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EDUCATION

Wake school safety task calls for more counselors

A task force recommended Tuesday hiring more counselors but not letting school employees or volunteers carry weapons in Wake County schools. The group’s study and report came in response to the December school shootings in Connecticut.

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CRIME

Inmate, on life support since Wake jail altercation, has died

Shon Demetrius McClain had been on life support at WakeMed Hospital in Raleigh since he was involved in an altercation with a Wake County Sheriff’s Office detention officer on the evening of June 4.

WAKE COUNTY

Wake event demonstrates how hot cars can kill children

In front of the Wake County Public Health Center on Tuesday, people ate s’mores melted inside a car to demonstrate the dangers of leaving children in a vehicle unattended, especially in the summer.

CRIME

Wake Forest man faces charges over sale of fake cocaine

Joe Tommy Smith would face different charges if a white powder that police said they bought from him had been cocaine, but state law makes it a felony to sell counterfeit drugs, too.

CRIME

Raleigh woman charged with murder in death of man found near Falls Lake

Joanna Roberta Madonna, 46, was arrested by Wake County sheriff’s deputies early Monday in the death of 64-year-old Jose Manuel Perez, with whom she shared a house in a northern Raleigh subdivision.

CRIME

Woman killed in Raleigh hit-and-run accident called caring, energetic

A Cary man has been charged in a hit-and-run incident that killed 18-year-old Natalie Chidlaw and injured another teen as the two attempted to cross Hillsborough Street shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday. Chidlaw was described as caring and energetic, relatives said.