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Michelle Mackonochie - familiar to WRAL viewers after five years as part of the morning news team - will anchor the 4 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. newscasts with Dan Haggerty, and the 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts with Gerald Owens. 

WRAL welcomes Michelle Mackonochie to evening newscasts beginning Jan. 5

Michelle Mackonochie

What it really means to be an organ and bone marrow donor

Stay up to date with WRAL’s City of Raleigh Museum news and reporting coverage

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City of Raleigh Museum Coverage

Look north from the City of Raleigh Museum with this live webcam.

City of Raleigh Museum north view

City Of Raleigh Museum North

The City of Raleigh Museum cam looks south down Fayetteville Street in downtown Raleigh toward the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts.

Downtown Raleigh south Fayetteville Street cam from the City of Raleigh Museum

A woman is displaced after a fire early Sunday morning damaged her Raleigh home, according to police.

Woman displaced after house fire in northwest Raleigh

Firefighters responded to the home around 12:30 a.m. Sunday along Epping Forest Drive near Lancashire Drive.

Grady Bussey, African American historian and the vice chair of the Friends of the City of Raleigh Museum, talks about the history of Emancipatoin Day and what to expect.

<p>THE SUN, NEW 20. &gt;&gt; THE CITY OF RALEIGH MUSEUM IS HOSTING EMANCIPATION DAY. THIS SATURDAY. THE EVENT TEACHES THE COMMUNITY UNIQUE HISTORY OF ENDING SLAVERY IN NORTH CAROLINA REBUS THE AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORIAN AND VICE CHAIR FRIENDS OF CITY OF RALEIGH MUSEUM JOINS US NOW TO TALK ABOUT THIS HISTORY AND THE SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES THAT ARE PLANNED. GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU. GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF THE BACKGROUND OF EMANCIPATION DAY IN NORTH CAROLINA. &gt;&gt; YEAH, YOU KNOW, SO NORMALLY WHEN WE THINK ABOUT EMANCIPATION YOU KNOW, WITH IN RECENT YEARS, WE THINK ABOUT JUNETEENTH. BUT THE AS IT IS TELLS HIS OWN STORY. EMANCIPATION DAY WITH ACTUALLY CELEBRATED JANUARY. 1ST ABRAHAM LINCOLN PRONOUNCE THE END OF SLAVERY. JANUARY ONE 18, 63 NORTH HAS ALWAYS CELEBRATED THE DAY OF FREEDOM. AND ACTUALLY STARTED IN NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA. WE HAVE OF 4 HUNDREDS OF YEARS OF ACTUALLY BEEN ABLE TO HELP TELL THE STORY ABOUT SLAVERY AND FREEDOM AND WE'RE GOING TO NO DIFFERENT HERE. THE CITY, RON, USE THEM TO READ IT. &gt;&gt; SO WHAT DO PEOPLE DO WHEN THEY CELEBRATE EMANCIPATION DAY? &gt;&gt; YEAH. SO YOU KNOW, 100 YEARS AGO. WELL, PEOPLE CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE EMANCIPATION DAY. IT WAS ALWAYS A COMMUNITY GATHERING. THEY HAVE RAISED. THEY HAD BEAKERS. THEY HAVE LEADER O F THE AMERICAN AND WIPE THEM OUT. AND THEY WERE ALSO REALLY BOWL AFTER PLACING PROCLAMATION AS WELL AS A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND SO THE CITY OF RALEIGH MUSEUM HAS ALWAYS SERIOUS ABOUT THROWING NEW HISTORY, BUT ALSO KIND OF BRING HOMAGE TO OUR OUR HISTORY PACKED SNOW THIS WEEKEND. WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PROGRAMMING THAT IS GEARED TOWARDS HELP. TELL THE STORY ABOUT INDEPENDENCE AS BOTH LATE. &gt;&gt; SO YOU HAVE THE THE PUBLIC CAN COME WHAT EXACTLY IS THE MUSEUM PLANNING FOR THIS? &gt;&gt; YES, SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT THINGS THROUGHOUT WE COULD SELL. WE ARE WE STARTING THERE IS ACTUALLY A TROLLEY FOR THAT'S SOLD OUT ACTUALLY HELP TELL THE STORY THE RALLY IMPACT AS WELL FOR THE WAR AND AFTER MERRITT COMMUNITIES, THERE'S A 30 FEAR U.S. CODE ARE EVER TO RECOMMEND THAT MEANT PROGRAM. THAT'S GOING TO BE THE TOP GREEN COMMUNITY CENTER ON THE 6TH THIS THEIR DAY. AND IT'S GOING TO BE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO TELL THE EXPERIENCE OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN SOLDIER. CIVIL WAR. WE ALSO HAVE STORY TIME FOR THE CHILDREN AND WE LEAD UP INTO OUR LAST THE ACTUAL EVENT I'M MARY WATCH TONIGHT. SHE'S GOING TO USE EXTRAORDINARY. SHOULD GO HELP. TELL THE STORY ABOUT THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE DEALING WITH THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL WITH THE AFTER SLAVERY. PART MARKET-MAKING OPERATION. AND IT'S GOING TO BE A UNIQUE AND EXTRAORDINARY FOR WEALTH OF INFORMATION THERE AND AN IMPORTANT FEW DAYS HERE. COMING UP. &gt;&gt; WE APPRECIATE THE THE HISTORY BEHIND ITS GREAT BUSEY. &gt;&gt; THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR</p>

City of Raleigh Museum to host Emancipation Day

City of Raleigh museum to host Emancipation Day

Halloween is over, however, many in the Latino community of Raleigh enjoy a different cultural link to a celebration called "The Day of the Dead."

Annual 'Day of the Dead' celebration mixes art, music and dance to honor family and ancestors

Day of the Dead

The City of Raleigh Museum cam looks north up Fayetteville Street in downtown Raleigh toward the North Carolina State Capitol building.

Downtown Raleigh north Fayetteville Street cam from the City of Raleigh Museum

Before you plan your next trip to North Carolina, check out the best museums in Raleigh here. We've got your ultimate guide to help you plan for your visit to the city known as "Smithsonian of the South."

The ultimate guide to the best museums in Raleigh

North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences

Raleigh history buffs can take a walking tour to learn about a lesser known part of the city's history.

"Between Heaven and Hell" walking tour looks at undiscussed parts of Civil War

Walking tour guides lead visitors through downtown Raleigh sites that help tell the story of how Raleigh avoided the fate of many southern capitals at end of Civil War

Walking tour explores 'unwritten' chapter of Civil War history

For more than two decades, the City of Raleigh Museum has filled a storefront in historic Briggs Hardware Building on Fayetteville Street.

