Good morning, everyone, and Happy St. Patrick’s Day! The NCAA tournament kicks off today, with Duke taking on UNC-Wilmington, and UNC squaring off with Florida Gulf Coast University in Raleigh this evening. Will the Triangle teams have the luck o’ the Irish on their sides? Don’t forget to fill out your brackets. Don’t forget to […]
Jane Porter
Jane Porter is Wake County editor of the INDY, covering Raleigh and other communities across Wake County. She first joined the staff in 2013 and is a former INDY intern, staff writer, and editor-in-chief, first joining the staff in 2013.
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Why Was a Wake County Woman’s Lawsuit Settled Against Her Will?
It started with an argument. No punches thrown, just words exchanged. Denise Fitzpatrick, a petite, primly dressed African-American woman, now sixty-one, went to use the restroom at the Cornerstone Day Center, a publicly funded, Wake County-owned facility in downtown Raleigh that provides services such as mental-health and substance-abuse treatment to the homeless. It was August […]
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We Burn for Bernie: A Pre-Primary Party with Senator Bernie Sanders
11:04: Happy Friday everyone! We’re here at Memorial Auditorium in downtown Raleigh with the rest of everyone in downtown Raleigh, waiting to feel the Bern! The line to get in was half a mile long, and there are only 2,500 seats in this old theater, so we are packed in like sardines. It’s cool! We’re […]
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Community Activists Ask Raleigh’s Human Relations Commission for Police Oversight Board
Dozens of residents turned out for the City of Raleigh’s Human Relations Commission meeting Thursday, to ask commission members to look into a community oversight board that would investigate citizen complaints against police officers. Many of the residents, clad in black T-shirts and holding signs calling for justice, are members of a coalition of community […]
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The Morning Roundup: N.C. GOP Cannot Abide Trump, Cannot Get Along
Here’s everything you need to know to get you through this Thursday. 1. Donald Trump came to North Carolina again, and protesters disrupted his rally, again. Trump rallies are dangerous places to be these days, and while I like to think Raleigh protesters were the first to disrupt a Trump-tour speech, folks in Fayetteville, where […]
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State Officials to Lee County Residents: It’s Now Safe to Drink Your Coal Ash Water
Lee County residents, whose well water was recently found to be polluted by coal ash contaminants, got an alarming surprise this week. They heard from officials from the state Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of Health and Human Services that their water is actually safe to drink, even though 14 private wells that […]
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Clean Energy Equals Good Business, Say Entrepreneurs
In case our state’s self-proclaimed “pro-business” lawmakers doubt that clean energy is important to the state’s business leaders, the N.C. League of Conservation Voters decided to help them out. Last week, the NCLCV convened a panel of North Carolina entrepreneurs at N.C. State’s JC Raulston Arboretum to discuss the benefits of the federal Clean Power […]
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Raleigh Police Chief Cassandra Deck-Brown Releases Report of Akiel Denkins Shooting
Raleigh police chief Cassandra Deck-Brown released a preliminary report Thursday afternoon that contains information regarding Monday’s officer-involved shooting that killed 24-year-old southeast Raleigh resident Akiel Denkins. According to the report, RPD Senior Officer D.C. Twiddy spotted Denkins on Bragg Street around noon on Monday. Denkins ran and Twiddy pursued him. Twiddy slipped on some gravel […]
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Rude: WRAL Would Not Feature Dallas the Pit Bull on “Pet of the Day”
Meet Dallas, a two-year-old blue brindle pit bull. He’s a Cause for Paws foster pup who’s looking for a home. Last week, Dallas, accompanied by his foster mom Brittany Carpenter and Cause for Paws outreach director Molly Doll, thought he was going to be featured on WRAL-TV’s “Pet of the Day” news segment. Carpenter says […]
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The Morning Roundup: Gov. McCrory Backs Trump, Democrats Say; Republicans Don’t Want Maya Angelou to Have a Post Office
Updated: Sen. Burr has in fact weighed in on Congresswoman Alma Adams’ proposal to name a Winston-Salem post office after Maya Angelou. Both he and Sen. Thom Tillis support the bill. See below. Good morning, everyone. Early voting starts in North Carolina today, so make sure you head to the polls, stat! Remember, your participation […]
