https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article314323282.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/d13c25c8-52e5-4e48-b1a2-02dfdcd71afe/2_th.jpg 'Fund public schools. It is not money wasted, it is money invested.' Public school advocates rallied in front of the General Assembly on Wednesday Jan. 14, 2026, to lobby for more school funding and for restrictions on charter schools and private school vouchers. https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article314323282.html/video-embed 31 2026-01-14T20:07:13Z no https://www.newsobserver.com/living/food-drink/article316466257.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/a494e35b-d1aa-4772-98c2-b3c0e6386115/1_th.jpg Readers share the Triangle restaurants they miss the most Simone Jasper, a service journalism reporter at The News & Observer, describes the memories readers shared when we asked what closed restaurants they miss the most. https://www.newsobserver.com/living/food-drink/article316466257.html/video-embed 64 2026-07-10T22:00:28Z no https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article316476010.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/9509324c-45ee-49f8-879a-cff0128ede0d/1_th.jpg Party bus driver charged with DWI after he crashes into Raleigh home A Raleigh man is accused of damaging the front porch and wall of a house near downtown Raleigh after reportedly crashing a party bus early Saturday. The Raleigh Police Department charged Gary Fidell Kearse III, 58, with seven offenses, including driving a commercial vehicle while impaired and two counts of injury to real property for damaging a Pace Street house, according to an arrest warrant. Kearse allegedly drove “without due caution” and “at a speed or in a manner so as to endanger persons or property.” https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article316476010.html/video-embed 103 2026-07-11T23:28:44Z no https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article316494885.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/2bb032db-a21a-4dbc-909a-3cf9cde72b7e/1_th.jpg Funding approved after 3 Wake County elementary schools deemed unsafe due to structural issues Emergency repairs will be made at three Wake County elementary schools that have been deemed unsafe for students due to settling and wall cracking issues on the campus. https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article316494885.html/video-embed 97 2026-07-13T20:06:16Z no https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article316488118.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/1966cf24-46cb-4604-aaff-7696a28f8826/1_th.jpg Wake County Animal Center is overcapacity and needs your help The Wake County Animal Center is at overcapacity for a variety of reasons and needs help from volunteers, adopters, and those able to foster an animal. https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article316488118.html/video-embed 54 2026-07-13T13:28:19Z no