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Self-Help wants city incentives for charter school project
City officials are mulling a request from the Self-Help credit union that they contribute some $250,000 in business incentives to a renovation of the old Y.E. Smith School on South Driver Street.
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NCCU panel discusses UNC football investigation
A panel at the N.C. Central School of Law took turns criticizing the NCAA and the University of North Carolina on Wednesday for their handling of an investigation that caused 14 football players to be suspended during the 2010 season.
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Duke women’s athletics: 40 years and counting
Nancy Hogshead-Makar’s competitive swimming record landed her at Duke University on a full scholarship, and her talent also took her on to claim three gold medals and a silver at the 1984 Olympics.
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Police seek nominations for service awards
From staff reports
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Deputies charge 4 teens with breaking into occupied house
Sheriff’s deputies arrested four teens and charged them with breaking into an occupied house in northern Durham.
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NCCU approves cutting five degree programs
With just a whiff of dissent, the N.C. Central University Board of Trustees voted Wednesday to eliminate five degree programs at the school.
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Perdue to move $9M to fund 2,000 more in NC Pre-K
Gov. Beverly Perdue said Wednesday she's shifting unused child-care subsidy money to enroll another 2,000 at-risk 4-year-olds in a state program that helps them catch up to their peers before entering kindergarten.
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Exploring the new cancer facility
They strolled around the spacious lobby and stared at the soaring atrium. They nibbled on hors d’oeuvres of corn chips, steak and wasabi sauce and listened to the tinkling sounds of a grand piano.
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Crime log, Feb. 23
Burglars take jewelry, electronics DURHAM – Burglars broke into a home Feb. 2 in the 4100 block of Chancer Drive and stole an electronic book reader (Kindle), a purse, Sony television, DVD player, Acer laptop computer, four earrings, two bracelets, two necklaces, four purses, digital camera and stereo equipment with a total value of $6,619. In other crime: - A Kenmore washer and dryer, a Panasonic television and telephone equipment worth ...
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Submitted <br> Joanne P. McCallie and her daughter, Maddie, both love basketball, but each has chosen her own path in the sport.
Two talented women, one strong bond
It is perhaps Durham’s most interesting dichotomy. Joanne P. McCallie is an accomplished basketball coach at the highest level. Her daughter, Maddie, is a skilled athlete, adept at soccer, volleyball and basketball. Of course, Maddie likes basketball best and has chosen to continue playing in college once her career at Riverside High School ends this year.
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Mardi Gras, the Durham way
They’re out there. Revelers and musicians dressed as jesters, some as gladiators, others as clerics in colorful garb, and, this being the Bull City, at least two in full matador regalia. One gentleman walked on stilts and everyone danced as the Mardi Gras parade made its way from the CCB Plaza, north on Foster Street, then east on Geer before winding up at Fullsteam Brewery on Rigsbee Avenue.
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Submitted | Courtesy NCCU Athletics<br> NCCU freshman shortstop Cory Williamson holds a UNC Asheville runner (Billy Creighton) at second base while junior transfer Luis Diaz patrols left field during the season-opener on Friday at the Durham Athletic Park.
The clash at the DAP
Duke, NCCU baseball teams to meet on Central's turf
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The Herald-Sun | Melody Guyton Butts<br> Jordyn Hall, a second-grader at Spring Valley Elementary School, portrays author Maya Angelou during the school’s Black History Month wax museum.
Channeling giants of black history
Spring Valley Elementary students dress and act the part in ‘wax museum’
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NCCU moves forward with academic restructuring
The Board of Trustees of N.C. Central University took the next step Tuesday toward a massive restructuring of the university’s academic lineup that would eliminate several degree programs, combine others and realign several more.
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Why youths choose gangs over church
‘They just want someone to love them’
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Holmes makes GOP bid in Senate District 22
Tuesday was another relatively quiet day on the election-filings front, with only one new candidate surfacing in Durham.
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Council delays vote on rental inspections
City Council members have delayed until March a vote on a proposed rental inspections program that would target units in the heart of Durham.
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CRIME LOG, Feb. 22
Man faces cocaine charge
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Man dies in home from gunshot wound; neighbors evacuated
A man died Tuesday morning from a gunshot wound in his Old North Durham home, and police are investigating the possibility that it was self-inflicted.
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Council rejects utilities for 751 South
City Council members voted 6-0 on Monday to deny the controversial 751 South project a water and sewer extension deal to serve its 1,300 homes and 600,000 square feet of commercial space.
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