When Nicole Elliott met Shajuan Ervin in the spring of 2017, she liked him. Ervin, her daughter Kira’s boyfriend, was a senior at Elizabeth City…
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Pearlie Williams, 63, was supposed to appear at the Durham County Courthouse for her final eviction hearing on December 13. Then two days beforehand, it…
On Tuesday, Oct. 3, Pearlie Williams, 63, sat silently in the front row of Courtroom 4D at the Durham County Courthouse, waiting to be called…
Students at Northern High School had barely completed a week of classes at the newly opened building when they were put under a lockdown on…
Probation court—held four times a month at the Durham County Courthouse—bustles on a Tuesday morning in May. Here, Courtroom 7C is filled with chatter. Attorneys…
Like many elementary school libraries, R.N. Harris’ multi-media center is decorated with stuffed animals, vocabulary word posters, and hundreds of picture books. On Monday, this…
Lack of affordable housing coupled with rising rents appears to have worsened Durham’s homelessness problem, according to an analysis by a Durham non-profit. In a…
Durham County last week welcomed the expansion of a major pharmaceutical company, giving the corporation a multi-million dollar boost to aid the project. In a…
While most of my friends spent Halloween at costume parties or trick-or-treating, I was at the Durham County Courthouse listening to the opening statements of…