Published: 2020-06-19 17:19:00Updated: 2020-06-20 06:15:48Local NewsTags:By Rosalia Fodera, Julian Grace, Sloane Heffernan and Leslie Moreno, WRAL reporters — Protesters in downtown Raleigh on Friday night tore down two statues on a Confederate monument at the State Capitol.The monument has a statue on either side. At around 9 p.m., protesters used a strap to pull down one statue before quickly removing the second one. Both statues were dragged in the street and eventually tied to light fixtures and pulled up to mimic hangings.Protesters dragged at least one statue to the Wake County...…Published: 2020-06-19 17:19:00Updated: 2020-06-20 06:15:48Local NewsTags:By Rosalia Fodera, Julian Grace, Sloane Heffernan and Leslie Moreno, WRAL reporters — Protesters in downtown Raleigh on Friday night tore down two statues on a Confederate monument at the State Capitol.The monument has a statue on either side. At around 9 p.m., protesters used a strap to pull down one statue before quickly removing the second one. Both statues were dragged in the street and eventually tied to light fixtures and pulled up to mimic hangings.Protesters dragged at least one statue to the Wake County...WW…

Published: 2021-04-24 15:13:00Updated: 2021-04-26 13:14:59Local NewsTags:By Aaron Thomas, WRAL reporter, & Kevin Kuzminski, WRAL multiplatform producer — More calls for change took place in Elizabeth City this weekend as protests continued after the shooting death of Andrew Brown Jr.New developments SundayProtests continued in Elizabeth City Sunday, marking the fifth straight day of people looking for answers.But as community leaders ask for the release of the body camera footage, Brown family attorney Wayne Kendall says the family will be able to view the footage on Monday."Family...…Published: 2021-04-24 15:13:00Updated: 2021-04-26 13:14:59Local NewsTags:By Aaron Thomas, WRAL reporter, & Kevin Kuzminski, WRAL multiplatform producer — More calls for change took place in Elizabeth City this weekend as protests continued after the shooting death of Andrew Brown Jr.New developments SundayProtests continued in Elizabeth City Sunday, marking the fifth straight day of people looking for answers.But as community leaders ask for the release of the body camera footage, Brown family attorney Wayne Kendall says the family will be able to view the footage on Monday."Family...WW…

Published: 2021-02-01 10:44:00Updated: 2021-02-01 17:59:55EducationTags:— Educators gathered outside the North Carolina General Assembly on Monday to highlight the needs of public schools.Dozens of members from the North Carolina Association of Educators released their legislative agenda for the 2021 session. NCAE President Tamika Walker Kelly said they are requesting immediate access to coronavirus vaccines for educators and more public school funding.“Public school students and educators have been battered by COVID over the past year but have remained resilient. With the General...…Published: 2021-02-01 10:44:00Updated: 2021-02-01 17:59:55EducationTags:— Educators gathered outside the North Carolina General Assembly on Monday to highlight the needs of public schools.Dozens of members from the North Carolina Association of Educators released their legislative agenda for the 2021 session. NCAE President Tamika Walker Kelly said they are requesting immediate access to coronavirus vaccines for educators and more public school funding.“Public school students and educators have been battered by COVID over the past year but have remained resilient. With the General...WW…

Published: 2020-11-21 13:09:00Updated: 2020-11-23 08:11:51Local NewsTags:By WRAL NewsNorth Carolina as more people get tested before Thanksgiving.Gov. Roy Cooper will hold a press conference Monday afternoon. After limiting indoor gatherings from 25 to 10 people, the governor said last week that, if numbers don't improve, some new restrictions might need to be enacted.“We will do what we need to do in order to protect the health and safety of North Carolinians," he said. "We have done that in the past. We will do that in the future."The concerning number is not only the state's highest...…Published: 2020-11-21 13:09:00Updated: 2020-11-23 08:11:51Local NewsTags:By WRAL NewsNorth Carolina as more people get tested before Thanksgiving.Gov. Roy Cooper will hold a press conference Monday afternoon. After limiting indoor gatherings from 25 to 10 people, the governor said last week that, if numbers don't improve, some new restrictions might need to be enacted.“We will do what we need to do in order to protect the health and safety of North Carolinians," he said. "We have done that in the past. We will do that in the future."The concerning number is not only the state's highest...WW…

Published: 2020-09-23 22:14:00Updated: 2020-09-24 13:49:43Local NewsTags:By Leslie Moreno and Nia Harden, WRAL reporters — Fires were set, windows were broken and more than a dozen businesses were damaged in Durham, including some at the American Tobacco Campus, on Wednesday night as protesters took to the streets in the wake of a Kentucky grand jury's decision in the death of Breonna Taylor.Several windows were hit and a glass door was broken at the entrance to American Tobacco. Some trash cans were also set on fire, and some protesters threw rocks. A video showed protesters using...…Published: 2020-09-23 22:14:00Updated: 2020-09-24 13:49:43Local NewsTags:By Leslie Moreno and Nia Harden, WRAL reporters — Fires were set, windows were broken and more than a dozen businesses were damaged in Durham, including some at the American Tobacco Campus, on Wednesday night as protesters took to the streets in the wake of a Kentucky grand jury's decision in the death of Breonna Taylor.Several windows were hit and a glass door was broken at the entrance to American Tobacco. Some trash cans were also set on fire, and some protesters threw rocks. A video showed protesters using...WW…