Counties
Wake’s school board becomes more homogeneous
Supporters say having a new nearly all Democratic Wake County school board will end partisan fighting, but critics say it could lead to dissenting opinions being ignored.
Counties
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WAKE COUNTY
Judge dismisses 2 ‘Moral Monday’ cases after daylong trial
The judge who last week convicted the first Moral Monday protester to go to trial on all counts came to a different conclusion on Friday in the second and third cases.
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WAKE COUNTY
Artisans vie for ‘big cheese’ at NC State Fair
Judges sampled an avalanche of cheeses at the unofficial start to the NC State Fair, trying more cheeses than any dinner party guest would ever endure. And, like dinner guests, the cheeses came in many varieties: Some were salty, some were smoky, some beautiful but shallow, and a few divine.
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LOCAL POLITICS
Democrats crow after Wake County school elections
This week’s Wake County school election results are drawing very different reactions from the two major political parties.
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CRIME
Police arrest man suspected to be the ATM robber
Police have arrested and charged a man they think is responsible for a series of kidnappings and ATM robberies last month in and around North Raleigh. Walter Kevin Johnson, 28, faces 23 separate charges and the investigation is still ongoing.
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CRIME
Lovette lawyers argue for murder trial outside Durham
Superior Court Judge James Hardin said Friday he would consider a change of trial venue motion by attorneys for Laurence Lovette, who is charged with murdering Duke University graduate student Abhijit Mahato in 2008. Hardin said, though, that he will not render a decision before Dec. 16.
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TRAFFIC
Track work will curtail some Amtrak trains between Raleigh, New York
Amtrak will cut its daily Carolinian service between Raleigh and New York to just three days a week, starting next week, for a month while CSX performs railroad track maintenance work, according to the North Carolina Department of Transportation.
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CRIME
Woman charged with trying to burn man's home, office in Raleigh
Police arrested a woman late Thursday on charges that she broke into a man's home and office and tried to set fire to both buildings.
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CRIME
Wake deputies find 51 pounds of meth in traffic stop; 3 face charges
Wake County sheriff's deputies charged a man from Texas and two women from Georgia with methamphetamine trafficking after deputies say they found 51 pounds of the drug in the trio's car on Interstate 40 early Friday morning.
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ECONOMY
Farm workers union convention meets in Durham
Farm labor activists are scheduled to meet in North Carolina to draw attention to the treatment of field workers.
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CRIME
NC Highway Patrol responds to TV show on speeding state troopers in Raleigh
The State Highway Patrol says its has "taken appropriate action" against three state troopers who were caught allegedly speeding in Raleigh on camera and with radar guns by members of the ABC network news magazine show "20/20."



