Posted: Jul 27, 2020 / 09:34 PM EDTUpdated: Jul 27, 2020 / 11:33 PM EDTRALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Just two days after President Trump visited the Triangle, Vice President Mike Pence appears to be headed to the area.Pence is planning a trip Wednesday to Thales Academy in Apex, according to parents who received notification. He plans to visit the kindergarten through fifth-grade portion of the school.The private school .School leaders say they implemented additional safety guidelines for the academic year which include, staggered class change times, social distancing, prohibiting mass...…Posted: Jul 27, 2020 / 09:34 PM EDTUpdated: Jul 27, 2020 / 11:33 PM EDTRALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Just two days after President Trump visited the Triangle, Vice President Mike Pence appears to be headed to the area.Pence is planning a trip Wednesday to Thales Academy in Apex, according to parents who received notification. He plans to visit the kindergarten through fifth-grade portion of the school.The private school .School leaders say they implemented additional safety guidelines for the academic year which include, staggered class change times, social distancing, prohibiting mass...WW…

Posted: Feb 25, 2021 / 08:01 PM ESTUpdated: Feb 25, 2021 / 10:51 PM ESTRALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – A  being considered by North Carolina lawmakers would allow some paramedics to carry concealed weapons during specific emergency situations.Those situations are “tactical medical assistance to law enforcement in an emergency situation, including a SWAT operation.”Rep. Harry Warren said the motivation to draft the bill came at the request of one of his constituents who works as an EMT and is embedded with a SWAT team.Warren said that in certain situations, there is an increased level of...…Posted: Feb 25, 2021 / 08:01 PM ESTUpdated: Feb 25, 2021 / 10:51 PM ESTRALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – A  being considered by North Carolina lawmakers would allow some paramedics to carry concealed weapons during specific emergency situations.Those situations are “tactical medical assistance to law enforcement in an emergency situation, including a SWAT operation.”Rep. Harry Warren said the motivation to draft the bill came at the request of one of his constituents who works as an EMT and is embedded with a SWAT team.Warren said that in certain situations, there is an increased level of...WW…

Posted: Jan 8, 2021 / 05:06 PM ESTUpdated: Jan 11, 2021 / 09:12 AM ESTJan. 11 update: Cary police said Sara Defusco’s body was found over the weekend. Foul play is not suspected.CARY, N.C. (WNCN) – Cary police said they are investigating a woman’s disappearance after she was last seen at her home Wednesday morning.Sara Margaret DeFusco, 44, was last seen at her home on Medlin Drive just before 9 a.m. on Wednesday. Medlin Drive is near the intersection of SW Maynard Road and W. Chatham Street, southwest of downtown Cary.She was driving a blue 2014 Nissan Versa with North Carolina license...…Posted: Jan 8, 2021 / 05:06 PM ESTUpdated: Jan 11, 2021 / 09:12 AM ESTJan. 11 update: Cary police said Sara Defusco’s body was found over the weekend. Foul play is not suspected.CARY, N.C. (WNCN) – Cary police said they are investigating a woman’s disappearance after she was last seen at her home Wednesday morning.Sara Margaret DeFusco, 44, was last seen at her home on Medlin Drive just before 9 a.m. on Wednesday. Medlin Drive is near the intersection of SW Maynard Road and W. Chatham Street, southwest of downtown Cary.She was driving a blue 2014 Nissan Versa with North Carolina license...WW…

Posted: Feb 18, 2021 / 06:10 PM ESTUpdated: Feb 19, 2021 / 09:58 AM ESTRALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN)– Scores of Medicaid patients are at risk and millions of dollars were given to non-qualified providers– that’s the conclusion of a scathing report by the state auditor. The state of North Carolina spends $14 billion a year on Medicaid services to provide over 2 million people with care they couldn’t normally afford. It’s all overseen by the NC Department of Health and Human Services. An audit from State Auditor Beth Wood’s office says NCDHHS...…Posted: Feb 18, 2021 / 06:10 PM ESTUpdated: Feb 19, 2021 / 09:58 AM ESTRALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN)– Scores of Medicaid patients are at risk and millions of dollars were given to non-qualified providers– that’s the conclusion of a scathing report by the state auditor. The state of North Carolina spends $14 billion a year on Medicaid services to provide over 2 million people with care they couldn’t normally afford. It’s all overseen by the NC Department of Health and Human Services. An audit from State Auditor Beth Wood’s office says NCDHHS...WW…

Posted: Feb 18, 2021 / 02:15 PM ESTUpdated: Feb 18, 2021 / 09:25 PM ESTRALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – Gov. Roy Cooper said he has activated the North Carolina National Guard to help with tree and debris removal as more rainfall is expected Thursday afternoon into evening.As Cooper took the podium at 2 p.m., he said there are 23,000 customers without power due to frozen precipitation – most in the western and northern part of the state.“With rainfall expected this afternoon and evening, there is a serious threat for river flooding and flash flooding in the eastern half of the state,” Cooper said....…Posted: Feb 18, 2021 / 02:15 PM ESTUpdated: Feb 18, 2021 / 09:25 PM ESTRALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – Gov. Roy Cooper said he has activated the North Carolina National Guard to help with tree and debris removal as more rainfall is expected Thursday afternoon into evening.As Cooper took the podium at 2 p.m., he said there are 23,000 customers without power due to frozen precipitation – most in the western and northern part of the state.“With rainfall expected this afternoon and evening, there is a serious threat for river flooding and flash flooding in the eastern half of the state,” Cooper said....WW…

Posted: May 28, 2020 / 06:05 PM EDTUpdated: May 28, 2020 / 08:37 PM EDTRALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — A coalition of more than two dozen media outlets filed a lawsuit on Thursday seeking the release of a list of records related to COVID-19 that the state had, so far, refused to provide.The lawsuit names as defendants Gov. Roy Cooper and two of his Cabinet secretaries, Dr. Mandy Cohen, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, and Erik Hooks, secretary of the Department of Public Safety.The complaint lists a total of 26 outstanding records requests — nine to DPS and 17 to DHHS —...…Posted: May 28, 2020 / 06:05 PM EDTUpdated: May 28, 2020 / 08:37 PM EDTRALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — A coalition of more than two dozen media outlets filed a lawsuit on Thursday seeking the release of a list of records related to COVID-19 that the state had, so far, refused to provide.The lawsuit names as defendants Gov. Roy Cooper and two of his Cabinet secretaries, Dr. Mandy Cohen, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, and Erik Hooks, secretary of the Department of Public Safety.The complaint lists a total of 26 outstanding records requests — nine to DPS and 17 to DHHS —...WW…

Posted: May 27, 2020 / 04:31 PM EDTUpdated: May 27, 2020 / 07:03 PM EDTRALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – Leaders of the North Carolina Department of Transportation said Wednesday they’re making some changes following an audit that outlined how the agency overspent by about $742 million last year, with lawmakers saying they’re drafting legislation to improve oversight.“I’m certainly not for sending any taxpayer money to DOT without some accountability and without some new eyes looking at what’s going on,” said Sen. Tom McInnis (R-25th District).DOT announced last week it will furlough all 9,400...…Posted: May 27, 2020 / 04:31 PM EDTUpdated: May 27, 2020 / 07:03 PM EDTRALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – Leaders of the North Carolina Department of Transportation said Wednesday they’re making some changes following an audit that outlined how the agency overspent by about $742 million last year, with lawmakers saying they’re drafting legislation to improve oversight.“I’m certainly not for sending any taxpayer money to DOT without some accountability and without some new eyes looking at what’s going on,” said Sen. Tom McInnis (R-25th District).DOT announced last week it will furlough all 9,400...WW…

Posted: Jun 2, 2020 / 01:11 PM EDTUpdated: Jun 2, 2020 / 06:54 PM EDTRALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – Gov. Roy Cooper said a Republic National Convention is unlikely to occur as organizers want as the conditions in the state amid the COVID-19 pandemic continue to change.The governor released a letter he sent to the RNC after the group said it wanted a “full convention” with 19,000 in attendance.“As much as want the conditions surround COVID-19 to be favorable enough for you to hold the Convention you describe in late August, it is very unlikely,” Cooper wrote.Cooper says the RNC had acknowledged that...…Posted: Jun 2, 2020 / 01:11 PM EDTUpdated: Jun 2, 2020 / 06:54 PM EDTRALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – Gov. Roy Cooper said a Republic National Convention is unlikely to occur as organizers want as the conditions in the state amid the COVID-19 pandemic continue to change.The governor released a letter he sent to the RNC after the group said it wanted a “full convention” with 19,000 in attendance.“As much as want the conditions surround COVID-19 to be favorable enough for you to hold the Convention you describe in late August, it is very unlikely,” Cooper wrote.Cooper says the RNC had acknowledged that...WW…

Posted: Apr 14, 2021 / 05:22 PM EDTUpdated: Apr 15, 2021 / 08:50 AM EDTDURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) – The short 11 months it took to make two life-saving SARS-CoV-2 vaccines is just the beginning for others. Messenger RNA has been the pathway to produce both the Pfizer and Moderna versions.The Duke Human Vaccine Institute has received a contract with the National Institutes of Health to create a flu vaccine that also uses mRNA technology.“We actually just completed in the past two weeks the manufacture of a messenger RNA vaccine for influenza that should have broad reactivity across many different...…Posted: Apr 14, 2021 / 05:22 PM EDTUpdated: Apr 15, 2021 / 08:50 AM EDTDURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) – The short 11 months it took to make two life-saving SARS-CoV-2 vaccines is just the beginning for others. Messenger RNA has been the pathway to produce both the Pfizer and Moderna versions.The Duke Human Vaccine Institute has received a contract with the National Institutes of Health to create a flu vaccine that also uses mRNA technology.“We actually just completed in the past two weeks the manufacture of a messenger RNA vaccine for influenza that should have broad reactivity across many different...WW…

Posted: Jul 14, 2020 / 03:07 PM EDTUpdated: Jul 16, 2020 / 11:07 AM EDTRALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – Gov. Roy Cooper said North Carolina public schools will be open for both in-person and remote learning this fall.All-remote learning will be an option for some school districts, Cooper said.“After working with health experts, school superintendents, teachers and more, we plan to put those protections in place and open our schools in a careful way,” Cooper said.Face masks will be required for every teacher, staff and student from kindergarten through high school.The state will provide at least five...…Posted: Jul 14, 2020 / 03:07 PM EDTUpdated: Jul 16, 2020 / 11:07 AM EDTRALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – Gov. Roy Cooper said North Carolina public schools will be open for both in-person and remote learning this fall.All-remote learning will be an option for some school districts, Cooper said.“After working with health experts, school superintendents, teachers and more, we plan to put those protections in place and open our schools in a careful way,” Cooper said.Face masks will be required for every teacher, staff and student from kindergarten through high school.The state will provide at least five...WW…