Durham Habitat for Humanity had been trying to help Victoria Dorsey buy a house since 2016. They set their sights on a new Chapel Hill…
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Allen Jones’ grandson was murdered last year in Burlington. The person charged with killing the 18-year-old and two others had multiple prior violent convictions, including…
A defense attorney has leveled a new allegation that prosecutors made serious missteps in the case against Alexander Bishop, a Durham teenager accused of killing…
On paper, the agenda for Tuesday night’s City Council meeting seemed to do a lot of good. Sister Cities of Durham, a non-profit connecting Durham…
When you walk into the square gray box that is the Durham County courthouse, you find yourself in a sterile administrative wasteland of brownish stone…
The record-keeping system at the Durham courthouse is a glimpse back in time. A large room in the Durham clerk’s office has drawers full of…
Archie Smith spoke to the young woman the day before she was murdered. He had just started practicing law and saw the woman in the…
Vickie Castillo has lived in Durham for nearly three decades. After failing to make one month’s rent in November, she faced the possibility of being…
Sidney Brodie holds his iPhone to his mouth. “What is 103 times 8 minus 1?,” he asks. “823,” Siri answers. Brodie and helpers have sewn…
Durham County Sheriff’s Deputy Michael Wood has the job that no one wants – especially not today, just a couple weeks before Thanksgiving, in the…