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…
9th Street Journal
With a series of community projects vying for a slice of the budget, $2.4 million of city funding is on the plate for Durham locals.…
Durham Public Schools’ academic performance improved over the last school year, but achievement gaps between the district’s Black and Hispanic students and other students remain…
Three generations of the Jabba family take turns peering through the eyepiece of a telescope aimed at Monday night’s waxing gibbous. Through the lens, the…
Local news is dying. But, fear not, Durham Sheriff Clarence Birkhead has a new podcast to tell Bull City about the long history of sheriffs,…
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…
After a series of delays caused by storms and problems during construction, Northern High School, originally scheduled to open on Aug. 28, finally opened its…
New campaign signs have popped up around the city promising that DeDreana Freeman will “fight for Durham.” But are the signs supportive or a sly…
In every corner of the room—on the bookshelf, on the piano, under the bench—are boxes stuffed with hundreds of cards of every size and color.…
After nearly two years as mayor of the Bull City, Elaine O’Neal said recently that she won’t be seeking re-election. O’Neal’s June 22 announcement follows…








