News: Local

Jan. 10, 2013 @ 06:36 PM

First lady Ann McCrory lends a hand for Good Samaritan Inn lunch

First lady Ann McCrory and the wives of some of the state’s top legislative leaders passed out plates and food for a meal at the Durham Rescue Mission’s Good Samaritan Inn on Thursday as part of the week’s inaugural activities.


Jan. 10, 2013 @ 05:25 PM

Man shot to death outside convenience store

A man died after he was shot repeatedly about midnight Thursday outside a convenience store on University Drive, and police are seeking the shooter or shooters.


Jan. 10, 2013 @ 04:59 PM

Police Log

Man faces assault charge


Jan. 10, 2013 @ 04:56 PM

Community Watch workshop set

Registration is open for the Durham Police Department’s 2013 Neighborhood and Community Watch Workshop. The workshop will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 26 at the Holton Career and Resource Center.


Jan. 10, 2013 @ 05:02 PM

Durham in Southern Living contest for ‘Tastiest Town in the South’

Durham is in the running for “Tastiest Town in the South” in Southern Living magazine. Online voting began Thursday to choose the Bull City over nine other Southern locales, including Asheville. Durham and the other tasty towns will be included in the February issue of Southern Living. The winner will be announced in the May issue.


Jan. 10, 2013 @ 04:48 PM

Get ready for spring — in January

This weekend is probably the reason why so many moved down here from the frigid north.


Jan. 09, 2013 @ 07:57 PM

‘Cardiac Kids’ drives wrestlers to improve skills

Jay Coman delivered a practice-ending inspiration to a couple dozen sweat-soaked, chest-heaving wrestlers who had just finished an intensive two-hour training session with the Cardiac Kids wrestling club.


Jan. 09, 2013 @ 07:42 PM

Police log

A United Parcel Service (UPS) store in Durham was robbed Wednesday.

Police got a call about 2:52 p.m. at the UPS store at 811 Ninth St., police spokeswoman Kammie Michael said. A man dressed all in black and wearing a mask robbed the store at gunpoint. No one was hurt, she said.


Jan. 09, 2013 @ 07:37 PM

Durham County to resurface 21.9 miles of state roads

The N.C. Department of Transportation has awarded a $4.8 million contract to Carolina Sunrock LLC of Raleigh to improve 21.9 miles of Durham County roads.


Jan. 09, 2013 @ 07:29 PM

Work to begin on Old North Durham Park

Users of the City of Durham’s Old North Durham Park should take note that construction is set to begin next month. Then work will close the park until August and impact vehicle traffic around the park t 310 W. Geer St.


Jan. 09, 2013 @ 07:18 PM

Appeals panel to decide Duke hydraulic-fluid case

A panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is mulling Duke University Health System’s request that an insurance company ante up $6 million to cover claims stemming from a surgery sterilization mix-up.


Jan. 09, 2013 @ 07:10 PM

Rougemont woman dies in head-on crash

A Rougemont woman died Wednesday when the car she was driving crossed the centerline on Guess Road and crashed head-on into another car, the N.C. State Highway Patrol said.

Three others, including two 4-year-old cousins, were hurt.


Jan. 09, 2013 @ 07:01 PM

Advisory committee aims high on degree attainment

A UNC system committee developing the next five-year strategic plan for the 17-campus university is aiming high.

The UNC Advisory Committee on Strategic Direction is set to recommend setting a state degree attainment goal of 32 percent for residents age 25 to 64 by 2018.


Jan. 09, 2013 @ 06:49 PM

Officer, police dog hurt in hit and run

A Durham police officer and his K9 (police dog) were injured Tuesday night in a hit-and-run traffic accident on Holloway Street in East Durham, and a man was charged in connection with the accident.


Jan. 09, 2013 @ 06:43 PM

Pizza robber sentenced to prison

A man who had a habit of robbing pizza delivery men was taken down after he robbed a Chinese food deliveryman and hid the evidence under his bed.