Category Archives: News
One dead in Clayton early morning shooting
CLAYTON, N.C. (WPTF) - One person is dead, a second injured and a third facing charges after an early morning shooting in Clayton Saturday (March 14) According to a release from the Johnston County Sh...
Mar 14, 2026
Durham Police investigate double fatal shooting
DURHAM, N.C. (WPTF) - Two people are dead after a shooting on North Roxboro Street in Durham just before Midnight Saturday (March 14). Officers responded to a report of gunfire in the 3500 block of No...
Mar 14, 2026
Tehran claims the US attacked it from the UAE as Iran war enters its third week
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran urged people Saturday to evacuate the Middle East's busiest port and two others in the United Arab Emirates, openly threatening a neighboring country's non-U.S....
Mar 14, 2026 A plume of smoke rises after an explosion on March 2, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was confirmed killed after the United States and Israel launched a joint attack on Iran on February 28. Iran retaliated by firing waves of missiles and drones at Israel, and targeting U.S. allies in the region. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)
Before recent attack, Michigan synagogue had been bolstering its security
By ED WHITE AND ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press The Michigan synagogue that came under attack this week when an armed man drove his car into the building had for months been strengthening its secur...
Mar 14, 2026 Police vehicles sit outside the Temple Israel synagogue Friday, March 13, 2026, in West Bloomfield Township, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
NCDMV expands private road tests
ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (NCN News) - The state's Division of Motor Vehicles is expanding the program allowing private driver education schools to now give road tests for adult driver's license seekers. Effe...
Mar 13, 2026
Lee County Sheriff makes arrests in drug "trap house"
SANFORD, N.C. (WPTF) - Lee County authorities have made two arrests in connection with a "trap house," raid Wednesday (March 11) in Sanford. According to a social media post, Narcotic Agents with the ...
Mar 12, 2026
VP Vance speaking in Rocky Mount Friday
ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (NCN News) -As the mid-term political cycle heats up and people are watching developments in the Mideast, Vice President JD Vance is scheduled to speak Friday (March 13) at Rocky Mou...
Mar 12, 2026
Person County Sheriff: 700 firearms recovered
ROXBORO, N.C. (NCN News) - Authorities in Person County are investigating the theft of roughly 700 firearms from an estate According to a news release from the Sheriff's Department posted Thursday (Ma...
Mar 12, 2026 Authorities in Person County are investigating the theft of roughly 700 firearms from an estate. (photo courtesy Person County Sheriff's Dept.)
Armed man rammed vehicle into Michigan synagogue and was fatally shot by security
WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (AP) - A man armed with a rifle rammed a vehicle into the nation's largest Reform synagogue, in a Detroit suburb, and was fatally shot by security, The Associated Press has lear...
Mar 12, 2026 Law enforcement respond to a call at Temple Israel synagogue, Thursday, March 12, 2026 in West Bloomfield Township, Mich. (AP Photo/Corey Williams)
Shooter dead, two hurt at Old Dominion University
NORFOLK, VA. (AP) -- A gunman is dead and two people are hurt after a shooting at Old Dominion University on Thursday morning, the Virginia school said. ODU said a gunman opened fire in its business s...
Mar 12, 2026