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Schools in the Wake County Public School System operated on a normal schedule Tuesday despite surrounding districts, including Durham, Chapel Hill-Carrboro, Johnston and others shifting to a two-hour delay.


Wake County schools not included in 2-hour delay: Parents ask why

CALLED EARTH IN CARRBORO ARE NOW CONTINUING. NORMALLY. >> SEVERAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS DECIDED TO PUSH BACK THEIR START. TIME DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SLICK ROADS. BUT WAKE COUNTY DID NOT. AND SOME PARENTS WANTED ANSWERS. THAT STUFF. I FLEW OVER COMBS MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHERE STUDENTS WERE DISMISSED EARLY. >> WRAL'S ERIC MILLER SPOKE WITH PARENTS WHO HAD TO PICK UP THEIR LITTLE ONES BECAUSE OF HEATING PROBLEMS AT THAT SCHOOL. ERIC? >> NOW, JEFF, CERTAINLY A FRUSTRATING MORNING FOR SOME PARENTS OUT HERE AT COMBS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AND OF COURSE, ALL OF THIS HAPPENING AS WAKE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WERE OPERATING AS SCHEDULED THIS MORNING, DESPITE THE FACT THAT SURROUNDING DISTRICTS LIKE DURHAM, GRANVILLE IN-PERSON COUNTIES, WE'RE ALL ON A TWO-HOUR DELAY. AND AS OFFICIALS IN SOME PARTS OF NORTHERN WAKE COUNTY WERE REPORTING ICING CONDITIONS OUT THERE ON THE ROADS. JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO RIGHT HERE. THIS CRASH HAPPENED ON SOUTH MAIN STREET NEAR CAPCOM AVENUE IN WAKE FOREST THAT FORD SUV MANAGING TO RUN UP THE GUY WIRES OF THAT POWER BULL SOMETIME AROUND 7.30, THIS MORNING. IN PART DUE TO ICE ON THE ROAD. THANKFULLY, NOBODY WAS SERIOUSLY HURT. THERE. THE COLD, OF COURSE, CAUSE MORE ISSUES THAN THOSE TRAVEL TROUBLES. THE RIGHT HERE AT KOHL'S ELEMENTARY STUDENTS WERE DISMISSED JUST AN HOUR AFTER THEY ARRIVED DUE TO ISSUES WITH THE HEATING SYSTEM IN THE BUILDING, SCHOOL BUSES AND PARENTS WERE BACK IN THAT CAR POOL LANE ALMOST AS SOON AS THEY FINISH DROPPING THEIR KIDS OFF. >> IT WAS A LITTLE WEIRD BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I WE DROP THEM OFF AT 8 O'CLOCK. I'M KIND OF LIKE, HEY, DID YOU KNOW SOMETHING WAS KIND OF GOING ON WITH THE HEAT? BECAUSE IT WAS VERY COLD. IT LEFT TO ME DOES NEED TO PRIORITIZE THE HEATING SYSTEM OVER SOME OF THOSE THINGS. >> AND WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO WAKE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE ASKING WHY WITH ALL OF THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS DECIDING TO DELAY, THEY DECIDED TO MOVE AHEAD AS SCHEDULED. WE STILL HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE WILL BRING YOU THOSE DETAILS AS

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According to the Durham Police Department, officers found 77-year-old Georgie Steele on Dec. 28 in the backyard of a home on Da Vinci Street. Officers still don't know how she died.

Durham man charged with concealing woman's death was charged with murder in 2006

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WRAL has confirmed Former Wake County Sheriff Gerald Baker was stopped by law enforcement while driving on consecutive days.

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Records show that high-ranking district officials were made aware of the student abuse allegations and failed to report them to the police. Kimberly Tucker, one of the teachers who witnessed and reported the abuse to her superiors, is calling on them to resign over their handling of the situation.

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Snow popped up Monday night in several northern North Carolina counties. WRAL viewers sent us these photos of the snowfall. Send us your photos at wral.com/report-it.

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Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025 -- Joe Biden took office promising to create an administration that looked like America, and he delivered. 

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WRAL meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner said the pink hue is because of the sun's rays traveling through moisture and air pollution. It's the same reason sunrises and sunsets appear pink.

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