The Cyclorama of the “The Battle of Gettysburg” by French artist Paul Philippoteaux depicts the clash of July 3, 1863. It was the South’s deadliest battle of the war, with more than 45,000 casualties. The large painting was displayed by it’s owners in an old tobacco warehouse in Fuquay-Varina, N.C. on Tuesday, April 21, 2015. The trio of investors are hoping to find a home for the historic work. Cycloramas are panoramic paintings displayed inside a cylindrical platform to the give the viewer a felling of being in the midst of a historical scene.
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The N.C. Senate team defeated the N.C. House team in a milk chugging contest at the General Assembly on Tuesday, June 16, 2015. The lighthearted event was held to promote North Carolina dairy prod...
Katie Simunich from Louisa, Virginia gives her comments on Monday, June 15, 2015 after two people were attacked by sharks on Oak Island on Sunday. She was several hundred yards away from one of th...
Vacationer Jessica Bresnan talks about taking precautions following two shark attacks on Oak Island, NC. Video by Chris Seward, cseward@newsobserver.com
Gail Boyd, owner/manager of Town and Country Animal Care Center in Apex comments on a proposal by the N.C. Legislature to levy a sales tax on service-orientated businesses. Staff video by Chris Se...
Johanna Colon’s sassy, spicy Aretha Franklin performance at Heather’s Dance in Knightdale on Saturday had been viewed online millions of times by Tuesday afternoon.
Parents, family and friends flocked to the Raleigh Convention Center in downtown midday Monday, June 8, 2015 to see over five hundred Garner Magnet High school seniors graduate in one of several Wa...
Teachers and staff and Raleigh's Wiley Magnet Elementary school gave their kids going home on the last day of class a multilingual goodbye banner, Kidz Bop music, high fives and hugs to start them ...
See a video of Broughton High School graduation ceremonies held at the school in Raleigh on Monday, June 8, 2015. Staff video by Chris Seward and Tegan Johnston
Ryan Broderick, an Army combat veteran from Fayetteville, North Carolina was jailed after a threatening call to the Veterans' Administration suicide hotline. Video by Mandy Locke, mlocke@newsobserv...
The last North American video store in Raleigh, NC is closing it's doors forever, a victim of the digital age. News & Observer reporter Virginia Bridges talks to some of the faithful customers.