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Posted: Jun 6, 2025 / 01:15 PM EDT Updated: Jun 6, 2025 / 01:15 PM EDT RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Fast slides, splashing waters and just all around fun — It’s what families are finding at Raleigh’s Gipson Play Plaza at Dix Park. The play plaza is the largest adventure playground in the southeast. The 18.5-acre park marks the first major project as the city works to overhaul Dorothea Dix Park.

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Jacobia Crisp, 33, of Burlington was arrested in Alamance County on Aug. 16, 2024, shortly after escaped murderer Ramone Alston was taken into custody at a motel in Kannapolis. Authorities said Alston and Crisp checked into the motel under Crisp’s name. Alston, who is serving a life sentence for the 2015 murder of one-year-old Maleah Williams, escaped custody while he was being transported to UNC Gastroenterology to receive medical care. He was on the run for three days before he was recaptured.

2 weeks ago | cbs17.com | Judith Retana

Hemp at NC smoke shop (Judith Retana/CBS 17) Posted: Jun 4, 2025 / 01:14 PM EDT Updated: Jun 4, 2025 / 01:14 PM EDT RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Lawmakers are considering a bill that aims to regulate hemp-derived products like delta-9. It’s an issue the state has grappled with for years.

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RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Lawmakers are considering a bill that aims to regulate hemp-derived products like delta-9. It’s an issue the state has grappled with for years. Chris Karazin has opened three Carolindica locations since starting his business in 2020. “The popularity has been tremendous for these products,” said Karazin. He specializes in manufacturing hemp-derived products. Those products are different from marijuana as they do not contain the same level of THC.

2 weeks ago | cbs17.com | Judith Retana

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — With hurricane season now underway, Duke Energy is confident they are more prepared than ever to handle incoming storms. For more than two decades, Anthony Gibbs has worked to keep the power on at homes across the state. He’s a senior distribution operator at Duke Energy’s power distribution control center and is known there as the ‘mayor’. “You can come in on a sunny day and say, you know, hey, I’m going to sit back and nothing’s going to happen.