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EDUCATION

Wake to hire 104 more drivers to prevent bus-snafu repeat

Wake County school transportation staff say they’re taking additional steps, such as hiring 104 additional bus drivers and examining the routes for this fall, to avoid repeating this school year’s bus problems.

WAKE COUNTY

Proposed Raleigh budget keeps tax rate, adds 40 jobs

Raleigh City Manager Russell Allen’s proposed budget keeps property taxes steady while increasing utility bills, adding 40 new positions and giving employees a 3 percent raise.

CRIME

Teen accused in shooting death of couple to be tried as adult

A Wake County District Court judge found probable cause to transfer the murder case of a 15-year-old accused in the January shooting death of a couple inside their townhome.

TRAFFIC

Raleigh accident closes part of South New Hope Road

A car crash shortly before 8 a.m. Wednesday closed all northbound lanes of South New Hope Road at South Rogers Lane in Raleigh as police and EMS crews worked at the scene.

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CRIME

Police set up overnight checkpoint near slain banker’s home

Police conducted an information checkpoint near the apartment of a 30-year-old banker who was found dead in her bedroom last week.

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?