Author: Jordan Meadows

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer The Wake County Board of Commissioners approved a $2.1 billion budget for fiscal year 2026 on Monday night in a 6-1 vote, setting in motion a plan that increases public school funding while making cuts to affordable housing and emergency services. Commissioner Shinica Thomas cast the lone vote against the budget, warning that the county is being forced into a "false and dangerous choice" between

[caption id="attachment_12012" align="alignnone" width="1280"] (L to R) Officer Garrett Macario & Sgt. Matthew Morrison with the North Carolina Highway Patrol.[/caption] By: Jordan Meadows Staff Writer In October 2024, Tyrone Mason died in a suspicious car crash on Capital Boulevard, and questions quickly arose about the actions of state troopers investigating the incident. Mason, 31, had a blood alcohol level of about .11, the medical examiner found. But while impairment played

[caption id="attachment_12006" align="alignnone" width="2560"] The North Carolina National Guard hosts the Ambassador of the Republic of Botswana to the United States during a press conference and media availability at Joint Force Headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina, May 22, 2025. His Excellency Mpho Churchill O. Mophuting took questions from the press on the National Guard State Partnership Program covering coordination between North Carolina and his country in education, medicine, research, development

Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Last Saturday, Wilson Community College hosted a dedication ceremony to officially rename the Wilson Post Office in honor of the late Milton F. Fitch Sr.-a World War II veteran, civil rights advocate, and pioneering postal worker whose life and legacy have left a lasting mark on eastern North Carolina. The event, led by Congressman Don Davis (NC-01) in partnership with the United States Postal Service, celebrated

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer  In a pivotal move toward addressing long-standing transportation challenges, the Raleigh City Council has endorsed a proposal that could reshape one of the city's busiest corridors. In a 7-1 vote during the May 6 council meeting, members supported a plan to implement tolls on Capital Boulevard (U.S. 1) - a key arterial road connecting I-540 in North Raleigh to Wake Forest - as part of

By Jordan Meadows  Staff Writer  In June 2023, the Raleigh City Council voted unanimously to approve a resolution acknowledging the enduring consequences of slavery and Jim Crow laws on Black families. The resolution affirms that African American residents have been unjustly "enslaved, lynched, segregated, and incarcerated." Among the injustices explicitly named in the document: housing discrimination by banks, governments, and the real estate market. But just a year later, new

Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Southeast Raleigh's Old Towne subdivision is at the center of mounting tensions between residents, city officials, and developers, as frustration over a contentious street construction project continues to grow. What began three years ago with property flagging and dynamite blasts for a new road-Primrose Bank-has evolved into a flashpoint for complaints of property damage, community neglect, and possible civil rights violations. The construction, which aims to

By  Jordan Meadows Staff Writer More than 180 days after North Carolina voters cast their ballots, Democrat Allison Riggs was officially certified as an Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court on Tuesday morning in a ceremony inside the state House chambers at the Capitol in Raleigh. Riggs, who was originally appointed to the Supreme Court in 2023 by Democratic Governor Roy Cooper to replace Justice Mike Morgan, won

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer  Long before the Civil Rights Movement reshaped the American legal and cultural landscape, four pioneering African American athletes shattered the NFL's color barrier in 1946. This moment occurred a full year before Jackie Robinson broke into Major League Baseball, yet their names remain far less recognized in the national memory. The National Football League had briefly seen African American players in its early years, most

By: Jordan Meadows Staff Writer  In October 2023, a five-member team of higher education professionals arrived at St. Augustine University (SAU) on behalf of its accreditor-the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS)-to evaluate the university's finances and leadership. Their findings: the university faced "dire and fundamental financial challenges," and its board of trustees lacked even the most basic systems for risk evaluation and fiscal oversight. The