Orange County authorities charged Durham's Keshaun Byrd over a November string of break-ins along Red Hill Lane and Seven ...

Durham County deputies announced Tuesday they arrested a man after seizing stolen guns and finding illegal narcotics. The ...

Unlike some North Carolina jails, the Durham County Detention Facility stands in a highly visible, downtown location. But practices inside that should be visible to the public are not, Emancipate NC ...

Durham County Sheriff Clarence Birkhead can keep some jail policies hidden from the public, a judge ruled Thursday. That includes the jail’s search, restraint and housing assignment policies.

An investigation into a stolen vehicle led to a drug arrest at Southpoint Mall over the weekend, deputies said.

It was freezing outside when a detainee at the Durham County Detention Facility said he saw a staff member at the jail tie another detainee’s wrists and legs to a restraint chair for a few hours, with ...

Durham police said the child was playing with an unsecured firearm. It was the second shooting of a child in November 2025.

Deputies were called to the Ardsley Drive home just after 5 a.m. Monday, according to the Durham County Sheriff’s Office.

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- About 100 demonstrators gathered peacefully in Durham on Saturday night to speak out against perceived racial injustice and police accountability. But some time afterward, a ...

A suspect in a shooting that left a man dead and a teen injured in Durham is in custody, facing a murder charge. Sincere Bostic, 18, of Durham, was arrested in Goldsboro on Monday in connection with ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. EDITOR’S NOTE: At the request of Durham County, Special Superior Court Judge Hoyt G. Tessener on Oct. 9 dismissed the lawsuit seeking ...