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wral.com | Destinee Patterson
Summer break has just begun, but schools across central and eastern North Carolina are already thinking about ways to keep your children more engaged in the classroom in the fall. Multiple districts are making changes to their policies ahead of next school year. >> Why NC schools are restricting cellphones, and how that will affect your schoolMost school boards have had cellphone policies for years, but some are taking new approaches to enforcing them, like Harnett County.
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1 week ago |
wral.com | Destinee Patterson
The father of a man believed to have shot at Rolesville police officers during a pursuit in the heart of town said this isn't the person he raised. Kacy Walker, the dad of Gabriel Walker, said his son was a productive member of society and gainfully employed until drug use and mental health struggles became too much to overcome, leading to a series of charges before Monday's ordeal.
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2 weeks ago |
wral.com | Destinee Patterson
Nearly 600 people were victimized by human trafficking in North Carolina last year, according to the National Human Trafficking Hotline. Come July 1, a greater awareness will be required of people working in hotels and those who own vacation rentals. A new state law will require property manager, hotel employees and Airbnb/VRBOs property managers to take approved training, report suspected human trafficking and put up signs for awareness.
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2 weeks ago |
wral.com | Destinee Patterson
Images out of Los Angeles from over the weekend show flash bangs, fires and tear gas among protesters. President Donald Trump deployed thousands of National Guard troops in response to protests calling for the end of raids targeting businesses and people suspects of violating immigration laws. Roughly 2,500 miles away, dozens of North Carolinians flooded downtown Raleigh's Moore Square in solidarity. The Union of Southern Service Workers hosted the rally Monday.
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2 weeks ago |
wral.com | Emily Walkenhorst |Destinee Patterson |Jack Hagel
An Enloe Magnet High School student watches videos in the back of his art class on May 7, 2025. The Wake County Board of Education is cracking down on cellphone use in schools next year. Destinee Patterson/WRAL NewsSeth Landesman was tired of the cellphones — students texting or scrolling while he was trying to teach, and not listening when he told them to put their phones away.
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