Garner

Wake County officials offered broad hints at a Monday work session that Garner may be able to keep its beloved Southeast Regional Library open after all.

To save money, the town manager recommends laying off three town workers and closing a police substation.

Wake officials are no longer considering an immediate merger of Garner’s financially troubled emergency medical services with county operations.

ConAgra Foods plans to close its Garner Slim Jim factory by next year, laying off hundreds and dealing another blow to the region's economy.

Police identified the dead as Daniel Jonathan Powell, 52, and his wife Doreen Kay Powell, 46.

Council also says no to urban archery program.

The Wake County Sheriff's Office has arrested two men on charges of stealing about $80,000 worth of copper piping from a Garner-area church last week.

The former administrative secretary of the Garner fire department is the focus of an investigation into thousands of missing dollars, according to a memo from the Garner town manager.

A Garner fire department employee has resigned in the wake of an audit that showed thousands of dollars missing from department coffers, town officals said Wednesday.

Since cold weather set in last fall, Robert Brown has been sleeping at friends' houses. When it's warmer, the 59-year-old often sleeps in a tent he pitches around town.

Local and state officials have asked ConAgra Foods for more time to put together a financial incentives proposal that they hope will persuade the company to keep its damaged Slim Jim plant open in Garner.

A Research Triangle Park company is in negotiations to invest $60 million in a new data center in a Garner industrial park.

Auditors and town leaders are looking into missing money from the Garner fire department, officials said.

Charles Stancil, better known as "Buster," started tinkering with cars long before he was old enough to drive.

A dozen or so chickens wander around Kristen Warren's backyard. Her children chase them, and the family eats lots of eggs for breakfast.

Town leaders have laid out spending needs through the next four years.

The town has a new tool to attract theater-goers to the Garner Historic Auditorium -- alcohol.

onAgra Foods has agreed to pay a $106,440 fine and take several steps to improve safety at its Slim Jim plant in Garner as a result of the explosion in June that killed four and injured dozens more.

Residents can register for winter programs.

A new majority on the Wake County School Board took immediate control at a tension-filled first meeting Tuesday, installing its members as top officers and taking the first steps toward ending the county's diversity policy.