The murder victim’s mother rushes out of the bond hearing in tears. Marion Bailey hurries out after her. Bailey, a 74-year-old retiree wearing a bright…
9th Street Journal
Without an incumbent or primary results to signal a frontrunner, the Ward III Durham City Council race is the one to watch in the upcoming…
Don’t let the headlines fool you. Although Durham’s election might look like a snooze – yes, the race for mayor is essentially uncontested – there…
The state legislators donned flashy bow ties and ceremoniously plucked the name of one North Carolina county from a sequined, light-up, red, white, and blue…
If someone asked you to picture a judge’s chambers, you might imagine a room from a “Law & Order” episode, with quilted leather furniture, towering…
In defiance of the sign outside, marking its maximum capacity at 16 people, Courtroom 7A was packed. Twenty-five prospective jurors occupied almost every bench not…
Judge Doretta Walker glared down at two women with matching magenta-streaked braids who stood before her in Courtroom 4D – in the Durham County Courthouse.…
It’s the fourth week of school and I’m crying in my editor’s well-lit office. It’s nothing serious — I cry frustratingly easily, often about things…
In the Durham County Courthouse, a courtroom is a place for trials, arguments and rulings. It’s where attorneys lose cases and defendants receive jail time,…
Michael Ray Johnson, 34, has been waiting in jail for more than 200 days. Three years have passed since he broke into a woman’s home…