South Durham Crime Trends: Vehicle Thefts and Retail Corridor Robberies Surge
Last week saw a spike in car break-ins, convenience-store robberies, and parking-lot crime across NC Highway 55, NC Highway 54 East, and University Drive.
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Durham commissioners could approve $55M emergency operations center Tuesday
Although Tuesday's meeting is a work session, the board's consent agenda lists the emergency center and 19 other proposals as action items. Violence and homelessness plans are scheduled mainly for discussion.
What Southpoint Access Is Becoming
The newsletters are staying. Now I’m also building practical guides that can help with everyday life in South Durham.
South Durham in Five: Sept. 5, 2026
Five questions, five answers, and one look ahead from Aug. 31-Sept. 4.
Page Road Project, Rockwood Affordability Plan Head to Durham City Council
The Sept. 8 agenda also includes Durham’s emerging gun violence strategy, more than $20 million in water and sewer contracts, and three possible futures for N.C. 147.