The move will add an additional $200 bonus per month for drivers with perfect attendance, capping at an additional $2,000.

Wake School Board votes to approve additional bonuses for bus drivers

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College hoops bracket challenge

The Durham public school system announced three new principals for the upcoming school year.

<b>DURHAM, N.C.</b> — The Durham public school system announced three new principals for the upcoming school year.

Jerome Leathers, an assistant principal at Hillside High School, was named principal at Jordan High School.

Teresa James was named principal at Club Boulevard Elementary School. She is currently an assistant principal at Fuquay-Varina High School in Wake County.

Kia Eason, who has worked with Durham Public Schools as a Title I school improvement specialist, was named principal at Merrick-Moore Elementary School.

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Durham Public Schools names three principals

Eric Williams and Latavia Washington McGee were in Mexico to help McGee get a medical procedure done. They were violently kidnapped by cartels in the area, which killed two others that traveled with them.

Survivor of kidnapping in Mexico returns to North Carolina

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A new 911 call was released Tuesday as Cary police investigate two crime scenes at a Cary home where a body was found in a pile of burning debris.

Police identify burned body, man shot at Cary home

Identity of the body burned, man shot at Cary home

Administrators at a charter school in Columbus County are demanding a first-grade boy's hair be cut before students return from spring break.

Family sees discrimination in school's demand that boy cut his long hair

"Pet leasing" has become controversial with some owners having their pets repossessed.

Bill to ban 'pet leasing' would make repossessing animals illegal in NC

Pet of the Day for March 17, 2023

The bill seeks to limit teaching about systemic racism and white privilege in North Carolina classrooms by laying out a number of topics teachers can technically broach, but in the bill's words can't "promote."

Bill limiting discussions of racism, privilege, in NC classrooms moving forward

NC Board of Education ask state lawmakers for more money to fund more nurses, social workers

Get the latest WRAL WeatherCenter Forecast whenever you need it, including the DUALDoppler5000 and the 7-Day Forecast.

WRAL WeatherCenter Forecast

Sky 5 flies over a crash on I-440 near New Bern Avenue on Tuesday afternoon. Multiple lanes are closed.

Sky 5 over I-440 crash

The House Commerce Committee considers bills that would legalize online betting on sports and would ban 'predatory' charges and repossession of pets paid for over time.

Lawmakers consider mobile sports betting, predatory pet leases

Daytime Pick 3 and Pick 4 drawings are held at 3 p.m. daily. They can be seen as live or on-demand video.

Daytime Pick 3 and Pick 4 Drawing

Watch lawmakers discuss a bill that would prohibit state and local governments from requiring employees to get COVID-19 vaccines and prohibit schools from requiring them of anyone.

Should COVID-19 vaccines be mandatory at schools? 

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NC State is ending its varsity rifle program. State's athletic department made the announcement on Tuesday.

NC State ending rifle program after 65 years of varsity status

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The game between the Wolfpack and the Volunteers is set for Sept. 7, 2024.

NC State to play Tennessee to kick off 2024 season in Charlotte

Belk Bowl

A Knightdale man who taught at Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School was charged Tuesday with sexual misconduct with a student.

