Than 150 thousand students went back to school. While some parents complained about buses arriving either early, late or not at all. A district spokeswoman says the vast majority made it to schools on time. She says, 11 buses reported being late. Schools are operating under a tight budget this year, with severe cuts that impact the temperature, Janitorial Service and curriculum. Still most parents and students reported a successful start to the year. Kirsten lora parent 6 c23 14 52 43 we love this school and everythings been great and we were here earlier t emerson 2nd grade 6 c39 15 16 41 i had a great day my teachers very nice she talked a lot but shes nice 47 wake county schools has a bus tracker feature on its website. Parents can use it to see if there are any delays to their childs bus routes. More than 20 k9 officers searched the goodyear plant in fayetteville tuesday in search of drugs. The Cumberland CountySheriffs Office and other agencies teamed up to sweep the 53acre campus, at the companys request. Deputies looked inside and outside the no arrests were made. Goodyear is one of the largest employers in the county. After more than than 21 years in prison, a durham man is home. Darryl howard was convicted in 1995 of killing doris washington and her 13year old daughter. But, judge Orlando Hudson ruled wednesday howard should get a new trial based on newlytested dna evidence. Defense attorneys also maintained former prosecutor mike nifong withheld evidence at trial that wouldve created reasonable doubt. Judges decision, saying he has no time to be angry about what happened to him. 15;10 21 for Something Like this to happen. You always have to have faith. You always got to keep fighting. It took a long time to get to this point howard said he was ready to go home, hug his grandchildren and spend time with his wife and family. And more good news for howard came friday. Durhams District Attorney says several charges, including dwi, after a deadly chainreaction crash. This is a picture from Garner Police of the scene at the intersection of vandora springs road and timber drive. The crash involved 6 vehicles around 3 45 thursday afternoon. Police say john bergman was driving while intoxicated, ran a red light, and hit a car driven by 56yearold tyrone pugh of angier. Pugh died at the hospital. Others involved had less serious injuries. Garner police are trying to reconstruct the accident and would like any witnesses to the storm that was hermine brought heavy rain and winds to our area friday. A tree fell onto an apex couples house during the tropical storm. Rod parsons tells us he and his wife and dog were inside during the storm when they heard a crash. Strong winds and rain knocked a tree into their house, through the attic. We just kind of jumped up. The first thing i did was looked in the house to see if the tree came through and like i said it stayed up in the attic. So we were fortunate is was just a smaller tree rather that one of the large ones like fran and how devastating they can be. And some scary moments for people in a car that crashed right into a large tree as it fell across a highway in moore county it happened on 15501 north of carthage. The people in the car made it out safely. Firefighters used chainsaws and a tractor to clear the road. Dare county that injured four people. Images from the hatteras sands campground show overturned campers partially submerged in water. The National Weather service says another tornado touched down in carteret county. And minimal damage reports from our southern beaches now that the storm has moved out. In wrightsville beach. The only real damage, this life guard stand dismantled by the rough surf. There were also reports of flooding in areas that typically see high water during heavy rains. Relatives of a durham preschooler, who died after being trapped in a hot know that there are accusations of neglect, swirling around the case. Leslie ramirez had just started preschool. Neighbors and relatives describe her as a happy and fun child, full of energy and life. Tonight in our cover story. Wrals Kathryn Brown looks at what happened and how the family is coping. Suleima murrillo aunt c21 23 13 12 cries. Trk no one can understand the pain suleima murrillo says the agony of losing a child. Her niece 3 year old Leslie Ramirez died monday, trapped inside the familys minivan, parked in their own driveway. Rocio murrillo mother 3 c20 23 11 47 un accidente it was an accident trk leslies mother, rocio murrillo says shed been out running errands monday with 2 other adults and all 5 of her kids. They returned home about 3 00, and she says she assumed leslie had gotten out of the van and gone into the house to play with the other children. Rocio murrillo mother 1 c19 23 08 59 muy triste trk around 7, the girls father realized she was missing and couldnt revive her in time. Rocio murrillo mother 7 c20 23 12 10 it was truly an accident. I love my daughter 17 trk helping translate for the family their chaplain says they are grieving deeply over the loss of their little angel their shining star he calls her. And he says they are wracked with guilt. Ricardo correa family chaplain 13 c19 23 11 02 anybody as a parent makes mistakes in this case right now they feel that the burden that might be of the impression it might be negligence is something that they cannot bear at this point 15 that was Kathryn Brown reporting. Investigation. No word yet from investigators, if any criminal charges will be filed. Autopsy results are still pending. The states largest private Ambulance Service made its final run this week. Johnston Ambulance Service shut down with little notice. The move impacts hundreds of employees and thousands of patients in 17 counties reaching from Orange County all the way to the coast. Wrals Cullen Browder looks into the johnston Ambulance Service reads keep the faith. Thats a tall order for the nearly 4 hundred employees suddenly sent home, their livelihood shutdown. Yes, its going to be devastating. Owner maynard price blames rising healthcare and insurance regulations. The overwhelming paperwork he says led to delays in getting paid for service. The last straw came when he couldnt make a Workers Compensation payment to the state. Weve done just all we can do with it and were having to step down. It tears. It tears hard. Head of operations keith hayes spent 13 and a half years at johnston like many laid off employees, hes got a wife and kids to support, but no severance. Theres going to be some soul searching, find out what avenues i need to take for me and my family. Its going to be devastating to the employees, but its also going to be devastating to the state when you take the number of trips that we run out of each day. Its going to be a huge, huge problem. Nursing homes like willow creek in goldsboro declined to talk on camera, but thousands of bed ridden patients who relied on johnston for transport to life saving dialysis and wound care alternatives. How much frustration is there with employees that theres no notice . The notice was short. For employees, theres a range of emotion. Anger, sadness, and uncertainty about what happened and whats next. When our jobs are over at 7 oclock tonight, were done. Reporting. Emergency managers are stepping in to help patients. Division chief Josh Holloman in Johnston County tells wral hes already working to bring in other companies to pick up the slack. That will be difficult in parts of eastern North Carolina where four Ambulance Companies have folded in the past year. Next on rewind. A suspect dies in a shooting that left a Raleigh Police officer hurt. Next on rewind. What we learned about prior calls for help from the and. A teenager who spent months in immigration custody, talks about his plans for the future, now that he is no longer behind bars. W e are learning more about the suspect who was killed in an officer the shooting left a 24 yearold man dead and an officer injured. Jaqwan terry was facing several charges for 4 separate arrests including one last month for assault on a female. Wrals sloan heffernen tells us. The call for help last month came from the same home as the 911 call. Crime scene tape around these two homes is a reminder of what happened on donald ross drive monday morning. The woman who lives in one of these homes was inside when the shots were fired, but did not want to comment further. It all started when a woman who lives a block away called police to say there was a man outside with a gun. When Police Arrived there was a chase and shots were fired. An officer was hit but is expected to survive the suspect 24 year old jaqwan home last month after a woman reported that terry was chasing her with a knife. Operator do you know what happened or why he was chasing you . Caller i guess he just doesnt like me for some reason. I was downstairs about to fall asleep. He comes downstairs kicking and screaming. He starts barging at her with the baby. So i take the baby and he runs after me screaming and he comes back in the house to get a knife and he chases me up the road terry was charged with assault on a female the victim in that case send us this picture and asked us to share it saying that terry is the father of her seven month old daughter. The childs mother said terry was a family man not the man the media is making him out to be. That was Sloan Heffernan reporting. The sbi is reaching out to the public to help in the investigation. Have witnessed or have video of the incident on donald ross drive to come forward. A durham teenager, who was held for months by immigration officials, is looking toward the future. Wildin acosta spoke publicly about his ordeal that dates back to 2014. Wrals adam owens tells us. Acosta was with a Church Youth Group in honduras, when he says a gangmember threatened to kill him. 18 06 12 i am going to kill you or i am going to send somebody to kill you. 08 07 33 at that point, is when i translator, acosta shared that long journey with supporters and the media. He traveled through guatemala, onto mexico. Eventually, he made it to durham, where his mother and father were already living. He attended riverside high and was nearing graduation. In january, on his way to class one morning, when he was detained by federal agents. 18 13 12 at that point, i thought walls for falling in on me. He spent months in Detention Center in georgia. He says conditions were poor. Friends argued he would be killed if he returned. 18 19 07 then i started crying and my fellow immigrants consoled me. 18 23 27 when you are in those kinds of places, there are many emotions you go through in your heart. After a long fight, including help from some elected officials. Earlier this month, acosta learned he would be released. 18 20 22 be deported, i was so happy, so happy. There was one more place he wanted to get back to school at riverside high. Then a surprise announcement from a school board member. 19 04 22 i think you from the bottom of my heart that i am going to be able to finish the three credits i am missing to graduate. Thank you so much. That was adam owens reporting. Acosta still has a fight ahead of him. Us. A new program is helping triangle students channel their energy while sitting in the classroom. Next on rewind, why teachers say new deskcycles are literally helping peddle away problems. And. Something went wrong during a routine rocket test in florida. What we have learned about the space x explosion. Twiddling fingers and tapping these are grillers. And we make them at johnsonville. Bacon and cheddar and steakhouse onion. People who try em, love em. Students. Sitt challenge. A new program in wake county is trying to tackle that issue, channeling energy away from interfering in studies. Wrals bill leslie explains. Math teacher Bethany Lambeth is trying to solve a problem. Nats teaching how to get 8th grade kids to concentrate on calculations. Nats teaching part of that equation, it seems, may be peddling. Bethany lambeth teacher i think the world is changing a and so the kids need to be able to do something different. What weve been doing is not necessarily working. It doesnt take a math wizard to deduce middle school kids fidget. Sofia fedele 8th grader i usually tap my feet and stuff. Just cause like keeps me focused sofia fedele noticed peddling gives her an outlet for all that pentup energy. Sofia fedele doing this is keeping me exercised and focused. Bethany lambeth teacher before theyre drumming on the desk, theyre touching other that anymore, their feet are getting their movement out. Lambeth began using the desk cycles at the end of last year. Bethany lambeth teacher there has been a huge increasing in the quality of our students work and a decrease in the amount of missing work. It didnt take long to calculate the value of the peddle power. Quinn spear 8th grader 133 calories, and 5. 5 miles. All that before 10am. Quinn spear 8th grader im a really energetic person, so this take all my energy out. Each unit costs less then onehundred fifty dollars, that includes extra for donation and a grant from the 4c fund. No tax payer money was used. Nats peddling all that adds up to to success so far in the class room. Bethany lambeth teacher theyre not picking on each other, theyre not needing to walk around, theyre not needing to go explore, theyre able to get their activity out and get their work done. Each unit costs less then 150dollars, that includes extra for the warranty, which were paid for by a private donation and a grant. No tax money was used. A couple of explosions destroyed a spacex rocket in cape canaveral, florida. No one was hurt. But the blasts destroyed the multi Million Dollar rocket. Nasa says spacex was conducting a test firing of an unmanned rocket. A second explosion occurred 20minutes later. The test was planned, in advance of an upcoming launch. Next on rewind. What a tv photographer said after he saved a pregnant woman a Television News photographer to thrive in an everchanging environment, Companies Must adapt. But one thing should remain constant a financial relationship with someone that understands and cares about your business. Offers strategies tailored to your companys needs. Know that our dedicated teams of local experts offer insight to help you achieve your business objectives. See how working with pnc can help your company grow Patrick Perry was behind a driver who lost control of her car, ran off the road and crashed into some trees. Her car caught fire. Perry immediately pulled over and rushed toward the flames, to get the woman out, who was 7andahalf months pregnant. So, i ran on the other side to get her. She said im 7 1 2 months pregnant. i told her i said we fine. Youre going to be safe. Im going to get you out of here. butted with were human first, you know. Tell the story second. Paramedics arrived and took the woman to the hospital. Perry says she appeared confused, but not seriously injured. Thats all the time we have for tonight. Have a great evening. Mother teresa now officially a saint. Well bring your her newspapers say its 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 Carolinas 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. I absolutely love my new york apartment, but the rent is outrageous. Good thing geico offers affordable renters insurance. With great coverage it protects my personal belongings should they get damaged, stolen or destroyed. [doorbell] uh, excuse me. Delivery. Hey. Lo mein, szechwan chicken, chopsticks, soy sauce and you got some fortune cookies. Have a good one. Ah, these small new york apartments. With renters insurance. This isnt fair. Why do i have to cut out these tulips . Same reason convicts have to work in the prison laundry. Dont do the crime if you cant do the time. This is stupid. Quit saying stupid. Thats why your friends are out riding bikes and im in here riding you. Hey, that kid said, in 1982, columbus sailed the ocean blue. That doesnt give you the right to call him stupid. I may have said it, but everybody else was thinking it. Well, you need to bite your tongue and roll your eyes, just like i do. My dad says thats the reason this countrys going to hell in a handbasket. Your dad sounds like a piece of work. Notice i said piece of work, instead of what i was really thinking. He says, how else are stupid people gonna learn if we dont call them on their stupid stuff . quietly oh, i love when the parents help. Hey, sweetie, you about ready to go