Durham News

By KEITH UPCHURCH kupchurch@heraldsun.com; 419-6612 DURHAM - The driver of an SUV plowed through the window of a furniture store in southern Durham on Friday afternoon, cutting the small building nearly in half.

Top drawer by Joyce Clark Hicks. Send news and photos to The News & Observer, P.O. Box 191, Raleigh, N.C. 27602; email forhomeandgarden@newsobserver.com Learn the ins and outs of caring for houseplants at 11 a.m. today at Logan Trading Company in downtown Raleigh.

Oro Restaurant and Lounge should open this spring at the corner of Martin and Wilmington streets on the ground floor of the RBC Plaza.

Crosstown Traffic is all about getting around in the Triangle. Bad drivers and traffic hassles.

Suspended Durham District Attorney Tracey Cline is seeking to delay an inquiry set to begin on Monday to determine whether she should be permanently removed from her office.

Durham VA Medical Center Nurse Rose Smith draws blood from Army Master Sgt. Clarence Gray, 59, at the Durham hospital last Friday.

The punk-funk pioneers from Los Angeles put on incredible live shows and influenced a generation of crossover performers with a sound that was equal parts anger, joy, punk, soul, heavy metal and ska.

Well, the fifth time was the charm. After standing the Triangle up four times on concert dates since 2005, Aretha Franklin finally showed up, holding forth Thursday night at the Durham Performing Arts Center.

A new study of a devastating bird disease that spread from poultry to house finches in the mid-1990s reveals that the bacteria responsible for the disease evolves at an exceptionally fast rate.

A University of North Carolina Board of Governors committee on Thursday recommended raising tuition and fees at all campuses by an average of 8.8 percent.

Despite initial plans to wait until a civil lawsuit was over, Durham's City Council has now decided it will consider at a meeting Feb.

About 3,000 gallons of sewage sludge leaked into Ellerbe Creek Wednesday when an underground pipeline ruptured at 3:30 a.m. The sludge spilled onto the grounds of the North Durham Water Reclamation Facility, the city's Water Management Department reported today.

About 3,000 gallons of sewage sludge leaked into Ellerbe Creek Wednesday when an underground pipeline ruptured at 3:30 a.m. The sludge spilled onto the grounds of the North Durham Water Reclamation Facility, the city's Water Management Department reported today.

A West Johnston High School student was hit by a car this morning when he was crossing the street to get on the school bus.

The vote for a "Locally Preferred Alternative" route keeps the project on schedule to apply for a federal grant this year.

The Wake County school board voted Tuesday to accept a bid of $2.61 million from a Raleigh developer for a building on 10 acres off Noble Road.

What if fast-food chains offered consumers the option of "downsizing" a meal instead of "supersizing" it? Would people actually opt to "downsize," or get less food, for the same amount of money? And, if people accepted the "downsize" option, would they actually consume fewer calories from the meal overall? According to new research, this approach ... (more)

Rapper J.Gunn , 26, hails from Durham, North Carolina. His confident attitude is backed by a co-sign from the legendary MC Lyte who introduced him to the world on the red carpet of the 2011 BET Awards.

Investigators found them in separate, shallow graves in the backyard of a home on Ashe Street in June 2011.Moses' mother, Sheilda Harris, used to live in the home, the warrants stated.

A new study of homegrown terrorism involving Muslim Americans suggests that the alarm bells set off by Republicans in Congress over sleeper cells of Islamic extremists may be much too loud.