Wake County Briefs: Police are searching for a man who robbed a Burger King near N.C. State at gunpoint early Sunday morning.

Wake County school leaders say the district is reviewing transportation policies following two "unacceptable" incidents in which young children were dropped off the bus at the wrong location.

The Town of Cary plans to test sewer lines for leaks by pumping smoke into two areas of town today.

Wake County Briefs: Police this weekend charged a Raleigh man with stealing $15 from an elderly ice cream vendor they say he punched repeatedly.

Rob Christensen:The city of Raleigh has paid a lot of attention to the razzmatazz of urban life -- a new convention center, a new downtown Marriott and a city-backed restaurant where one can wash down one's butter-poached lobster with a $250 bottle of a French burgundy.

Jimmy Stopper and about 40 others battled the heat Saturday to stand at intersections surrounding Triangle Town Center and hand out fliers in protest of a picture at the entrance of the mall's Abercrombie & Fitch store.

When patrons enter The Mint on Fayetteville Street, they are supposed to be mesmerized by the restaurant's lavish surroundings and metropolitan chic style. But others wonder: Did my tax dollars pay for that?

Home-school enrollment increased by about 4 percent this past school year, according to figures released Friday by the state Division of Non-Public Education.

Wake County jailers began processing inmates for deportation July 14 after Wake became the seventh county in the state to team up with the U.S. Office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement to screen arrested immigrants.

Robert George "Bobby" Gagnon Jr. of Raleigh was found slain in his home Saturday morning. Police have not disclosed a motive or how he died.

Heart and vascular tests will be offered at Wake's Blue Jay Point County Park from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. Aug. 9.

Police have charged five Durham men in connection with a string of thefts from unlocked vehicles in Raleigh's Brier Creek area in January.

Air-conditioning problems forced the early closing Wednesday of Salem Elementary School.

Robert George Gagnon Jr.'s step-grandmother said Wednesday that police have not told her much about how or why her grandson was killed early Saturday morning inside his Southeast Raleigh townhouse.

Triangle Briefs: Two teenagers who helped a fellow gang member clean up a bloody scene after a Wendell woman was stabbed to death pleaded guilty to accessory charges in Wake County on Wednesday.

Focusing on the aesthetics of development in Raleigh has become a staple of this City Council, largely because of the presence of two architects.

The gang fight that resulted in a near-riot at Triangle Town Center mall Saturday night is symptomatic of a nationwide problem, Raleigh Police Chief Harry Patrick Dolan says.

Sheehan:I had barely identified myself on the phone when Linda Fisher began to sob.

State Briefs: Motorists should expect delays on Tryon Road near Kildaire Farm Road today, as crews put a final layer of asphalt on the road.

If a crane leans on Fayetteville Street does anybody notice?

Triangle Briefs: Raleigh police are seeking another person they say was involved in the killing of a man at his home off Poole Road on Saturday.

Triangle Briefs: Police charged a Virginia woman Tuesday with leaving her pet dog inside her vehicle while she visited a North Raleigh mall and shopped for over an hour, court records show.