Episodes

Last year raleigh police responded to 15 calls for human trafficking – the most since before the pandemic, according to police call data. The state consistently ranks among the highest for cases prosecuted. As January marks H...

Apex Police released new details Tuesday about the moments that led up to a shooting that killed two women and a dog. WRAL Reporter Aaron Thomas spoke with the suspect's former employer.

The FDA has recalled some applesauce pouches after finding they were tainted with lead. Dozens of children tested positive for elevated lead in their blood and the culprit – the cinnamon in these snacks. WRAL's 5 On Your Side...

The next 11 months are going to be a political whirlwind in North Carolina. The primary elections are less than two months away, which will give us a clear view of the November elections in this swing state. In between, there...

Guardrails on North Carolina highways are supposed to keep us safe but there's growing concerns they could be doing the opposite. WRAL Investigates' Sarah Krueger spoke to a man who's raising the issue and says lives are at s...

Severe storms on January 9 caused flooding at the Camelot Village condos. Seven residents were evacuated and it's not the first time the community has seen this problem. WRAL Durham Reporter Monica Casey was there as resident...

The Carolina Panthers wrapped up the season going 2-15 - the worst record in the NFC South and league. While there wasn’t too much drama or excitement on the field, there was plenty of it off of there and inside the front off...

A WRAL Weather Alert Day has been issued as our team of meteorologists is forecasting a storm to move through with heavy rain, damaging winds, and possible power outages. WRAL's Kat Campbell joins Ali Ingersoll to discuss the...

North Carolina schools are grappling with how to comply with a controversial new law designed to expand information available to parents of public school students. It includes provisions that opponents say will out transgende...

The demand for lithium is surging. It's the metal used to make everything from phones, to electric cars to pharmeceuticals. Now a Charlotte-based company is looking to extract it in our state. WRAL Climate Change Reporter Liz...

Hundreds across the Triangle are sick with a rise in COVID-19, RSV and the Flu. North Carolina hospitals have already put stronger visitor restrictions in place. WRAL Health Reporter Grace Hayba explains the impact New Year's...

Chelsea Donovan lays out details of the sad story of a six year old girl being hit and killed by a driver police say was speeding down Walnut Street in Cary.

The new year brings a new edition of the WRAL Promise Tracker — our annual progress report for Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper. WRAL State Government Reporter Travis Fain offers updates on whether Cooper is making good on them hea...

NC Capitol reporter Travis Fain looks ahead to the 2024 election cycle in North Carolina. He discusses top races, how the state could change from recent redistricting, and how the Presidential election could impact voter turn...

2023 brought its share of wild weather--a busy hurricane season in an unusual weather pattern, near-record heat and a tornado in December. WRAL meteorologist Kat Campbell talks about what was behind this year's trends and wal...

NC Capitol reporter Travis Fain takes a look back at the most impactful--and most intriguing--events in North Carolina politics in 2023.

If you love what you do for a living, it doesn’t feel like a job. Right? Well, this isn’t always the case. As we get older, and become more set in our ways, it’s easy to forget that much of our creative thinking processes gre...

Man-made tornadoes, beached sharks, Mount Rushmore and North Carolina legislators all have one thing in common: They were subjects of some of our most popular PolitiFact fact-checks of 2023. WRAL PolitiFact North Carolina rep...

Mary Brown has an army behind her, an army of volunteers and people who donate their time and food to feed people in downtown Raleigh on Christmas day at City Market. She fills in the gaps when many organizations that help pe...

Downtown Raleigh is full of parking lots – but you never know when a plain-looking parking lot is hiding some amazing history. Did you know that there once was a castle on the former campus of Meredith College? In today’s epi...

There’s a good chance it has happened to you. You’re driving down the highway and something flies off a truck and hits your windshield cracking it. Windshield repair companies say business is booming. As our population grows,...

It's rare in the television news business for a station to be able to tap into the expertise of a reporter who has cultivated sources and instrinsic knowledge of a community for nearly thirty years. Amanda Lamb is just that r...

Individual and small-group tutoring sessions are helping North Carolina students catch up after falling behind during the Covid-19 pandemic. But the federal funding that pays for the tutoring is nearly gone, and it won’t be c...

For Jon Frey, recovery from his alcohol and drug addiction six years ago involved more than just a program, it involved a committment to overall health, a committment to fitness. Frey credits Healing Transitions, a program fo...