Hawg Pen Wrestles With Noise Complaints

An ongoing dispute between a Raleigh neighbor and a private club owner over possible violations of the City’s noise ordinances spilled over into City Council earlier this week, where the man accused the Raleigh Police Department of shielding the bar from criminal and civil citations.

The Council Record

A relatively short and uneventful afternoon session of City Council was combined Tuesday with a lengthy, agenda-packed evening session where Councilors heard five rezoning cases and eight public petitions from citizens, including a lengthy dialogue on police accountability in Raleigh.

Wake County Schools’ Top 159 Mascots

With more than 150 schools already in the system, and plans to add 13 new facilities over the next five years, we decided to dig into one crucial but often overlooked issue: what were the names of these assorted schools’ mascots, and who got to decide?