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  • 1 week ago | wral.com | Paul Andy Specht |Carly Haynes

    The North Carolina Republican Party is calling on a Democratic state lawmaker to resign after she posted an image of a protester’s sign featuring a guillotine and a fake severed head resembling President Donald Trump. Jason Simmons, chairman of the state GOP, issued a statement Monday calling on state Rep. Julie von Haefen to resign for the image she posted Saturday as anti-Trump protests sprouted across the country.

  • 3 weeks ago | wral.com | Carly Haynes

    A viral video of a Johnston County mom surprising her son with his younger brother after a lengthy hospital visit shows the beautiful moments that can emerge from challenging times. At just a month old, Isaiah had his first seizure. He was diagnosed with infantile spasms - a rare catastrophic form of child epilepsy. Other medical complications followed from there, including severe muscular scoliosis. He had “magic rods” placed inside his body to help stretch his spine and prevent future curvature.

  • 3 weeks ago | wral.com | Kelsey Coffey |Carly Haynes

    A group of lawmakers and teens are working to lower the number of young people who vape. In North Carolina, 1 in 8 high school students vape, according to the state health department. Charlene Zorn’s stepson was one of them. “Had Solomon’s friends not been able to get vapes, Solomon would have never started vaping,” Zorn said. Solomon was a healthy 15-year-old football player until 2023 when his lungs filled with fluid.

  • 3 weeks ago | wral.com | Carly Haynes

    Organizers of the nationally recognized Eyes on Main Street Photography Festival in Wilson took down a photograph that had been prominently displayed on the side of a building after it generated a lot of pushback. The photo showed a woman’s hands loading bullets into the chamber of a handgun. Artist Chris Facey snapped the shot during his month-long photography residency in Wilson.

  • 4 weeks ago | wral.com | Carly Haynes

    A Raleigh pastor pleaded guilty this week to falsely obtaining thousands of dollars in COVID-19 loans for personal expenses. According to the United States Department of Justice, 45-year-old Mitchell Summerfield of Raleigh pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud. Summerfield faces a maximum 30-year prison sentence, a $1 million fine and a five-year supervised release. Summerfield was also required to pay restitution of an unspecified amount.

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Lance Blocker primarily covers news in the Triangle region of North Carolina, including areas around Raleigh and Durham.

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RT @NC_Governor: My heart goes out to everyone who lost loved ones in the tragic DCA plane crash. Anna and I are praying for all involved -…