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Finalists for the Wake Co. school superintendent: James G. Merrill, Ann B. Clark, and Dana Bedden

Wake names three superintendent finalists

Dana Bedden, the superintendent of the Irving Independent School District in Texas; Ann Clark, the deputy superintendent of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools; and James Merrill, the superintendent of Virginia Beach City Schools, are the finalists to... 53 minutes ago

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CRIME

Raleigh police charge 3 with murder in North Hills slaying

Raleigh police Tuesday afternoon charged a 20-year-old Raleigh man, a 23-year-old Wake Forest man and an 18-year-old Wake Forest woman with murder in the bloody slaying May 14 of Melissa Dawn Huggins-Jones.

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EDUCATION

Wake to hire 104 more drivers to prevent bus-snafu repeat

Wake County school transportation staff say they’re taking additional steps, such as hiring 104 additional bus drivers and examining the routes for this fall, to avoid repeating this school year’s bus problems.
WAKE COUNTY

Proposed Raleigh budget keeps tax rate, adds 40 jobs

Raleigh City Manager Russell Allen’s proposed budget keeps property taxes steady while increasing utility bills, adding 40 new positions and giving employees a 3 percent raise.
CRIME

Abaroa testimony focuses on emails between victim and former boyfriend

Jurors heard that in the weeks leading up to her stabbing death in 2005, Janet Abaroa had emailed with a former boyfriend.
CRIME

Teen accused in shooting death of couple to be tried as adult

A Wake County District Court judge found probable cause to transfer the murder case of a 15-year-old accused in the January shooting death of a couple inside their townhome.
CRIME

Wakefield High girl’s softball coach charged with sex offense with a student

Jamie Ayers, head coach of the Wakefield High School girls’ softball team and an assistant men’s football coach, was arrested Monday evening on a warrant charging him with three counts of sex offense with a student.
TRAFFIC

Raleigh accident closes part of South New Hope Road

A car crash shortly before 8 a.m. Wednesday closed all northbound lanes of South New Hope Road at South Rogers Lane in Raleigh as police and EMS crews worked at the scene.

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CRIME

Upgrades made at Duke Energy substations to reduce copper theft

Duke Energy Carolinas has completed security upgrades at rural substations in Greensboro and Durham where thieves have been stealing copper and committing acts of vandalism.
CRIME

Police set up overnight checkpoint near slain banker’s home

Police conducted an information checkpoint near the apartment of a 30-year-old banker who was found dead in her bedroom last week.
LOCAL/STATE

Durham’s Liberty Warehouse a ‘landmark’ no more

By a 6-0 vote Monday night, the Durham City Council revoked of “Local Historic Landmark” status of Liberty Warehouse, clearing the way for redeveloping the city’s last remaining tobacco-auction house.