OUR WEATHER HAS BEEN VERY TYPICAL OF LATE DECEMBER AS OF RECENT. IT’S 36 RIGHT NOW IN WINSTON-SALEM, SO STILL KIND OF COLD OUTSIDE, BUT PRETTY CLOSE TO WHERE WE SHOULD BE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.

A North Carolina man has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a police officer who was responding to a report of a man with a gun in a supermarket, authorities announced Tuesday.

Businesses in Western North Carolina took a hit after Helene hit on Sept. 27, causing unemployment to skyrocket.

Though they didn't win the big $1 billion jackpot, two Mega Millions tickets sold in the Triangle turned into big Christmas gifts the lucky players.