Students at the N.C. School of Science & Mathematics are hoping to break a world record on March 20 by gathering the most donations during a charitable food drive that lasts just 24 hours. To break the record, donations must top 509,147 pounds of food. (Yes, that’s more than half a million pounds.) The food […]
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The untimely death of former Hillside principal Earl Pappy
Earl Pappy, former principal of Hillside High School, died Sunday, according to the brief obituary that ran in The News & Observer and a story yesterday in The Herald-Sun. He was only 51. I, among others, was surprised to hear that Pappy died so young. Although the end of his three-year tenure was marked by […]
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The dirt on dry cleaning
Eight hours a week for more than two years, parishioners of the Word of Faith church in Durham flocked to a makeshift sanctuary inside a rented building near downtown and gathered for fellowship, prayer and healing. What the churchgoers did not know at the time, state officials believe, is that while they celebrated and sang […]
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Daniels pleads guilty to carrying gun, receives unsupervised probation
Erick Daniels, who was released from prison in 2008 after serving seven years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, was sentenced to 12 months unsupervised probation today in a Durham County courtroom for carrying a concealed weapon, according to court records. After being out of prison more than a year, Daniels was arrested […]
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Bowman says he didn’t push board for severance; agreement was mutual
We published a story this morning about Reyn Bowman, the recently retired head of the Durham Convention & Visitors Bureau. He was the first CEO and president of the organization and worked there 20 years. Years ago, the board that governed his organization promised him one month’s pay for every year he stayed in his […]
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Reyn Bowman receives hefty severance package
Hundreds of friends and associates of Reyn Bowman filed into Rigsbee Hall, a chic downtown space with sleek concrete floors and exposed brick, for a retirement party for the 20-year leader of the Durham Convention & Visitors Bureau. They sipped locally brewed beer and snacked on hors d’oeuvres. Lawyers, activists and elected officials posed for […]
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Durham police name new deputy chief; announce 11 other promotions
Durham Police Chief José Lopez announced a dozen promotions Wednesday, including naming Jim Bjurstrom a new deputy chief. Bjurstrom has been filling in as deputy chief for the past three months after the hastened retirement of Beverly “B.J.” Council, who was tied up in the police department’s overtime scandal late last year. According to a […]
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Daniels seeking $25 million from Durham for negligent investigation, distress
An update to our story published this morning on Erick Daniels, a Durham man who served seven years in prison on a wrongful conviction: According to a settlement demand Daniels and his mother filed with the City of Durham, the family is seeking $25 million for a flawed and incomplete investigation that caused Daniels to […]
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City of Durham and Erick Daniels could reach settlement in wrongful conviction case
When her 15-year-old son was arrested for a robbery he didn’t commit, Karen Daniel fought to keep him out of prison. When Erick was convicted as an adult and sent away, the tenacious mother sought appeals and rallied anyone who would listenpoliticians, police, lawyers, the mediato get him out. And although it has been more […]
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Allison pushes commissioners for delay on vote; Page grants her wish
Durham County Commissioners spent a good part of their five-hour work session Monday morning debating the details of an agreement with Durham Public Schools that would allow school system to recoup sales taxes it pays on construction projects. The interlocal agreement had many facets and took some time for county staff and commissioners to dissect. […]