Left to right: Henry McKoy, the Rev. Julian Pridgen, Jamie Schwedler and Floyd McKissick Jr. DURHAM – The Durham City Council approving a $750 million-plus budget was easier than organizing an in-person meeting with diverse stakeholders Monday night. The Hayti rezoning proposal was brought before the Council when the meeting resumed at 9:05 p.m.,

Grant Street groundbreaking. DURHAM – Grant Street resident Joanne Gunn Brown and former Durham city manager Tom Bonfield were absent from the named location June 13. Still, Brown’s research and request - the latter granted by Bonfield in 2018 - was realized last week on that very street. The Durham Community Land Trustees broke ground at

Donovan Carless and his employees. RALEIGH – Donovan Carless finally earned the opportunity to open and lead his first freestanding Chick-Fil-A restaurant last June. He is back home in Raleigh, where he graduated from Sanderson High School in 1996, and met his wife, Nikki, while working in another Chick-Fil-A establishment. The couple is

Jameson and Tyrone Basden. RALEIGH – Everyone at the North Carolina Fatherhood Conference luncheon felt it was perfectly fine for Tyrone Basden to be almost speechless after being named the 2025 father of the year. Basden’s son, Jameson, had spoken volumes while sharing his essay about his Dad. “The way he lives his life teaches me

Sean Ingram, orange shirt, and mentees. Sean Ingram, of Knightdale, uses himself as an example to help youth who are heading down the wrong path. Ingram, 48, grew up in Wilson, where he was raised by his grandmother. His mother was on drugs, and his father was in prison. Like his grandmother, Ingram worked in tobacco fields most of his life. Tired of

RALEIGH – An invitation from Raleigh Police Chief Rico Boyce to meet with Henrietta Mason and her lawyers was declined. Mason’s son, Tyrone Mason, 31, died in an Oct. 7 road accident. “I didn’t feel it right or proper,” said attorney Bakari Sellers, a member of Henrietta Mason’s legal team. Sellers, in conjunction with

DURHAM – Durham Mayor Leo Williams, after attending to other municipal duties Tuesday, needed only to see the end of the inaugural Bull City Future Fund Celebration on CCB Plaza to be fulfilled. The celebration’s primary component included the presentation of more than $300,000 in one-time grants to 15 Bull City nonprofit organizations

DURHAM – Durham Public Schools made history Tuesday as North Carolina’s first local education agency to adopt a “meet and confer” policy. This policy allows employee stakeholders to participate in front-end collaborative conversation concerning the local education agency’s personnel policies and practices. “When we have