Police arrested a second man Thursday in the killing in August 2010 of Larry Timberlake, 52.

Durham County commissioners told the new gang-reduction strategy manager this week to make sure the public knows what he's doing and how to get involved.

A water-sewer hookup vital to the 751 South subdivision project is on the agenda for the City Council's Feb. 20 meeting.

After some last-minute confusion, plans for a light-rail line between Chapel Hill and Durham got unanimous approval Wednesday from a bi-county transportation committee.

A fingerprint of the man police say was the leader of a small polygamous cult was found on tape used to wrap the body of one of two homicide victims linked to the group, according to search warrants made public this week.

Transportation advisers expect to vote Wednesday morning on their favored route for a light-rail line between Chapel Hill and Durham, but the Orange County commissioners could throw in a complication with vote of their own tonight.

Crime, jobs, housing and neighborhoods were the focus of Mayor Bill Bell's annual State of the City speech Monday night, which included a call for higher bail bonds.

The half-century old F.W. Woolworth lunch counter looks like just the spot to enjoy a 10-cent cup of coffee and a 60-cent cheeseburger.

In 2009, the public rallied to restore the Museum of Life and Science's beheaded brontosaurus. In 2012, there are stirrings of a public rally to preserve the museum's first home.

For years, the roundabout at Markham and Glendale avenues has been a neighborhood focal point. Folks post neighborhood notices there and decorate it with objects of art.

Southern Durham Development has withdrawn its attempt to collect expenses and "sanctions" from plaintiffs in a lawsuit over the company's proposed 1,300-home development near Jordan Lake.

Police have charged a man with leaving a firearm unsecured in the presence of a minor after his 4-year-old son accidentally shot himself with a handgun.

A troubled bunny at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham is undergoing acupuncture to help alleviate excessive head twitching and circling.

Former tenants of Liberty Warehouse gave vivid descriptions of leaking water, cracking beams, mold and erosion Thursday, while a construction manager working there gave assurances that the historic building is structurally sound.

Agents with the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force and officers from the Durham Police Department arrested a man in Durham on Wednesday on a warrant for the murder of a Greensboro man.

So much energy was pulsing through the transmission lines of the electric tower that Blake Hubbard climbed Saturday that the teen may not have touched anything before he was shocked and fell.

The American Tobacco Trail bridge over Interstate 40 has hit a snag again.