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According to the North Carolina Office of State Archaeology, the site had been identified and labeled as the "Hinton Slave Cemetery."

KNIGHTDALE, N.C. (WTVD) -- Benjamin Lange has jogged past the wooded area in the Widewaters Village community, but unbeknownst to him, lost history was hidden in plain sight.

"I seen it. I just thought it was a fenced-in area for something," said Benjamin Lange, Widewaters Community Board President. "I didn't know what it was."

Once board members discovered the site was a burial ground, they knew they needed help. They called on new board member Jill Jackson.

"My first task was to find out if there was any grant funding for the cemetery," said Jackson, the organizer of this effort. "My reply was what cemetery?"

According to the North Carolina Office of State Archaeology, the site had been identified and labeled as the "Hinton Slave Cemetery" in 1995. Documents show that there are 130 graves there that may be temporarily associated with early 19th-century residents in eastern Wake County.

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Another document for the North Carolina Historic Preservation Office stated that those residents were the Hinton family and they owned what was Midway Plantation. Census records from 1860 lists 126 enslaved people living on the property. The owner at the time was Charles Hinton, who was one of very few men living in Wake County with more than 100 slaves. Some of them are buried here in Widewaters. Jackson said she believes her family is there, too.

"It could be my great-great grandfather, George Hinton," she said. "He could be there."

This mission is personal for her. That's why she's calling on the community to help clear debris and logs. She's sent out a call for residents turned volunteers who are trying to raise $2,000 through a GoFundMe to purchase a historic marker.

"When I saw the flier, I felt obligated being that some of my ancestors lie there," said resident Donald Debnam. "Without them, I wouldn't be here."

Debnam is also a descendant of the Hinton family. Both he and Jackson feel a personal responsibility to not let their ancestors down.

"I just feel like the grounds were talking to me. They were talking to me and saying thank you for not forgetting about me," she said. "Thank you for not letting nothing like concrete come over us. Thank you for bringing awareness to the community."

KNIGHTDALE, N.C. (WNCN) – A Bojangles restaurant in North Carolina is getting a lot of attention.

“We were working around here, we were picking up trash and I saw the sign and said something is wrong here,” said Leandro Gonzalez Espinoza.

Gonzalez, who was working in the area on Tuesday afternoon with his family business Gonzalez Gardening and Landscape LLC, said he had to Google an image of the fast-food restaurant just to make sure his eyes weren’t playing tricks on him.

He soon confirmed the large, red-letter Bojangles sign on the building had a typo.

“The people here, they didn’t notice. I saw that and had to tell them, you know? I’m guessing they’re trying to finish here,” Gonzalez said.

Signs around the Bojangles say the restaurant is currently closed for remodeling. Gonzalez isn’t sure if he was the first to notice the sign with the misspelling — reading “Bojagnles” — but he does know it made him chuckle.

“It happens, you know? Probably they were in a rush, I don’t know,” Gonzalez laughed.

After snapping a photo of the sign and sharing it to social media, Gonzalez noticed his post had started to catch a lot of attention. By Wednesday morning, his photo had hundreds of shares.

One of those shares came from Caitlin Gooch in Wendell, North Carolina. Gooch is the founder of Saddle Up and Read, a nonprofit which aims to encourage kids to read.

“I didn’t even realize what was wrong with it. I’m dyslexic, so to me, it looked totally fine!” said Gooch.

The founder of the nonprofit said her miniature horse “Man Man” is a huge fan of Bojangles biscuits, so it only made sense to reach out to the restaurant to see if they could work together.

“I thought it would be a great opportunity to reach out to Bojangles and say, ‘Hey, we’re here in the community. There’s actually a Bojangles behind us. It would be cool if we could have a program called ‘Books and Biscuits,'” she said.

Gooch said it could be another way to encourage children to read while sharing books and biscuits with the animals.

To Gooch’s surprise, she received a response.

“They commented on the page and said, ‘We’re biscuit masters, not spelling bee champions,’” Gooch laughed.

She responded to the fast-food chain and said, “Leave the spelling to us, but we’d love to partner with you all to make this program a reality.”

A spokesperson with Bojangles said the company was notified about the typo immediately, and the sign’s installers replaced it within a couple of hours.

Gooch and others acknowledged that mistakes like this can happen to anyone — even a popular restaurant.

“The overall response was people laughing, and once I realized it was a typo, I laughed, too,” she said. “We’re a literacy program, but we have typos, too.”

KNIGHTDALE, N.C. (WTVD) -- A Knightdale woman went to early vote only to learn her name is nowhere to be found in the voter rolls.

Phyllis Thomas said, "Wow, out of the whole Wake County, I'm the only one that is deleted. They told me I can do a paper ballot and I told them I didn't want to do a paper ballot. I want to vote regularly."

Thomas says staff at her early voting site did not argue with her and said they would get to the bottom of it.

"They made a lot of phone calls to find out what went on and she said somebody deleted you from the system. She said there was an error. I said, ok, but that's a big error."

It took some time, but Thomas was eventually able to register to vote during early voting and was able to successfully vote that same day.

Besides casting her vote, Thomas had another concern, "My issue is how many more people were deleted from the system? So it's not just about me. If I didn't go early vote and I waited for November, was I able to vote?"

Thomas reached out to ABC11 Troubleshooter Diane Wilson for answers and she got in touch with the NC Board of Elections, and they confirmed Thomas was mistakenly removed from the Wake County voter rolls in January.

The representative said this happened after her name showed up as a possible duplicate registration through a routine automated check for duplicates. The reason, the representative says, Thomas' name, date of birth, and gender matched exactly with a voter in another county. The representative with the NC BOE also said, "This is a rare, isolated incident that unfortunately can happen as we check for duplicate registrations in a database with 7.5 million voters."

The representative adds even if a voter shows up on Election Day to vote and finds themselves in Thomas' situation, they would be able to vote, as he said safeguards exist for situations like this. Under state law, it states that any registrant who is removed from the voter rolls "shall be reinstated if the voter appears to vote and gives oral or written affirmation that the voter has not moved out of the county but has maintained a residence continuously within the county."

KNIGHTDALE, N.C. (WNCN) — The finish line is in sight for NC-540’s completion, as funding is now secured to complete the final leg in eastern Wake County.

On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced it is loaning the North Carolina Turnpike Authority (NCTA) $417 million to complete the project.

As a point of clarity, the NCDOT pointed out there are two separate highways here: I-540 is the free portion that’s been completed from Knightdale to the first exit of Morrisville where the toll begins. The rest of the highway that’s being completed from Morrisville and back around to Knightdale is NC-540 and is tolled.

The orange part of this map from the North Carolina Department of Transportation shows where Phase 1 of the NC-540 project is expected to wrap up this spring.

The gray shows where Phase 2 will begin around the same time, eventually connecting up to Knightdale. Phase 2 is expected to wrap up in 2028, according to NCDOT.

Click here to see the full map from NCDOT.

How will it impact drivers?

Once it’s complete, the new access to NC-540 – also known as the Triangle Expressway – will improve traffic and serve as another evacuation route for emergencies or hurricanes.

Henry Saad is a regular customer at RushHour Karting, who commutes to their go-karting location in Garner.

The completed part of NC-540 runs near his home in Holly Springs, and he says his commute is “quite the drive.”

“Three, maybe four major highways… and if you hit traffic it can be a solid 45-minute drive,” he explained.

When Phase 2 of the Complete 540 Project wraps up, he says his commute will be cut in half.

“It would probably be a solid 15-20 minute drive and it would make life so much easier,” he said.

RushHour Karting sits right along Phase 2 of the project, and they’re looking forward to having more commuters in the area.

“It’s definitely good for business,” said Aaron McGee, Track Manager. “The more ways to get here brings in more traffic. The more the better, I believe.”

The Triangle Expressway is a toll road that costs about 25 cents per mile. However, Saad tells CBS 17 a little money is worth saving a lot of time.

“If it means I don’t have to sit in as much traffic then I’m all for it,” he said.

To view current construction activities, click here.

Forestville Village by Toll Brothers

Forestville Village by Toll Brothers

KNIGHTDALE, N.C., Oct. 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Toll Brothers, Inc. (NYSE:TOL), the nation’s leading builder of luxury homes, today announced its newest community of townhomes and single-family homes, Forestville Village by Toll Brothers, is coming soon to Knightdale, North Carolina. Construction is underway and sales will begin in the spring of 2024.

Located just minutes from nearby parks, shopping destinations, and local restaurants, Forestville Village will include 290 home sites with two collections of Toll Brothers homes. The community will offer 9 new home designs ranging from 1,720 to 2,620+ square feet, each built with the Company’s outstanding quality, craftsmanship, and value.

“With our unrivaled personalization options and new floor plans that are designed for today’s home buyers, Forestville Village by Toll Brothers will offer residents the best in luxury townhome and single-family home living nearby Knightdale’s unparalleled shopping, dining, and entertainment options,” said Ted Pease, Division President of Toll Brothers in Raleigh. “We are excited to bring another beautiful new home community to the ever-growing region of Wake County.”

Forestville Village will include a robust assortment of onsite community amenities. Toll Brothers residents will have the opportunity to enjoy a clubhouse with a large resort-style swimming pool with cabanas, playground, walking/biking trails, play lawn, and a convenient trail connection to Knightdale Community Park.

Home buyers will also enjoy easy access to major commuter routes as well as proximity to downtown Raleigh, Wake Forest, and North Hills which offer shopping, dining, arts, entertainment, and recreational destinations. Children will attend school in the highly acclaimed Wake County School District.

Additional Toll Brothers new home communities in the Raleigh area include Regency at Olde Towne, Overlook at Brier Creek, Regency at Holly Springs, Knightdale Station, Addison Pond, Willow Hills, Toll Brothers at Preserve at White Oak, Retreat at Cedar Crossing, and Toll Brothers at Holding Village.

For more information on Forestville Village and Toll Brothers communities in the Raleigh area, call (866) 232-1719 or visit TollBrothers.com/Raleigh.

About Toll Brothers Toll Brothers, Inc., a Fortune 500 Company, is the nation's leading builder of luxury homes. The Company was founded 56 years ago in 1967 and became a public company in 1986. Its common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “TOL.” The Company serves first-time, move-up, empty-nester, active-adult, and second-home buyers, as well as urban and suburban renters. Toll Brothers builds in over 60 markets in 24 states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Washington, as well as in the District of Columbia. The Company operates its own architectural, engineering, mortgage, title, land development, smart home technology, and landscape subsidiaries. The Company also develops master-planned and golf course communities as well as operates its own lumber distribution, house component assembly, and manufacturing operations.