Is next on Eyewitness News. A suspicious package shutting down streets in the heart of downtown raleigh. The latest details just in. Plus. Protesting the president elect. Emotions spilling over. Tens of thousands take to the streets in cities across the country. And. Eagles down. two birds trapped in a storm drain. The rescue caught on camera. Eyewitness news starts right now. wake county right off the top tonight businesses cleared out. And roads closed. After a suspicious package is found in the heart of downtown raleigh. Good evening everyone from the breaking news center. Im steve daniels. The first call came in to Raleigh Police at about 730. About a strange package on South Salisbury street. Only blocks away from wake county courthouse. joel brown is live near the the latest. And breaking in johnston county. A very serious crash in selma. Highway96 is shutdown in both directions between holly berry lane and old beulah road. We have a crew on the way. To get video and details. And
Next on Eyewitness News Law Enforcement surrounding a home in a wake county. two Young Children taken way. The latest details just in. Plus wildifre emergency. bone dry conditions fueling flames in Western North carolina. The latest on the fire fight. And softening stance. The obamacare bombshell from president elect donald trump. Eyewitness news starts right now. Several breaking stories right of the top tonight first we begin with reports of shots fired and a large Law Enforcement presence in a wake county neighborhood. Good evening everyone. Im tisha powell. And im steve daniels. Its unfolding right now on mclaurin lane. Off sunset lake road in the ballentine neighborhood in fuquayvarina. Dejuanhoggard is live near the scene with an update. Dejuan . Large police woman called 911 when cops arrived, shots fired. Person who was hit deceased late 20s or early 30s 2 kids carried out of the home sitting in ems truck also breaking right now in raleigh a suspicious device that shut down par
Eyewitness news. Wildfire emergency. Firefighters battling on the ground and smoke drifting far from the fire zone. how whats happening out west could impact the triangle. Plus. Wake county schools and a big switch. The boards plans for hundreds of students the parents plans to fight it. And. A deadly shooting at the Oklahoma City airport. The latest details just in. Eyewitness news starts right now. Right off the top tonight a pedestrian hit. And critically injured in fayetteville. This is owen drive near village drive. Fayetteville police say 45 yearold jeremy karpinecz. Was walking across owen drive at about 640 this evening when he was hit by a car. Karpinecz was taken to cape fear valley hospital. Where hes in critical condition. You can look for dotcom and on Eyewitness News at 11. Now to wildfires burning more than 40 thousand acres across Western North carolina. The widespread smoke also creating a dangerous haze and prompting air quality warnings. good evening everyone. Im tis
Eyewitness news. A Wake County School board member dies suddenly. how educators are remembering their colleague. Plusthe Harnett County Sheriffs Office hit with a federal lawsuit. Why some are claiming deputies violated civil rights. And how the fires burning in the North Carolina mountains could affect you here in the triangle this weekend. Eyewitness news starts right now. right now on Eyewitness News. right now on Eyewitness News. Educators mourning a Wake County School board member who died unexpectedly today. Good evening im steve daniels. And im tisha powell. Zora felton passed away at the age of 65 today. She was absent from last nights School Board Meeting after falling ill. Angelica alvarez is live outside Sanderson High School in raleighwith more on the sudden passing. This is where it she graduated from sanderson high. Started teaching here in 1973. Shes a mother. Shes a grandmother. And for so many. Her death comes as a shock. Missing from last nights Wake County School boa
Rnet and unlimited calling. Say yes to more. Call now. Eyewitness news. New accusations hurled in the race for governor. why the Mccrory Campaign says votes were cast by dead people. how it could drag out the process even longer. Plusa wildfire surges in the North Carolina mountains. Why more trouble is in store for the weekend. And Community Leaders press for action after graffiti is found in durham. Eyewitness news begins right now. First at ten breaking news first at ten a car slams into a Durham Police car in a construction zone. It happened on highway 70 near holloway street. Police were on the bridge to slow down traffic. But a car woundup running into the cruiser. No one was hurt. Watch for the latest on air and online. Right now on Eyewitness News governor mccrory and tonight his campaign is filing a protest in 50 counties claiming dead people showed up to vote. Good evening im steve daniels. And im tisha powell. This comes as Elections Officials race against the clock to certi