Vance County Schools Coverage

Teacher of the Week: Lillian King

Our Teacher of the Week is the child of two teachers! WRAL's Brian Shrader goes to Vance County to meet an educator who is keeping the family tradition alive.

Fight, shots fired at Vance County High basketball game leads to worries for parents

Multiple people were seen rushing onto the basketball court during Vance County's game with Louisburg, many of them throwing punches. Shots were fired after the game was postponed.

Fight shuts down Vance County basketball game, shots fired outside of school

Shots rang out outside Vance County High School Tuesday night.

Destinee Patterson, WRAL reporter

Henderson church gives backpacks to Carver Elementary

Risen Faith Outreach Ministry sponsored four families at Carver Elementary School for the holidays in 2022, but Pastor John Miles wanted to do more for the community.

Keenan Willard, WRAL eastern North Carolina reporter

Teacher of the Week: Launtia Dallas of Clark Elementary School

Launtia Dallas said her father knew she'd be a teacher someday when she was "teaching the trees." She's being honored by Vance County Schools with its Beginning Teacher of the Year award.

Thousands of international teachers prepare state's students for global marketplace

International teachers have more than quadrupled in the state in the past decade to more than 2,100 teachers. North Carolina spent $121.4 million this year on teachers coming from abroad--six times what it did a decade ago.

Emily Walkenhorst, WRAL education reporter

6,000 without power in Warren, Vance counties after major power line damaged

A widespread power outage forced Vance County Schools to open two hours late on Tuesday.

Family of injured student doesn't believe ex-SRO's apology for assault

A former Vance County school resource officer will spend about eight weeks in jail for assaulting a middle school student a year ago.

Former SRO gets 8 weeks in jail for body-slamming Vance middle school student

A former Vance County school resource officer will spend about eight weeks in jail for assaulting a middle school student a year ago.

Amanda Lamb, WRAL reporter

DA: No charges for assistant principal who pushed student to lockers

The Vance County School assistant principal and school resource officer accused of hurting a middle school student won't face charges, District Attorney Mike Waters said Wednesday.

Raw: Confrontation among Vance County student, assistant principal, school resource officer

This surveillance video from Vance County Middle School shows the confrontation among a student, assistant principal and school resource officer. It was released by District Attorney Mike Waters.

Vance County assistant principal remains employed after confrontation with student

The Vance County School assistant principal and school resource officer accused of hurting a middle school student won't face charges, District Attorney Mike Waters said, and the assistant principal remains employed.

DA reviewing Vance school assault cases to determine if more charges warranted

The family of a Vance County student who was body-slammed last month by a school resource officer demanded Tuesday that the officer face felony charges in the attack and that an assistant principal likewise be charged in an assault on a second student.

Family of Vance student who was body-slammed wants felony charges against SRO, assistant principal

The family of a Vance County student who was body-slammed last month by a school resource officer demanded Tuesday that the officer face felony charges in the attack and that an assistant principal likewise be charged in an assault on a second student.

Bryan Mims, WRAL reporter, & Matthew Burns, WRAL.com senior producer/politics editor

Family provides update on Vance student body-slammed by SRO

The family of a Vance County Middle School student seen in a video being body-slammed by a school resource officer last month holds a news conference.

Assistant principal suspended after video showing incident with Vance Middle student

A former Vance County school resource officer charged with assaulting one middle school student didn't do anything wrong in an encounter with a second student, District Attorney Mike Waters said Thursday.

DA: Vance SRO charged with body-slamming boy didn't hurt second student

A former Vance County school resource officer faces misdemeanor charges in connection with a video that shows him body-slamming a middle school student, District Attorney Mike Waters said Tuesday.

Adam Owens, WRAL anchor/reporter

Grandfather says body-slam by SRO hurt student physically, emotionally

The grandfather of a Vance County Middle School student who was body-slammed by a school resource officer discusses the impact of the incident.

Vance SRO in body-slamming video won't face felony charges

A former Vance County school resource officer faces misdemeanor charges in connection with a video that shows him body-slamming a middle school student, District Attorney Mike Waters said Tuesday.

Amanda Lamb, WRAL reporter, and Matthew Burns, WRAL.com senior producer/politics editor

Vance DA discusses video of SRO body-slamming student

District Attorney Mike Waters holds a news conference where he is expected to identify the school resource officer seen in a video slamming a Vance County student to the ground as Warren Durham.

DA: Student's minor injuries led to misdemeanors against ex-Vance SRO

Vance County School Resource Officer was fired after video showed him slamming a child to the ground. Vance County district attorney's office is holding a press conference on Tuesday.

Another mother alleges SRO injured her child

A mother alleges a Vance County school resource officer hurt her daughter on the same day he was caught on camera slamming a boy to the ground.

Vance schools respond to SRO's attack on student

Vance County school leaders are addressing the video released last week that shows a student being slammed to the floor by a school resource officer.

In Vance County, schools, sheriff, family find SRO's attack 'unacceptable, egregious'

"I don't care what happened. My grandson should never have been attacked by a grown man that we trust in law enforcement," Pastor John Miles told reporters Monday afternoon. Miles' 11-year-old grandson was the student seen in a video from Vance County Middle School being picked up and repeatedly slammed to the floor by a school resource officer.

Sloane Heffernan, WRAL anchor/reporter

Shock, concern over video of Vance SRO slamming child to the ground

Video from inside Vance County Middle School prompted both sheriff and DA to investigate the actions of a school resource officer.