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3 weeks ago | 
wnct.com | Matthew Sockol |Greg Funderburg |Lance Blocker |Ashley Anderson
PRINCETON, N.C. (WNCN) — A major presence of emergency services and school officials surrounded a crash Wednesday afternoon in Johnston County involving a school bus with students on board and a white SUV. Minutes after school dismissed at Princeton Elementary on Holts Pond Road, the driver of a white SUV crashed into bus #157. Among the students were 5th grader Peyton Brafford and his sister Avalyn, who is in kindergarten. “It looked like the SUV was speeding,” Peyton said.
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Dec 18, 2024 | 
wnct.com | Ashley Anderson
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
wavy.com | Starletta Watson |Keaton Eberly |Harrison Grubb |Ashley Anderson
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – Police reopened Interstate 40 to regular traffic Wednesday afternoon, hours after a bullet struck a vehicle during the early morning commute in Raleigh. According to the Raleigh Police Department, officers responded at around 4:58 a.m. to I-40 near Chapel Hill Road. During the investigation, additional victims told officers that their vehicles were also hit by gunfire shortly following the first report, police said.
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Oct 5, 2024 | 
wnct.com | Ashley Anderson |Ashley Anderson
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) — Former President Donald Trump is back in North Carolina to host a town hall in Fayetteville’s Crown Complex. The complex doors at 1960 Coliseum Drive open at 4 p.m. Friday, three hours ahead of the 7 p.m. start time. All pre-registered attendees will need to show their ticket to enter and those with tickets are not guaranteed entry, campaign officials told CBS 17, as it will be first come, first served.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
wnct.com | Hannah Leyva |Ashley Anderson
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Countless homes, businesses and roadways were washed away in North Carolina during the wrath of Hurricane Helene — and now 40 lives have been lost, according to a Monday afternoon update from Buncombe County officials. Later Monday afternoon, President Joe Biden announced that he will visit the state Wednesday for a briefing and an aerial survey of the damage in Asheville and surrounding areas, according to the Associated Press.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
wavy.com | Hannah Leyva |Ashley Anderson |Russ Bowen
ASHEBORO, N.C. (WNCN) — Two men were placed into handcuffs in what police say was an “apparent road rage incident” hours after Donald Trump and JD Vance left the stage of a rally in Asheboro Wednesday afternoon. The heavy police presence and activity took place around 4:30 p.m. as hundreds of rallygoers continued to pour out of the area in their cars.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
wnct.com | Hannah Leyva |Ashley Anderson
HARRELLS, N.C. (WNCN) — UPDATE: Damage was reported in Sampson County following Wednesday afternoon’s confirmed tornado, Sampson County Sheriff Jimmy Thornton said. The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado at 2:19 p.m. Debris was also confirmed by TDS (Tornado Debris Signature) on KRAX (Raleigh NWS Radar). According to NWS, the below video was captured by Noah Huffer of Pender County EMS & Fire as the tornado touched down. Two homes have been damaged based on reports so far.
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Jun 4, 2024 | 
wnct.com | Ashley Anderson
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WNCN) — It didn’t break the internet, but it came pretty close. An online fundraiser designed to support the fraternity brothers who held up the American flag on UNC Chapel Hill’s campus during a tense Pro-Palestinian protest blew up in popularity last month. It caught the attention of nearly 16,000 donors, amassing a total $515,517 in donations.
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May 28, 2024 | 
wnct.com | Ashley Anderson |Rodney Overton
GARNER, N.C. (WNCN) — Two people died and a child was critically injured after a DWI suspect ran a red light along U.S. 70 in Garner on Memorial Day afternoon, according to police. The wreck took place just before 1:25 p.m. Monday near the intersection of U.S. 70 and New Rand Road. U.S. 70 eastbound was blocked to traffic from Benson Road to New Rand Road after the collision in which two people, a man and a woman, died from their injuries.
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May 23, 2024 | 
wnct.com | Keaton Eberly |Ashley Anderson
CARTHAGE, N.C. (WNCN) – A deadly shooting earlier this month in Moore County has gained attention from the U.S. Army and the FBI. Deputies of the Moore County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a home along Dowd Road in Carthage on May 3 around 8:15 p.m. after a trespassing at a home was reported. A 911 caller explained that a person had been “taking photos on the property” and “became aggressive” toward a resident outside of their home, the sheriff’s office said.
