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3 weeks ago |
wral.com | Randall Kerr |WRAL Investigates
RALEIGH, N.C.-- There are more than 10,000 licensed massage therapists in North Carolina. The state's Board of Massage and Bodywork Therapy is responsible for oversight, including training and investigating complaints. After a growing number of those complaints involved people performing massages without a license, the board is now going undercover to catch the bad actors - and it's not in a place many people would expect: Shopping malls across the state.
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1 month ago |
wral.com | Randall Kerr |WRAL Investigates
The former president of Saint Augustine's University in Raleigh is suing two current members of the board of trustees for their roles in what she calls a hostile work environment that eventually led to her firing. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Raleigh, names then-Board of Trustees Chairman James Perry and then-Vice Chairman Brian Boulware as defendants.
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2 months ago |
wral.com | Randall Kerr |WRAL Investigates
Bad artwork, dangerous conditions and very little oversight. WRAL Investigates caught the attention of North Carolina lawmakers, who are now calling for more regulations into the state's tattoo industry. WRAL Investigates visited Valkyrie Tattoo & Piercing in Burlington, where one of the shop's co-owners said better protections for clients should have happened a long time ago. "I love seeing the client happy at the end of the session," he told WRAL Investigates.
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Jan 20, 2025 |
wral.com | Randall Kerr |WRAL Investigates
RALEIGH, N.C.--May of 2024, long time Raleigh firefighter Nicholas Banister and his wife Amanda were arrested on dozens of drug trafficking charges. It all stemmed from an Alcohol Law Enforcement investigation into illegal drug sales in Glenwood South and other downtown areas. While in jail, they were hit with another punishment: An excise tax from the North Carolina Department of Revenue. The tax bills totaled $578,000 for the drugs agents say they found in the couple's home on Long Cove Court.
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Oct 16, 2024 |
wral.com | Randall Kerr |WRAL Investigates |Mark Bergin
Sixteen people face federal charges for what authorities say is a motorcycle gang rivalry turned deadly that also puts the public at risk. WRAL News was the only news organization in federal court Tuesday as one of those suspects, William Frankley Beasley, asked a judge to set him free before trial. Prosecutors showed security camera video of what they say is Beasley and other members of the Fayetteville Hells Angels Motorcycle Club attacking members of the rival Pagan’s Motorcycle Club.
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