ago, the big complaint was it did not fit in with the historic oakwood neighborhood. the homeowners say they feel much a part of the neighborhood, that wasn't always the case. architect lewis and his wife, marsha were forced to stop construction of their home when the neighbor filed a complaint with the board of adjustment saying the house didn't fit the neighborhood and shouldn't have been built or approved in the first place. gordan and cherry had the proper permits, they were facing having to possibly tear down their house. the case went to court, as superior court judge found he had no standing. the objection was based on how it looks and that's not enough. >> maybe at one positive outcome has been there has been a lot of discussion about what the preservation guidelines are, to protect the old, but

time. that would be an amazing thing to comed out of this, nobody else has to go through what we went through because people understand the preservation principles better than before. >> reporter: we talked to a few neighbor whose say there are scars from the dispute, but for the most part the neighborhood is like family, you fight and move on. as for weesner, she had not had an opportunity to look at the ruling and didn't want to comment on it. i spoke to her attorney this afternoon, he said they are reviewing all the options including another appeal. linda. >> hopefully everybody can move on. julie sims, live in raleigh, thank you. for the first time, we are getting a look inside that modern home if the historic oakwood neighborhood. the owner shared the pictures with us today. we posted a slide show on line. look for the story on the home page of wral.com. a fayetteville woman is

murder accused of stabbing a man to death. police say monica holt killed 67 year old thomas mcnair. they were acquaintances. the incident happened during a fight on ellis around 7:30 this morning. neighbor whose knew mcnair say he was a fixture in the neighborhood. >> i know he was trying to be nice to her and help her out. it's unfortunate in the process, this had to happen to him. he didn't deserve nothing like that. >> he is held in the detention center without bond. a person county man convicted of unvoluntary manslaughter for a deadly dog attack won't get a new trial. ford owned a pit bull that killed 65 year old eugene cameron in detective twelve, ford argued the state wrongly admitted key pieces of evidence at his trial. a cary man sentenced to 7

trafficking, he pleaded guilty for prostitution and using the internet to promote prostitution and ran an operation from hoe helds in north carolina, virginia and georgia from 2012-15, used verbal threats, violence and narcotics to maintain control over the women working for him. the number of people killed in an air strike on a hospital in syria is likely to rise. the relief group doctors without borders supports the hospital. workers are looking through the rubble today. the group says 11 people died in the attack. russia is denying the war planes carried out the air strikes. former u.n. secretary has died. the egyptian politician and diplomat was the 6th secretary general of the u.n. and the only one to serve a single term. the first chief from africa and served from 92 until december 96. he was 93 years old.

with young people in mexico in the heart of drug trafficking corridor. tomorrow heads to a city trying to overcome years of terror with drug lords. >> reporter: crowds lined the streets for miles as pope francis made his way to another jam packed mass. in an area known as a hot bed for the mexican drug crisis, the pope urged priests to fight injustice and drew attention to the killings and kidnappings that plagued mexico. more than 25,000 have vanished in the last ten years, the highest profile are these 43 students, who went missing in 2014, roughly 200 miles south of mexico city. protesters have been in mexico for more than a year, demanding justice for students who haven't been seen tins a confrontation with police. >> this is the most popular case, but it's not the only one. >> reporter: this activist says

government and won't bring real change. >> things won't get better because of change ling, things should be stopped by the people. >> reporter: missing signs are posted across the city, once called the murder capital of the world, the city is under going a renaissance and violence is down 40%. >> why do you think the pope chose to come here? >> i think that maybe he heard all the prayers that the city said. >> reporter: the parents of the missing students will attend the mass in juarez. the pope wraps up the five- day visit tomorrow in juarez. that's across the border from el paso, texas. his mass expected to focus on the my migrants. a law passed last year says

opponent, sitting justices can run for retention. voters would decide whether the justice should serve another 8 years, if the vote is no, the seat would be empty and the governor would choose someone in the next election. the suit says it doesn't allow opposing candidates to run for re-election. strong storms moved across the state leaving behind the damage. a woman needing to be rescued after a tree fell on her home. a former tarheel is trending on social media, what olympic hopeful crystal dunn did that has everyone talking. a battle between homeowners in the dot, how a decision from the state's highest court could

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>> scott mason has a story of a man who pioneered an international sport. >> reporter: there is a man here in siri county, who helped invent a game played all over the world. >> what a great day to be out on the disk golf course. >> reporter: throwing a frisbee, at a basketment trying again for another basket. >> it is so much fun. if i can just get it in the basket, it's more fun. >> reporter: he already hit it big. that's george on the dinah shore show in the 1970. >> it's surreal. >> reporter: that's george and kenny rogers and george and henry winkler, hi, george, larry hagueman.

show, there was a frisbee in it. >> reporter: one point a recreation leader. >> i was trying to think of activities at the playground. >> reporter: he had a frisbee and enjoyed golf. maybe we will set up frisbee golf. >> ever country has one. >> reporter: disk golf courses. >> there are over 5000 courses. >> reporter: he designed somement some tough ones. >> a mando tree, mandatories you have to go around to the left of it. >> reporter: around and sometimes through. >> now i'm looking at a jail cell of trees. >> reporter: the key is often choosing the right disk. at a boy, george. >> the little piece of plastic that helped me get out in the world. >> reporter: he met celebrities and sort of became one himself. even became a comic book character. >> i ended up working for

and organizations and stuff. >> reporter: he works for siri county community college. who would have known the idea george had way back when would make such an impact. >> it's very exciting. to this day, its always a thrill for me to see people playing disk golf. . >> i stink at that game. never thought i would say think, i think gol sf easier than that game. >> he has a original frisbee, an old metal pie plate. >> reporter: they used to throw them around when they weren't making deliveries and that's how frisbee got its name. an inspiring story of a patient in need of a new heart.

who is keeping up his hope and spirit. wral at 6:00 starts right now. new developments in raleigh, we told you about during our news at 4:00, a jury deliver as guilty verdict in the trial of travion smith. thank you for joining us, i'm david crabtree. >> i'm debra morgan, we brought you the verdict live as it happened. wral's amanda lamb, joins us live from the wake county justice center with what is next. >> reporter: the jury found travion smith guilty in just about an hour of deliberations of two different types of first degree murder. one, standard with the felony murder rule, that means it was committed during another felony, in this case a burglary. the other malice, premeditation and deliberation. there was a lot of emotion in the courtroom as this verdict was read today. it happened after just about 2

emotion from travion smith. there was emotion however, when jurors left the courtroom today, several of them appeared to be crying, and their job is not over yet. they returned tomorrow, to begin a sentencing hearing, expected to last for several days, and they will have to decide whether or not smith deserves life in prison or the death penalty. >> amanda lamb live in raleigh, thanks. hundreds of homeowners are caught in limbo by a state law. >> new tonight at 6:00 , the stories of homeowner whose took the state to court for the right to sell their homes. the state's map act stops landowners in the way of road projects from developing the land and that stops interested buyers in their tracks. >> we have tracked this story as homeowners have fought the law for years, some of faces we have seen again and again,