A Wake County jury convicted Greg Taylor in 1993 of killing Jacquetta Thomas, and he has exhausted the usual routes of appeal. This week, Taylor has the chance to undo the jury's decision, as his case is heard before a panel of three judges.
A federal judge is prepared to sentence two former company investors for conspiring to give $196,000 in cash and consulting fees to a then-state employee to expedite an air quality permit for an ethanol plant.
Despite warnings that making the change could cost taxpayers an additional $15.5 million, Wake County's school board majority moved a step closer Tuesday toward fulfilling its campaign promise of abandoning a proposed high school in northeast Raleigh.
When former Democratic Gov. Mike Easley was being grilled about his unreported use of private airplanes last year, his campaign attorney posed this question: Why not look into the records of Easley's former Republican opponents?
A new private preschool will offer yoga in the morning, organic Whole Foods-catered meals for lunch, and learning with child-size Smart Boards in the classroom.
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