In a contentious vote Monday night, the City Council voted against re-implementing ShotSpotter in Durham. ShotSpotter, which uses acoustic sensors to detect gunshots and notify…
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After a year-long trial of the controversial ShotSpotter program ended in December, many Durham residents assumed the gunshot detection technology was a thing of the…
Homicides, rape incident reports, and property crime climbed in the first quarter of 2023, Durham’s Police Chief told the City Council on Thursday. Homicides spiked…
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…
Mayor Elaine O’Neal presented a vibrant snapshot of the Bull City in her “State of the City” address Monday, even while lamenting the city’s wave…
At 6 p.m. on March 20, about 30 cyclists gathered near the Shell station at the intersection of West Main, West Morgan, and Watts streets.…
At a recent Durham City Council meeting, a routine crime report by Police Chief Patrice Andrews evolved into a tense discussion about the impact of…
Over the last three decades, Jay Pearson, a professor of public policy at Duke University, has endured more than 65 traffic stops. The stops resulted…
Cars zip past the small sidewalk, blurs of metal and exhaust. Pedestrians run across streets, and sidewalks appear to be an afterthought. Five lanes of…
On a recent Saturday, nearly 100 shotguns, handguns and assault rifles of all shapes and sizes were unloaded from police vehicles outside of the Durham…