Police News
The Wake Forest Police Department (WFPD) is partnering with Hyundai Motor Group to offer a limited number of free steering wheel locks to qualifying Hyundai and Kia vehicle owners. The initiative is designed to combat the increase in motor vehicle thefts, resulting from a social media trend...Read more
***UPDATE - The 2011 Hyundai Sonata has been recovered by the Morrisville Police Department along the 1600 block of Macalpine Circle. No one was found inside or with the vehicle when it was recovered. The following information was distributed May 11 at 12:26 p.m.:
Wake Forest Police are...Read more
Raleigh Water is scheduled to close a portion of the 400 block of South Main Street/US 1A, from Elm Avenue to West Sycamore Avenue, (vicinity of Wake Forest Elementary School and Bright Funeral Home) Saturday, May 13, from 7 a.m.-4 p.m. The closure is necessary to allow crews to renew a water...Read more
The Wake Forest Police Department will host a Touch-A-Truck fundraiser for Special Olympics of NC on Saturday, June 17, from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at The Factory, 1839 S. Main St.
Families and children of all ages will be granted an all-access pass to police cars, fire trucks, a helicopter,...Read more
***UPDATE - All southbound lanes along Capital Boulevard/US 1 have reopened.
The crash involved two vehicles. Three people have been transported to a local hospital.
The following information was distributed at 10:12 a.m.:
A crash has closed all lanes of southbound...Read more
The gas leak along Jones Farm Road has been sealed. The road has reopened, and the evacuation has been canceled.
The following information was distributed today at 1:13 p.m.:
Emergency personnel are on the scene of a ruptured gas line along Jones Farm Road. The gas line was...Read more
Wynn Site Development, a contractor working at the future site of the Wait Avenue Condos, 425 E. Wait Ave., will reduce to one lane with intermittent two-way traffic a portion of the 400 block of Wait Avenue (between Franklin Street and Taylor Street) Wednesday-Friday, May 3-5, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m...Read more
During the week of April 24, the Town of Wake Forest will close portions of North Main Street/US 1A from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. according to the following schedule:
Monday, April 24 – northbound North Main from North Avenue to East Cedar Avenue
Tuesday, April 25...Read more
On Friday, April 21, Pinnacle Contracting Services, a contractor working at the site of the future Hawthorne at Traditions, 601 Gilcrest Farm Road, will pour a large volume of concrete for the building foundation from 3 a.m.-6 p.m. Residents who live in the area are advised that concrete trucks...Read more
Wynn Site Development, a contractor working at the future site of the Wait Avenue Condos, 425 E. Wait Ave., will reduce to one lane with intermittent two-way traffic a portion of the 400 block of Wait Avenue (between Franklin Street and Taylor Street) Thursday-Tuesday, April 20-25, from 9 a.m.-4...Read more