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News, sports, and entertainment from The News & Observer, Raleigh, NCBill would bring secrecy to NC lottery
Mar 03, 2015 08:31 PM EDT
Lottery players in North Carolina who win big money on the games
Wake students to make up days on Good Friday, Saturdays
Mar 03, 2015 05:42 PM EDT
Wake County school board members backed the staff’s recommendation to hold classes on Good Friday, a Saturday in April and a Saturday in May. Administrators recommended those options over extending...
Rescue for Carolina Coach gains momentum, but odds are long
Mar 03, 2015 01:36 PM EDT
An effort to save the old Carolina Coach depot from demolition gained momentum on Tuesday, but the wrecking equipment literally came closer to the aging brick buildings too.
Appeals court upholds Grant Hayes murder conviction
Mar 03, 2015 09:55 AM EDT
The NC Appeals Court rejected Grant Hayes' argument that his trial for the murder of Laura Jean Ackerson was laden with error.
Mar 03, 2015 08:58 PM EDT
Wake County school board members backed the staff’s recommendation to hold classes on Good Friday, a Saturday in April and a Saturday in May. Administrators recommended those options over extending...
$9.6 million grant aimed at NC’s community colleges
Mar 03, 2015 01:25 PM EDT
A grant announced Tuesday by the Charlotte-based John M. Belk Foundation will go to community college efforts to help more students graduate.
Durham DA plans to seek death penalty in Chapel Hill shooting case
Mar 02, 2015 06:28 PM EDT
Durham District Attorney Roger Echol indicated his plans to pursue the death penalty against Craig Hicks, the man accused of shooting three Muslim students in February, in court documents.
Saunders: Pay your respects while folks are still alive
Mar 02, 2015 06:04 PM EDT
Y’all lay off Capt. Kirk for not attending Mr. Spock’s funeral. There is, theoretically, only one funeral at which attendance is mandatory
Wake County schools defend Saturday makeup days
Mar 03, 2015 10:14 PM EDT
Wake County school administrators say holding makeup days on Good Friday and two Saturdays will better prepare students for exams. They say that options such as extending the end of...
Mar 03, 2015 12:10 PM EDT
House leaders rolled out a plan Tuesday to drop the gas tax to 36 cents per gallon in April and keep it from falling below 30 cents in July, and...
New principal hired at Green Hope Elementary in Cary
Mar 03, 2015 08:11 PM EDT
The Wake County school board hired Kristin Walker from the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school system to become the new principal of Green Hope Elementary School in Cary. The board also extended...
Wake board OKs job protections for teachers
Mar 03, 2015 06:52 PM EDT
The Wake County school board approved Tuesday a policy that provides the local equivalent of career status, or tenure, that state lawmakers have been trying to remove from teachers. The...
NC House bill would let drivers cross yellow lines to pass slowpokes
Mar 03, 2015 05:39 PM EDT
Citing the frustrations of drivers who get stuck behind bicycles, mopeds and garbage trucks traveling far below the speed limit, North Carolina House members debated a proposal to let motorists...
Motorists found Wilson gold heist guards in handcuffs along I-95
Mar 03, 2015 05:19 PM EDT
Two motorists on Interstate 95 near Wilson phoned 911 early Sunday evening to report two uniformed men with their hands tied behind their backs walking in the rain, trying to...
Raleigh faces downtown flap, spiking rail-station cost
Mar 03, 2015 03:35 PM EDT
After months of rumblings, the Raleigh City Council has taken up the question of whether downtown Raleigh’s nightlife is going from “vibrant” to oversaturated. Also, the city’s cost for Union...
Getting children ready to read starts in infancy, lawmakers told
Mar 03, 2015 12:18 PM EDT
Legislators got a crash course in brain development at a breakfast meeting that emphasized attention to learning that starts at birth.
Developer scraps Hillsborough Street apartment plan
Mar 03, 2015 11:47 AM EDT
Neighborhood opposition has sent a Hillsborough Street apartment proposal for the University Park area back to the drawing board, showing again that would-be builders in one of the city’s most...
Wake County school board to discuss school makeup options
Mar 03, 2015 06:00 AM EDT
The Wake County school board will discuss at Tuesday’s work session how last week’s snow days will be made up. Other topics today include the draft 2016-17 calendars, due process...
3 shot in vehicles on NC 55 in south Durham
Mar 03, 2015 09:25 AM EDT
Three men were wounded when someone, apparently in a car, fired into two vehicles in which the men were riding on N.C. 55 in south Durham late Monday, police said.
Warm Wednesday in Triangle may give way to 'wintry mix' by week's end
Mar 03, 2015 07:31 AM EDT
Enjoy a balmy Wednesday in the Triangle, because Thursday is likely to be chilly and rainy. And drivers may face icy roads by Friday morning.