Federal Court Says Durham Must Separate Juveniles and Adults in County Jail
A federal judge has endorsed an agreement between county officials and the family of Uniece Fennell, who died in the jail in 2017.
It’s Official: Durham County Just Killed Light Rail
County commissioners voted unanimously to end a regional transportation system two decades in the making.
Tracy Cline removed from Durham DA’s office
pool photo/Chuck Liddy/The News & Observer Tracey Cline left court without commenting on her removal from office. Editor’s note: This blog has been updated from its original content as news in the Tracey Cline case has developed this morning. Seconds after Tracey Cline, Durham’s district attorney, learned she was being ousted from office, she and…
Judge to announce decision on Cline Friday morning
file pool photo/Chuck Liddy/The News & Observer Suspended Durham District Attorney Tracey Cline For live coverage of Cline’s hearing, follow @indyweek and #TraceyCline on Twitter. Superior Court Judge Robert Hobgood will announce a decision Friday morning on whether suspended Durham District Attorney should keep her job. The hearing has been scheduled for 9:30 a.m. in…
Judge to consider Cline’s removal, or dismissal of case based on free speech
pool photo/Chuck Liddy/The News & Observer Attorney James Van Camp represents Durham District Attorney Tracey Cline. For live coverage of Cline’s hearing, follow @indyweek and #TraceyCline on Twitter. Attorneys for suspended Durham District Attorney Tracey Cline renewed a request Wednesday that a judge dismiss a petition calling for Cline’s removal from elected office. When Cline…
Judge could rule by Friday on whether Durham DA keeps job
pool photo/Chuck Liddy/The News & Observer Lawyer Stephen Lindsay, left, questions suspended Durham District Attorney Tracey Cline on the witness stand. For live updates during Cline’s removal hearing, follow @indyweek on Twitter and join the conversation using #TraceyCline. Updates will resume beginning at 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 29. Superior Court Judge Robert Hobgood expects to…
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Durham DA Cline defends actions, if not word choice
pool photo/Chuck Liddy/The News & Observer Suspended District Attorney Tracey Cline testified in her own defense Friday Suspended Durham District Attorney Tracey Cline took the witness stand in her own defense Friday, as she testified in a hearing that will determine whether she may stay in office. Last fall, Cline wrote several long court filings…
Delay denied, Cline inquiry to go forward Monday
Pool Photo/Chuck Liddy/The News & Observer Attorney James Van Camp argues unsuccessfully for a second delay in the Tracey Cline inquiry as she (right) takes notes. Durham defense attorney Kerry Sutton (left), who filed the affidavit in the matter, looks on. The inquiry on whether to terminate embattled Durham County District Attorney Tracey Cline will…
Attorneys for Cline to appear in emergency hearing, 3 p.m. today
Attorneys for suspended Durham District Attorney Tracey Cline are scheduled to appear at 3 p.m. today to ask a superior court judge for more time to prepare for a hearing that could result in her removal from office. A Durham defense attorney filed a petition with the courts last month that Cline lose her job…
Citing pneumonia and need for lawyer, Cline gets more time
Pool Photo/Chuck Liddy/The News & Observer Suspended Durham District Attorney Tracey Cline packs her files after an hour-long hearing on whether she should be removed from office. A judge granted Cline, who is recovering from pneumonia, a continuance to Feb. 20. Her voice cracking and swerving in pitch due to illness, suspended Durham District Attorney…
Durham council to consider granting 751 South utilities at Feb. 20 meeting
Wikimedia Commons This post has been modified from its original form. See deletions and italicized phrases below. Despite initial plans to wait until a civil lawsuit was over, Durham’s City Council has now decided it will consider at a meeting Feb. 20 whether to grant utilities to Southern Durham Development. The company wants to build…
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