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Police set up overnight checkpoint near slain banker’s home

Police today closed down an overnight information checkpoint near the apartment of a 30-year-old banker found dead in her bedroom last week. 29 minutes ago

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CRIME

Wakefield High 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.
CRIME

Mental patient was shot four times during March escape attempt, autopsy shows

Jonathan Lee Cunningham, who fled from an involuntary commitment in a stolen law enforcement vehicle, was shot four times by Wake County deputies, according to an autopsy released Monday.
BARRY SAUNDERS

Saunders: In Enloe water-balloon case, does punishment fit the crime?

Wasn’t there a more creative way to deal with Enloe High School students who allegedly threw water balloons than to suspend them from school?
CRIME

Would-be robber shoots man on Durham’s Railroad Street

Durham police said a 19-year-old man was seriously hurt when he was shot during a struggle with another man who had demanded his cash and cell phone during an encounter on Railroad Street.
DURHAM COUNTY

Bonfield presents $381 million Durham budget

City Manager Tom Bonfield presented a $381 million budget proposal Monday night for fiscal year 2013-14. It calls for no increase in the property-tax rate, but adds a fee for garbage collection and raises fees for downtown parking.
WAKE COUNTY

Proposed Wake County budget would spend more, but leave tax rate steady

The Wake County property tax rate would remain steady for the fifth year in a row under the budget proposed today by County Manager David Cooke.
CRIME

Warrant: Broyhill admitted “involvement” in Jamie Hahn’s death

Jonathan Wayne Broyhill admitted to police his “involvement” in the fatal stabbing of political fundraiser Jamie Hahn last month, according to a search warrant made public Monday.
LOCAL/STATE

State rests its case in Janet Abaroa murder trial

Despite newly discovered evidence, a judge has ruled that the case against Raven Abaroa will proceed.
DURHAM COUNTY

Downtown Durham Inc. hires new leader

Downtown Durham Inc. has chosen Geoff Durham of Fairfax, Va., to succeed Bill Kalkhof as president and CEO.
TRAFFIC

Westbound lanes of Interstate 40 in southeast Raleigh reopen to traffic

An accident shut down westbound Interstate 40 at the 301 mile marker in southeast Raleigh for more than four hours Monday.