Multiple Fire Departments Come to the Aid of a Former New Home

On Friday evening Wake Forest Fire Department, Stony Hill Fire Department, Durham Highway Fire Department, Bay Leaf Fire Department, Creedmoor Fire Department, and Brassfields Fire Department were all called in to help try to save a home under construction that was engulfed in fire. Here is one of the dispatch calls that went out. Just … Read more

Cop Handcuffs Firefighter Who Refuses to Move Truck

According to KUSI in California a California Highway patrol officer handcuffed a Chula Vista firefighter, Jacob Gregoire, who refused to move the fire engine from a travel lane on Interstate 805. Gregoire was placed in the back of the squad car after being cuffed. “According to [Fire Chief] Hanneman, Gregoire conducted himself properly in telling … Read more

Where Geeks Go – The Wireless Research Center in Wake Forest

Here in little old Wake Forest there is a state-of-the-art facility with a bunch of cool equipment, some mind-bending anechoic chambers and some cool geeks. The Wireless Research Center was created with some public funding to get them going but now is more of a public-private funded operation that helps companies launch new ideas involving … Read more

Wake Forest Electric In Talks to Take a Nuclear Dump

Previously we wrote about the electrifying situation with Wake Forest Electric and it’s decades old nuclear power agreements. Well it looks like a little change might be lowing in the winds. North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency (NCEMPA) has entered into exclusive discussions with Duke Energy Progress regarding the potential sale of NCEMPA’s ownership in … Read more

Unlucky Woman Arrested Stealing Tampons – Wake Forest Police Blotter

Summary This report covers the action in Town from 1-24-2014 to 2-3-2014. We’ve been remiss in covering the police blotter. So let’s hit the highlights. A man with a really long neck was busted for breaking and entering. An arrest was made of a woman from Zebulon who was caught shoplifting tampons, menstrual pads, and … Read more