David Crabtree

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Anchor and Reporter at WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)

Chief Executive Officer at PBS North Carolina

Anchor/Reporter at WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC

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Songs, heartfelt words fill Billy Graham's funeral

Aug 25, 2023 | wral.com | David Crabtree |Amanda Lamb |Ken Smith |Greg Clark

Billy Graham's funeral Friday featured rousing music along with heartfelt words from his adult children in the culmination of more than a week of tributes to "America's pastor.""I just want you to know my father was 'FAT' – he was faithful, he was available, and he was teachable," said Ned Graham, his youngest child.
McCrory says he'll sign NC budget deal

Aug 25, 2023 | wral.com | David Crabtree |Keith Baker |Matt Burns |Tyler Dukes

Gov. Pat McCrory said Thursday he will sign the North Carolina state budget bill negotiated by fellow Republicans at the legislature this summer when it reaches his desk. "For the third straight year, we’ve gotten about 90 percent of the common sense solutions we’re recommending past by the legislature. Because of that, I will sign it," McCrory told reporters.
Ellmers sworn in as new member of Congress

Aug 25, 2023 | wral.com | David Crabtree |Keith Baker |Richard Adkins |Matt Burns

North Carolina's newest member of Congress is officially starting her job. Republican Second District Congresswoman Renee Ellmers was sworn in to office Wednesday afternoon. Supporters were expected to hold a reception in her honor at a Washington hotel. Ellmers ousted seven-term Democratic Congressman Bob Etheridge on the promise of lowering government spending. She joins dozens of other GOP freshmen swept into office in November.
Tillis released from hospital after collapsing at DC race

Aug 25, 2023 | wral.com | David Crabtree |Cullen Browder |Keith Baker |Richard Adkins

Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina was recuperating at home Wednesday after collapsing during a 5-kilometer charity race in Washington, D.C., and being taken away by ambulance.
Billy Graham funeral to serve as evangelist's final crusade

Aug 25, 2023 | wral.com | Amanda Lamb |David Crabtree |Greg Clark |Matt Burns

As his public appearances dwindled in recent years, Billy Graham began choosing songs, scripture and speakers for one last public opportunity to spread the Gospel – his own funeral. Plans for Friday's service took shape in the years after his last crusade in 2005 as he huddled with confidants and loved ones in his North Carolina mountain home. Musicians who had shared Graham's stage would sing. Some of the best preachers Graham knew – his own children – would deliver personal messages.
McCrory will not talk about abortion bill

Aug 25, 2023 | wral.com | Laura Leslie |David Crabtree |Matt Burns

Gov. Pat McCrory will not talk about what he would do if lawmakers send him a bill to restrict abortions in North Carolina. The Charlotte Observer reported (http://bit.ly/12L1S1A) McCrory would not say Thursday if he would sign the bill into law. He was at a July Fourth parade in the Rowan County town of Faith. The North Carolina Senate approved the restrictions Wednesday. The House Health Committee plans to take up the bill next Tuesday, meaning it could go before the full House later next week.
WRAL anchor David Crabtree reflects on 40-year TV career

May 25, 2022 | wral.com | David Crabtree
Faith shapes us all in different ways

May 10, 2022 | wral.com | David Crabtree
Coverage of death row changes how David Crabtree looks at life

May 4, 2022 | wral.com | David Crabtree
'Now they know:' David Crabtree shares the story of Easter among Ukrainian refugees in Poland

Apr 17, 2022 | wral.com | David Crabtree