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Wake County Superintendent Tony Tata defended today a plan to change the schedules at most of the district’s schools this fall while also saying school leaders may reconsider where they relocate Panther Creek High School’s freshmen.
Modified: 02/10/12 11:35:21 AMA new bridge to carry passenger trains across Capital Boulevard is part of the alignment recommended this week by North Carolina and Virginia transportation officials for a proposed 162-mile track that would run trains as fast as 110 miles per hour between Raleigh and Richmond, Va.
Modified: 02/10/12 10:01:37 AMThe fire department suspects arson in a fire that burned down a Raleigh home early this morning.
Modified: 02/10/12 09:29:45 AMAn investigation into bootleg DVD trafficking led to the arrest of a WakeMed employee for drug possession.
Modified: 02/10/12 07:33:46 AMAccording to an arrest warrant, Randy Bernard Henderson, Jr., of 517 Ridgecrest Road, Cary, attempted to run over a Cary police officer with his Ford F-150 truck.
Modified: 02/10/12 07:25:01 AM
A Wake County investigator testified Thursday during the Jason Young murder trial that he called Raleigh-Durham International Airport during his investigation to find out whether any small planes had landed Nov. 3, 2006, from southwestern Virginia.
Modified: 02/10/12 06:33:30 AMA 52-year-old woman was hit by a car when she was crossing the street at the intersection of Duraleigh and Pleasant Valley roads Thursday night in Raleigh, police said.
Modified: 02/10/12 08:40:25 AM
A former Raleigh resident accused of kidnapping a 3-week-old girl from Harlem Hospital in 1987, then raising the child as her own, is expected to plead guilty to charges in New York federal court today.
Modified: 02/10/12 06:49:24 AM
The Catholic Diocese of Raleigh will soon begin the long process of determining whether the first North Carolina native to be ordained a priest should be declared a saint.
Modified: 02/10/12 06:10:36 AM
Keith Adams says he simply wanted to reclaim more than 30 of his paintings that were inside Bistro 155, a restaurant that had recently closed.
Modified: 02/10/12 05:28:24 AMA woman who owns a house in southern Wake County where police discovered 24 marijuana plants and 4.75 pounds of clippings was arrested Thursday, joining three others already facing drug charges.
Modified: 02/10/12 07:35:06 AM
Wake County sheriff's deputies jailed a man Wednesday on charges that he raped and molested a 12-year-old girl over several years.
Modified: 02/10/12 07:36:55 AMCourt dates have been scheduled for the 30 protesters who were arrested at Wake County school board meetings in 2010.
Modified: 02/10/12 10:09:26 AMWake County has named Matt Roylance as interim director of the Animal Care, Control and Adoption Center. He will take over after current director Dennis McMichael leaves today.
Modified: 02/10/12 09:58:40 AMThe Wake County school system has announced the hiring of principals for seven schools:
Modified: 02/09/12 09:20:13 PMThe Wake County school system has begun an online survey to get reaction to a proposal that would change the school schedules for nearly all of the system's 165 schools this fall.
Modified: 02/09/12 09:15:15 PMMayor Harold Weinbrecht says his home security system foiled an attempted home break-in Tuesday morning.
Modified: 02/09/12 05:28:13 AMSeventeen miles of Raleigh's northern 540 Outer Loop will receive a fresh coat of asphalt this year in an $8.4 million repaving project that could start by the end of the month.
Modified: 02/10/12 08:07:57 AMThe Wake County school board voted Tuesday to accept a bid of $2.61 million from a Raleigh developer for a building on 10 acres off Noble Road.
Modified: 02/08/12 11:30:13 PMA 29-year-old Raleigh man was arrested Wednesday and charged with trafficking opium.
Modified: 02/09/12 07:57:29 AM
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