In a charged email sent to Durham County residents in January, Sheriff Clarence Birkhead accused county leaders of failing to address problems at the jail, including broken fire alarms ...

The Durham County commissioners passed a $1 billion budget Monday night that will raise homeowners' tax bills to provide more ...

The former CEO of a San Antonio mental health center was arrested Monday in North Carolina on child sex charges. Some of the ...

Durham Sheriff's Office reports one hospitalized after a shooting on Ellis Rd; details remain under investigation.

In an effort to address what officials have called “warning signs” in Oconee County, the Law Enforcement, Public Health and ...

is suing Durham County District Court Judge Doretta Walker and Durham County Sheriff Clarence Birkhead in federal court, alleging the pair have systematically kept members of the public from ...

Durham's Southpoint Mall reopened Sunday morning after two days of incidents, including a bomb scare and fireworks mistaken ...

On Monday night, the Durham County Board of County Commissioners voted 3-2 to approve funding for a new Durham Sheriff’s Office training facility on Electra Road. The proposal was originally ...

The Durham County Board of Commissioners passed a vote in a meeting on Monday night to appropriate $16.5 million in funding for a new training complex for the Durham Sheriff’s Office ...

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- There has been an overall drop in crime in Durham County over the last five years, a new sheriff's office report revealed. "The great (progress) we are making on the wider ...