March 12, 2024

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s GOP-controlled legislature unlawfully tried to seize from the governor the power to choose elections board members in the battleground state, trial judges ruled while saying portions of a new election law must be permanently blocked. The three-judge panel sided unanimously with Democratic Gov. RoyContinue Reading

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Springtime in central North Carolina means warmer temperatures, severe weather and yellow pollen, but we’ve only had two of those things recently. The yellow pine pollen that we love to hate this time of year hasn’t really shown up yet in central North Carolina, but weContinue Reading

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Last January, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. rallied in front of a crowd of supporters in Raleigh. His potential voting base traveled to Raleigh from all over the state as Kennedy was trying to get enough signatures to get on the ballot as an Independent candidate forContinue Reading

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — As the jackpots continue to grow in both the Mega Millions and Powerball lottery games, so does the anticipation for the next lucky winner or winners. The prizes for both multi-state lottery draw games are now well above half a billion dollars. The Mega Millions potContinue Reading

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Mobile sports betting in North Carolina launches Monday at noon. A highly anticipated launch was approved last year by legislatures that will bring legalized gambling to the state. Many sports fans also anticipate this expectant launch right in time for March Madness. Mobile sports betting launchesContinue Reading

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Mobile sports betting in North Carolina launched at noon today, and Governor Roy Cooper was ready. In a video released by the governor’s office, Cooper is seen going from the executive residence to PNC Arena, walking through the concourse and the locker rooms before appearing atContinue Reading

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – North Carolina became the latest state Monday to allow mobile sports betting with the official launch occurring at noon. Gov. Roy Cooper (D), who signed legislation authorizing sports betting into law last year, released a video in which he placed his first bet on the CarolinaContinue Reading

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Some North Carolina students with disabilities are getting a taste of what it’s like to pursue a career in STEM as they work towards a future that beats the statistics. “People with disabilities are the greatest natural resource wasted in our country,” said Joann Blumenfeld, DirectorContinue Reading

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — The White House has announced that both President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will be coming to North Carolina on Tuesday, March 26. It is unknown at this time where in the state they will be or the reason for their visits. Biden visitedContinue Reading

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) – Greensboro police charged Brandi Sturdivant, 29, on Monday with three counts of second-degree murder in connection with the deaths of three of her children on Dec. 12, 2022. On that date, a home on Grimsley Street in Greensboro caught fire sometime before 8 a.m. and threeContinue Reading

CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — The cause has been released in a deadly south Charlotte multi-vehicle crash that killed two South Mecklenburg high school students on Friday. According to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police, officers were called to the 5400 block of Old Pineville Road at Tyvola Road just before 7 a.m. Friday,Continue Reading

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) – March is Kidney Disease Awareness Month. The CDC says about 15 percent of adults in the United States have Chronic Kidney Disease. That equals about 35 million people. Chariesse Boyd, from Greenville, is one of those people. She was diagnosed with kidney failure in 2015. “IContinue Reading

RALEIGH, N.C. (NEXSTAR/WNCN) – If you give a man a fish, he’ll eat for a day. But first, he’ll need to tear open its slimy little body and yank out its fish guts. And who wants to do that? It’s much better to simply take that man to a niceContinue Reading