Durham News

Courthouse packed as dockets overflow

Herald-Sun - Thu Nov 20

Courthouse packed as dockets overflow BY KEITH UPCHURCH : The Herald-Sun Nov 21, 2008 DURHAM -- An unusually heavy caseload in Durham District Court caused a huge spillover Thursday into the hallways of those ...

Jaki Shelton Green is 1st Piedmont laureate

News Observer - Thu Nov 20

Acclaimed Orange County poet Jaki Shelton Green has been selected as the region's first Piedmont laureate under the newly created Piedmont Laureate program.

Quietly strumming into Hall of Fame

News Observer - Thu Nov 20

Will McFarlane has had a terrific career as a journeyman guitarist over the past 35 years, playing behind Bonnie Raitt, Steve Winwood, Etta James and many other notables.

Tampa Bay area ranked last on economic scorecard

Bradenton Herald - Thu Nov 20

Poor ratings in employment and housing affordability put Tampa Bay in last place among six metropolitan areas in a measurement of economic health.

Acts of Faith

News Observer - Wed Nov 19

Hundreds of congregants watch as a new cross is raised to the top of Newhope Church in Durham.

Loving the outcasts

Independent Weekly - Wed Nov 19

For many years, spiritual leader Jean Vanier frequented orphanages. In his visits, he sometimes clutched a forlorn child to his chest."Immediately the face of the child is transformed," Vanier said, describing ...

Volunteers Help Get People Out Of The Bitter Cold

NBC 17 - Tue Nov 18

By 7 p.m. Tuesday, Chaplin Lynn Holloway and his friends at the Durham Rescue Mission convinced 18 homeless people to take shelter.

UNC players describe assault, fondling

StarNewsOnline.com - Tue Nov 18

Oh to be in college again. The drunken nights. The begging strangers for rides. The being tied up, robbed and fondled against your will.

Trial will have an impact

News Observer - Tue Nov 18

A CHAPEL HILL a ' UNC coach Butch Davis answered a couple of questions Tuesday evening concerning the trial of a Durham man who tied up and kidnapped two Tar Heel football players after a night of drunken ...

Winners Of N.C. Award

WITN - Mon Nov 17

Hey, read the rules! Former Gov. Jim Martin, ex-UNC basketball coach Dean Smith and "Cold Mountain" author Charles Frazier are among 10 people to receive the North Carolina Award, the state's highest civilian ...