VIA: WWW.CLICKONDETROIT Administrators at Brighton High School said they’re trying to stop a style of dancing they consider obscene on school grounds and recently canceled a popular winter event to make their point.
VIA: WRAL.COM The Wake County Board of Commissioners on Monday heard from the public concerning a controversial decision to eliminate coverage of elective abortions from the health plan for county employees.
Via: NewsObserver.com A Wake County middle school teacher has been suspended following complaints about disparaging comments she made about her class, Christianity and Southern culture on her Facebook page. Melissa Hussain, an eighth-grade teacher at West Lake Middle School in Apex, wrote on her Facebook page that it was a “hate crime” that students left […]
Via: WRAL.com Two of the professors shot and killed Friday in a staff meeting on the University of Alabama’s Huntsville campus are graduates of North Carolina State University. 52 year old Associate biology professor Dr. Adriel Johnson was among those killed. He received a PhD from N.C. State in Animal Sciences in 1989. Dr. Maria […]
Via: WRAL.com More than 100 students attending a Youth & Government conference at the downtown Raleigh Sheraton fell ill today. The conference, at 421 S. Salisbury St., is a leadership event for high school students sponsored by the YMCA. About 1,000 students were in attendance at the four-day event. Some attendees reported stomach discomfort, vomiting […]
Via: WRAL.com A five-vehicle wreck on Interstate 95 in Cumberland County hospitalized two people, two wrecks closed U.S. Highway 1 in Cary, and ice and slush made some roads in coastal counties impassable Saturday morning as winter weather hit the state for the third time in as many weeks. State troopers said that although most […]
VIA: CNN.COM A single mother who chose taking care of her infant over deploying to Afghanistan has been discharged, the Army said in a statement.
VIA: NEWSOBSERVER.COM Three N.C. Central University employees involved with an education agency based at the campus improperly took tens of thousands of dollars, an internal university audit alleges.
VIA: WWW.CLICKORLANDO.COM Snake trappers called Wednesday to a Cocoa home failed to capture an estimated 9-foot boa constrictor, which may have eaten a neighbor’s cat.
VIA: WNCN.COM The alleged sex tape showing John Edwards with his mistress has been turned over to authorities.
Via: WRAL.com A federal judge on Wednesday set an April trial date for an ex-aide to former Gov. Mike Easley on 51 corruption-related charges. Saying it was in the best interest of both sides to bring the case against Ruffin Poole to a speedy conclusion, U.S. District Judge Terrence Boyle said the trial would begin […]
Via: WRAL.com Strong, cold winds swept through the Triangle on Wednesday causing downed trees and knocking out power in some areas. Winds gusted up to 50 mph Wednesday afternoon, but were expected to die down some as the evening progressed, WRAL chief meteorologist Greg Fishel said. The National Weather Service’s high wind warning for the […]