The wheels on the school bus went round and round until one fell off Wednesday morning, Raleigh police said. A Wake County Public School System bus was carrying children to school when a wheel came off near Leesville Road and Fairbanks Drive about 6:15 a.m., officials said. No one was hurt, police said, and a […]
Domestic violence murders increased in North Carolina in 2012, increasing 15 percent to 122, North Carolina’s attorney general said Tuesday. Attorney General Roy Cooper said 106 murders were attributed to domestic violence in 2011. Of the victims in 2012, 78 were women and 44 were men. Of the killers, 104 were men and 18 were […]
Budget cuts in Wake County are creating a childcare crisis for hundreds of parents. As of March 1, low income working parents who used to depend on vouchers to help pay for their children’s daycare won’t have that option. Budget cuts forced the cancellation of those payments and many parents are now frantically trying to […]
Getting a handle on your spending and savings has the power to change your life. In this seminar you will learn about your personal spending triggers, distinguish between your needs and wants, and begin to build a personal finance budget that will guide you to achieve your financial goals. February 23 from 6:00-8:00pm To register […]
Families seeking more information on the Choice Student Assignment Plan can visit the Wake County Schools Administration Building during extended hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays or attend one of the information sessions being held across Wake County. The Student Assignment Department and Center for International Enrollment will open for extended hours beginning Tuesday, January 10 […]
Learn about local government services in Raleigh and Wake County through this free series of classes sponsored by the Community Services Department. Raleigh Neighborhood College is offered on Thursday evenings over a 12-week period each spring and fall. Applications are now being accepted for the spring 2012 session which starts March 1 and concludes with […]
Wake County Public School System Magnet Program’s selection period is Dec. 5 through the 19. Prior to participating in the magnet school selection process, all new students and rising kindergarteners must pre-enroll. On Dec. 5, parents can begin the magnet school selection process by completing the online application. VIEW MAGNET WEBSITE
Researcher say that deer usually come out of the woods between 5p.m and 7a.m. Well, research is wrong. I had a near miss this morning around 9:25 exiting off the 540. Maybe the deer didn’t set his clock back. Wake County ranks at the top of the list statewide. In a typical year, more people […]
Wake County Public School System updated the web site for its new student assignment plan Friday. On Monday, the district began a series of information sessions designed to walk parents through the process. The new plan requires families to choose, based on their address, among a list of schools they would want to attend. Families […]
The make-up of the Wake County School Board majority is on the line Tuesday, along with a couple of mayoral races. A runoff election will decide the winner between incumbent Wake County School Board Member Kevin Hill and Republican Heather Losurdo. During the primaries, Losurdo got 40 percent of the vote and Hill was 51 […]
VIA: WTVD.COM Authorities have charged four Wake County residents with voter fraud in connection with the last presidential election. Twenty-six-year-old Kierra Fontae Leache of Pheiffer Drive in Raleigh, 46-year-old Shelia “Sheilia” Romona Hodges, also of Pheiffer Drive in Raleigh, and 25-year-old Brandon Earl McLean of Bethune Drive in Raleigh, allegedly cast two ballot votes in […]
VIA: WRAL.COM The country’s most prominent civil rights group has come to Raleigh to draw attention to what it calls a growing erosion of the gains made since a 1954 Supreme Court decision made segregated schools illegal. Using Wake County’s ongoing debate over school diversity as a backdrop, the NAACP is holding a national conference […]
