: 2020-05-31 10:52:00Updated: 2020-06-22 13:09:47National NewsTags:— Protests of the death of George Floyd continued into the early hours of Monday morning.At 4:30 a.m., the National Guard remained in downtown Raleigh, where dozens were still gathered at E. Hargett Street and S. Wilmington Street during the second night of Triangle demonstrations.Malls outside of downtown Raleigh were also impacted by the riots on Monday. Raleigh police said three people were arrested at North Hills, where several shops and restaurants were vandalized, and four people were arrested at Triangle Town...…Published: 2020-05-31 10:52:00Updated: 2020-06-22 13:09:47National NewsTags:— Protests of the death of George Floyd continued into the early hours of Monday morning.At 4:30 a.m., the National Guard remained in downtown Raleigh, where dozens were still gathered at E. Hargett Street and S. Wilmington Street during the second night of Triangle demonstrations.Malls outside of downtown Raleigh were also impacted by the riots on Monday. Raleigh police said three people were arrested at North Hills, where several shops and restaurants were vandalized, and four people were arrested at Triangle Town...WW…