Durham OKs thousands of new homes near Chapel Hill in split votes, despite petition
Within the next decade, or two, 81 acres between Durham and Chapel Hill will be a bustling community with thousands of homes, retail and office space. The Durham City Council approved plans for the Leigh Village Center development in two, 5-2 split votes Monday night. Mayor Leo Williams and council members Nate...
Durham’s Iconic Weeks Motor Co. Building Reopens as Delancey Tavern
This story originally published online at The 9th Street Journal. When you walk by the old Weeks Motor Company showroom on West Geer Street at the end of Rigsbee Avenue, the first thing you notice is this: It has phenomenal windows. There are 28 of them, stacked side by side and wrapping neatly around the curved...
Wake School Board Braces for Audit Showdown as Savings Shrink
Wake County school leaders are in for a long Tuesday, with a fresh independent audit landing on their desks just as the district’s financial cushion keeps getting thinner. The Wake County Board of Education is set to review the district’s most recent audit while juggling a packed slate of budget talks and committee...
Blackwood And Challenger Trade Blows Over ICE Jail Transfer Uproar
Orange County Sheriff Charles Blackwood is pushing back hard on accusations that his office quietly cooperated with federal immigration agents in a controversial jail transfer that has rattled a Carrboro neighborhood and spilled into the sheriff’s race. Challenger David LaBarre says the move handed U.S. Immigration...
Durham mayor slams ‘status quo’ as gun violence rocks city
"I'm tired of kids dying when they don't have to," Mayor Leo Williams said. "If you're not coming to me with solutions and contributions, then I don't have anything else to say to you."
Bullet-Riddled Mystery Sedan Rattles South Miami Blvd Corner
Durham police swarmed a silver sedan with a shattered rear windshield on Tuesday afternoon after the car turned up in a business lot near the intersection of S. Miami Boulevard and T.W. Alexander Drive, its back window punched through with multiple bullet holes. Officers quickly ringed off the scene, snapping...
Unlicensed Raleigh dental provider faces charges after ABC11 Troubleshooter investigation
A woman who "pretended to be a dentist" faces three felony counts after being arrested by Raleigh Police.
Durham Boy Gunned Down Near Gas Station As Cops Plead For Witnesses
A quiet Monday afternoon on South Alston Avenue turned deadly when a boy was shot near a gas station in the 600 block, leaving a neighborhood stunned and Durham police urgently searching for answers. Emergency crews rushed the child to a hospital, where he later died from his injuries. Officers...
Burrito chain picks Durham for first NC location. When it will open
A new Mexican fusion chain has landed in North Carolina. Bubbakoo’s Burritos picked Durham for its first restaurant in the Tar Heel State, opening the location in the Target-anchored Renaissance Village shopping center. The Durham franchise location is owned by Yash Patel. “Introducing Bubbakoo’s Burritos to the...
Durham man hospitalized after shots fired into car
A driver was injured when shots were fired from another car, which then sped away.
