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Nov 14, 2024 | 
wral.com | Chris Lovingood |Mark Bergin |Dwayne Myers
Child welfare service reveals how mother accused of killing children was able to adopt themThe Fayetteville mother charged with murdering two of her adopted children was a licensed adoptive parent for years, WRAL Investigates has learned. Avantae Deven was a licensed foster parent from 2007-2013 through a nonprofit called Grandfather Home. She later became a licensed adoptive parent.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
wral.com | Chris Lovingood |Mark Bergin |Dwayne Myers
Landlord says he saw red flags about mother accused of killing adopted childrenA North Carolina property owner who rented his home to a Fayetteville woman charged with the murders of her two adopted children described the conditions she left. Steve Slocumb rented his Leicester home from 2007 to 2008 to Avantae Deven, who is charged with murdering Blake Deven and London Deven. “Just a real mess,” Slocumb said.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
wral.com | Shaun Gallagher |Sarah Krueger |Edward Wilson |Dwayne Myers
Before two men were taken into custody Thursday afternoon following a series of shootings into homes and cars in west Raleigh, WRAL News was pressing police for answers. The first incidents happened Monday, when a woman in a Jeep was shot in the leg along Interstate 40 near Cary Towne Boulevard. Another vehicle was struck on I-40 near Buck Jones Road, but no one was injured.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
wral.com | Sarah Krueger |Mark Bergin |Dwayne Myers |Randall Kerr
In Durham's popular Woodcroft neighborhood, one home stands out from the rest. A yellow sign that reads "CONDEMNED" is on the door of 109 Old Fox Trail in Durham. Neighbors say the home has been vacant and abandoned for at least a decade. As the siding breaks off, the wood rots and the house becomes increasingly obscured by trees and shrubs, some nearby residents are growing increasingly concerned about the health hazards it poses.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
wral.com | Sarah Krueger |Jodi Leese Glusco |Dwayne Myers |Randall Kerr
The Burlington Police Department (BPD) is shaving minutes off of its average response time to 911 calls responding not on the ground – but in the air. The department now has a drone that flies to scenes, providing officers real-time information and video from a birds-eye view. "It's really exciting to be on the forefront of this technology," said Master Police Officer Matthew Cook, who mans the drone.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
wral.com | Sarah Krueger |Jodi Leese Glusco |Dwayne Myers |Randall Kerr
The Burlington Police Department is shaving minutes off of its average response time to 911 calls responding not on the ground - but in the air. The department now has a drone that flies to scenes, providing officers real-time information and video from a birds-eye view. "It's really exciting to be on the forefront of this technology," said Master Police Officer Matthew Cook, who mans the drone.
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
wral.com | Sarah Krueger |Dwayne Myers |Jessica Patrick
The Appalachian State University campus in Boone, N.C., was quiet on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020. Cases of the coronavirus are spiking at the university causing many students and faculty members to call for stronger safety measures. (Mike Belleme/The New York Times)Classes will soon resume at some of the UNC System campuses in western North Carolina, but communities still face a long road to recovery from Hurricane Helene.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
wral.com | Sarah Krueger |Dwayne Myers |Randall Kerr |Jessica Patrick
On Friday, Lee Roberts will be formally installed as the chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a role he has held first on an interim basis, then as the permanent selection, since January of this year. In an exclusive interview with WRAL's Sarah Krueger, Roberts reflected on his time at Carolina to date and on his vision for the state's flagship university. "It's been a lot of fun being here this first fall semester as chancellor," he said.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
wral.com | Sarah Krueger |Dwayne Myers |Joseph Ochoa
Bob Stansell clears debris from his home that was damaged due to Hurricane Helene in Canton, N.C., on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Loren Elliott/The New York Times)Bob Stansell said he and his wife are trying to make life somewhat normal for their three children in Canton, North Carolina, but there’s only so much they can do in the wake of Hurricane Helene. “It’s too much for their little brains to register, he said.
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Sep 29, 2024 | 
wral.com | Cristin Severance |Kathy Hanrahan |Dwayne Myers
With a rise of teens vaping in the state, advocates have called on lawmakers to address what they call a "loophole" in state law that is allowing young people to get easier access to tobacco products. Gov. Roy Cooper signed a bill into law in July that allows the state to create a registry of legal vaping products. Stores won't be allowed to sell items not on that list.
