(Courtesy of UNC Sports Information) Post-game Notes, NCAA Championship Game Villanova 77, North Carolina 74 April 4, 2016 • Villanova won the 2016 NCAA championship, 77-74, on a three-point field goal by Kris Jenkins as time expired. Tar Heel senior Marcus Paige made the 299th and final three-pointer of his career with 4.7 seconds to play to […]

George Ann McKay is Wednesday’s Hometown Hero. She is a volunteer specialist with Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools. Volunteers assist students for one to two hours a week.  You can be an ESL (English as a Second Language) volunteer where you help students learn Engligh.  There is also a program called School Reading Partners where you […]

Nell and CL Morton are Monday’s Hometown Heroes. Nell and CL volunteer with Chapel Hill-Carrboro Meals on Wheels.  They have also been married for years. Since the beginning of Chapel Hill-Carrboro Meals on Wheels, Nell has delivered meals to people in need.  She recruited her husband after her Meals on Wheels partner retired. About Chapel Hill-Carrboro Meals […]

Here’s what the president should do about his NCAA brackets.

(Courtesy of UNC Sports Information) NCAA Semifinal (Final 4), North Carolina 83, Syracuse 66 April 2, 2016 Carolina is now 33-6 this season and 117-44 all-time in NCAA Tournament play. Monday night’s championship game vs. Villanova will mark the first time Carolina will play 40 games in a season (previous high was 39 in 2008). UNC […]

The WCHL Chapelboro team sent this message to the  Heels in Houston. THANK YOU, TAR HEELS!

Katie Stember and Aspen Gutgsell are Thursday’s Hometown Heroes. Katie and Aspen just started an agency called “Heeling Flowers.”  The idea is that recycled flowers just make people feel better.  They take flowers that have been used at a special event, like a wedding.  Then, they take those flowers to patients at UNC hospitals. Find […]

Jennifer Player is Wednesday’s Hometown Hero. Jennifer works with Habitat for Humanity of Orange County.  The organization is currently preparing for a big fundraising event on Friday, April 15. The 2nd Annual High Heels and Hard Hats Fashion Show is happening at University Place.  It raises awareness of affordable housing in Orange County as well […]

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Carolina Connection is the radio news magazine produced by students in the University of North Carolina School of Media and Journalism. You can hear Carolina Connection Saturdays throughout the semester at 8:30 on 97.9FM/1360AM WCHL, immediately following the Chapelboro Week in Review.