(RALEIGH) — A police officer says the tragic death of a Millbrook High School student is a reminder that teens have to use safety on the roadways. Lieutenant Tim Tomczak of the Raleigh Police Department says it starts with keeping your seat belt fastened.

(RALEIGH) — North Carolina state employees held their traditional Martin Luther King Day observance program on the Friday before the holiday. Hundreds packed into Raleigh’s First Baptist Church for the ceremony. Governor Bev Perdue, in her remarks, said that the slain civil rights leader — were he alive today — would still be fighting against injustice.