it led to child abuse charges against the mother. a clayton man bursts into a burning home to rescue a family. how at first -- his intentions were misunderstood! and...state lawmakers launch an ambitious new study of school construction needs in all 100 counties. i'm kathryn brown...lets rewind... good evening...thanks for joining us...this week... a fiery crash kills one person... bringing tra to a halt on i-40.... 11 years later, a guilty plea in one of durham's most horrific crimes... and.....home owners associations band together to file complaints when thousands of dollars disappears... three cars - scorched beyond recognition after a crash on i-40 left one person dead monday. the crash happened in the westbound lanes. flames and thick black smoke was visible for miles. the highway patrol is investigating the cause of the crash, but has not yet

was shutdown for several hours. relatives of a man accused of driving drunk and killing 3 people say they're praying for the victims. jaciel espino-montes appeared in court monday to face a judge on 3 counts of aggravated felony death by motor vehicle and dwi. his father and other family members sat in the courtroom choking back tears. police say espino- montes was drunk and speeding when he crashed killing 3 passengers including his cousin, and injuring 3 others. aras espino / suspect's father 1:35 we gotta make sure all i know every family is crying now :53 espino-montes is in the wake county jail on 750-thousand dollars bond. 750-thousand dollars bond. nearly 11 years after 4 young men were executed in durham, there is some measure of justice.

degree murder in a deal that will put him behind bars for at least 34 years. police say duncan shot and killed the men in 2005, while demanding marijuana from them. in court -- relatives of the 4 men spoke out -- some of them in tears, others in anger. some actually forgive duncan for shattering their lives. claudia skinner / jonathan skinner's mother c21 15:23:21 you took my heart right out of my chest when you took my child's life :29 marsha harris / lennis harris's mother c21 15:19:30 when i look at yo ui'm looking at a son. you're not my son but you're somebody else's son and when you were born god had a purpose for your life and i don't think it was to be a murderer :43 witnesses men were involved in the shooting. but so far duncan is the only one prosecuted. several home owner's associations in our area say tens of thousands of dollars are still missing from the coffers. wednesday... 25 hoas filed complaints with the garner police

management. garner police plan to meet with the associations september 8th -- to let them know where the investigation stands, and provide resources for their questions. all of the hoas were managed by kornerstone, at some point. soon, office-holders realized funds were frozen or missing altogether. kornerstone's president is listed as diana ellis kelly. we haven't been able to reach her for a comment. a guilty verdict in a 2- year-old rape investigation. a jury convicted 36 year old william yates, including rape, sex offense, kidnapping and assault on a female. fayetteville police say yates broke into a woman's home through a window in 2014, attacked her and threatened her with a knife. yates was sentenced to between 56 and 70 years in prison. police have identified a man after a standoff at a home in aberdeen. the situation ended peacefully around 11:30 friday night along canna place. officers responded after hearing the suspect had lost control and was damaging property..

this case two older females escaped the home without being harmed. leggett is charged with assault and resisting a public officer. to our cover story now.... a mother has bonded out of jail after being charged with leaving her four children home alone. we still haven't heard directly from sarai flores lechuga why she left those children alone. wral's layla santiago tell us she is learning more about the mother through one of her friends. 11:45:04 muy buena ma

was supposed to pick up the five year old and watch the other children - but that person never showed up. the five-year-old is with his father. the other children are now in the custody of protective services. flores-lechuga will be

a clayton man is being called a hero for helping a family escape their burning home. but that's after he was first mistaken for an intruder. wral's adam owens has the story. on mystery hill circle something went bump

adam owens, wral news, clayton. the family who lives in the home didn't want to go on camera. the clayton fire marshal told wral, he believes the fire started at an electrical outlet, on the outside of the home. home. next on rewind.... the hiring challenge leaders face ahead of the new school year in wake county. plus-- how state leaders are tackling a population boom and the need for more schools. for the third year in a row, for the third year in a row, many parents and many parents and

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the school system has 65 fewer bus drivers this year. that means fewer routes and fewer stops wral's bryan mims tells us....school officials say this is not an issue of budget cuts, but one of retention. you can make nearly 13 bucks an hour as a beginning school-bus driver in wake county. that's working two shifts a day -- and working through traffic in a county with more than a million residents. wake county schools spokesman bill poston says something else that's not easy: keeping drivers. "we have been busy trying to recruit drivers. the thing is, when the economy improves, people often look at other jobs that pay a little better and they don't have to double shift. it's a demanding job." fewer drivers mean fewer bus stops and a shuffling of routes, even as the number of students keeps growing: 2-thousand more are expected this year.

2013-and-14 school year. that number downshifted to 825 last year. and this year, the number stands at 760. what students will see are buses that are fuller, but not overcrowded -- school officials say that would be unsafe and against the law to exceed maximum capacity. poston says the district has spent the past three years working to make busing more efficient and still get kids to class on time. "the routing plan is based on the number of drivers we have and where we can go from there." all told, buses will make schools' spokeswoman lisa luten says with the changes, there could be some bumps in the road next week, but they usually smooth themselves out. "what parents should know on the first day of school is that they should be there 10 minutes before the bus is expected to arrive. that allows for changes in schedule." that was bryan mims reporting.... so, if a student is used to riding that's usually three-quarters full, that bus may now be

posted on the wake county public school system's website. we'll have team coverage on the return to school for students tomorrow starting at 4:30 am on wral. state lawmakers are paying a million dollars to an outside firm to study school construction needs in all 100 counties. wral capitol bureau chief laura leslie explains... it's an ambitious project that legislators hope will give them a clearer picture of which counties face the greatest challenges. under the current system, the state pays most of the cost for teachers and school employees, while counties are expected to pay for the buildings. while counties like wake can't build new schools fast enough to keep up, other counties can't even build one. senator tom mcinnis represents scotland county. it has the state's highest poverty rate and jobless rate. he says it has the highest property tax rate, too. 5815 a dollar and three cents. that's just the county.and that's plus a solid waste fee on top of that. sothey can't charge any more taxes. they're past their limit for taxes. 27 but yet they have

5832 previous studies on the issue have recommended extra state funding for low- wealth counties. but mcinnis says that amounts to more than 70 counties out of 100. 5900 so we need to get it down to what real need is, and that's the bottom 20 or 30 or 40 that are historically rural with high tax rates with no opportunity for growth, with decreasing population 5916 house budget chairman nelson dollar says the study will come up with a long term plan that could include more targeted assistance. 115253 it varies greatly whether you're talking about urban or rural or suburban or bedroom communities. so it's very much a challenge to determine what those needs are. 115305 that was laura leslie reporting.... the state is currently in the

the study's final cost will almost certainly be more than the one million dollars in this year's budget. but budget writers say if it helps the state spend money more effectively, it'll be worth it. next on rewind.... adversity hasn't stopped this local sprinter who is headed to the paralympics. what drives him...still ahead. plus, you are going to fall in love! promise! we hear from a little boy who is recovering from hand transplant surgery. this is our 60th year of wral, serving the people of

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newspapers say it's time pat mccrory and republicans in raleigh tell the truth about our schools. instead of putting our children first, billions in tax breaks that could have lifted north carolina's schools have been diverted into tax cuts for the wealthy and big corporations. and what are we left with? the ratio of teachers to students is worse. funds for textbooks and supplies are scarce. teaching assistants have been depleted. pat mccrory: stop taking north carolina backwards. and we appreciate your loyalty. now we're making it easier for you to watch us - on your schedule. brian shrader shows you how to get the new app for your tv! of course, you can always get wral news on your phone with our mobile app -- and now you can get wral news any time with apps for your tv. track we recently updated our wral apps for roku, apple tv and amazon fire tv.

more video than ever. the wral app is free -- and it's simple to download. let's start with amazon. from the home screen, go to search -- then type wral. download the app and you'll see it on your home screen. on your roku, same thing. search for wral. find the big 5, install it -- and you'll see it on the home screen. apple tv is a little different. go to the app store. then, select search at the top. enter wral, and download it to your on each device, you'll find the same collection of wral video. you can watch live newscasts or the most recent. we have updated weather forecasts -- and news videos from your neighborhood and all over the world. we also have archives of local programming that you'll see only on wral. download the wral app for your box and never miss a thing. i'm brian shrader, wral news. we're also marking the 20th anniversary of hurricane fran on our updated

videos of our original coverage. watch newscasts from before, during and after the storm made landfall -- and see how we all worked together to clean up the damage. just go to "series and shows" and select "fran" on our wral tv app. you can also watch those videos on wral.com, by entering fran in the search box. rio isn't done hosting elite athletes now that the olympics are over. the paralympics are set to start early next month in rio. ken medlin has the story of a durham next on rewind... a transplant patient steals

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