ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (WNCN) — A bicyclist is dead after being hit by a vehicle in Rocky Mount last week, an obituary shows. According to the Rocky Mount Police Department, 71-year-old Gonzalo Torres Perez was riding a bicycle in the 1800 block of Thomas A. Betts Parkway around 7 a.m. on July 21 when he … Read more
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) — A Ukrainian drone manufacturer has selected Fayetteville for its first U.S. headquarters, state officials said Monday. According to the North Carolina Department of Commerce, Skyeton, Inc. will invest $3.1 million in Fayetteville to design, engineer, manufacture, test, distribute, and support defense and commercial drones continue reading …
NASHVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) — A teenage bicyclist involved a crash with a teenage driver last week has died, police said Monday. According to the Nashville Police Department, a 14-year-old boy riding his bicycle was struck by a passing vehicle on South First Street near the entrance to South Creek Drive just before 3 p.m. on … Read more
CLAYTON, N.C. (WNCN) — Less than two weeks after being hired, a probationary firefighter in Johnston County was arrested on child sex crime charges, officials said Monday. According to court records, 36-year-old Joshua Hunter Womack of Smithfield was taken into custody by the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office last Friday, July 24, on three counts of … Read more
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — The largest medical malpractice verdict for a certain type of birth injury was handed down in Wake County this month after attorneys say a doctor with WakeMed was negligent and permanently injured a baby during delivery. A jury awarded $18.2 million to Naqah Lake and his mom after attorneys say that … Read more
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (WNCN) — Two teenage girls spent the weekend recovering at the Duke Trauma Center in Durham after the golf cart they were in was obliterated by a minivan near Wake Forest late Friday afternoon. Friends and family said one of the girls has left the hospital and the other is awaiting surgery. … Read more
Editor’s note: The above video was broadcast before the details of the crash were released. DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) — A person is dead after being struck by at least three vehicles on Interstate 885 North in Durham late Monday night, police said. According to the Durham Police Department, a pedestrian was walking northwest across the … Read more
SCOTLAND NECK, N.C. (WNCN) — The Scotland Neck Police Department is investigating after a man was shot early Sunday morning. According to police, officers responded to the 600 block of East 8th Street around 2:25 a.m. Sunday after receiving a call about a possible shooting with an injury. When they got on scene, they found … Read more
RANDOLPH COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — A teen is in the hospital after a car crash in Randolph County on Saturday night and first responders said it was something most of them had never seen happen before. The North Carolina State Highway Patrol said a 17-year-old driving a pickup truck went over the center line, overcorrected and … Read more
GARNER, N.C. (WNCN) — A project to improve a road in Garner will receive $850,000 in federal funding, officials said Monday. Rep. Deborah Ross and Garner Mayor Buddy Gupton announced the $850,000 for Jones Sausage Road during an event on Monday morning. According to officials, the funding will be used towards safety and capacity improvements … Read more
