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🌱 Gun Buyback Community Buy In + Leandro Funding Strides in NC Budget

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Rise and shine, Durham! Let's get you all caught up to start this Monday, April 11 off on an informed note. Here's what's happening today in Durham.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and warmer. High: 80 Low: 58.

Here are the top five stories in Durham today:

  1. The Durham County Sheriff's gun buyback program returned on Saturday, and within 45 minutes of the start, cars were lined up outside of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church to partake. This was the first time that the sheriff's office initiated the event and community members made note of the efforts. Depending on the number of weapons taken on Saturday, Sheriff Clarence Birkhead says they may hold another event. (CBS17)
  2. An overnight shooting on Saturday left one dead and two others injured on West Woodcroft Parkway. Officers responded to the shooting call just after 7:30pm and found the three victims. One was pronounced dead at the scene and the other two were transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. (abc11)
  3. The North Carolina Integrated Care for Kids or NC IncK is working to improve the health of North Carolina's children. The program helps kids through the age of 21 who are insured through Medicaid, by filling in gaps that wellness visits leave. Family navigators serve families by working with the family over years to help connect them to services and care that fit their needs. Durham is one of only four counties that have the pilot program at this time. (CBS17)
  4. Governor Roy Cooper's administration says that the North Carolina state budget spends a little over half of the necessary amount to comply with the plan that Judge David Lee approved. This week Cooper's budget office gave special Superior Court Judge Michael Robinson details on provisions in the budget that match up with the Leandro funding order. Robinson's job is to determine if the $1.75 billion order brought by Judge Lee needs to be adjusted prior to the Supreme Court taking up the appeal. (abc15)
  5. As elections are looming, Ted Budd and many are awaiting to see the power that a Donald Trump indorsement holds. The State's primary is May 17, and the field of Republican's includes several notable names, including the former Governor Par McCrory. Many are looking at Budd's candidacy as a test of Trump's backing power. (PBS)

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Today in Durham:

From my notebook:

  • It's National Barbershop Quartet Day, and although we don't have any Durham based quartets that I could find, Hyde Park Barber Shop has been serving the community since 1947!
  • Durham Co-Op is partnering with Bull City Boomerang Bag to reduce plastic waste by providing reusable cloth bags to the community. (Durham Co-Op Facebook)
  • The Durham Police Department is featuring "An Elephant in the Garden" for this month's inclusion to the Little DPD Library. (DPD Facebook)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Monday! I'll see you around.

— CJ Fullford

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