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Howard’s Late TD Caps UNC Football’s Frantic Comeback Win Over Pitt
Midway through the fourth quarter of UNC’s crucial ACC matchup with Pitt (2-2, 0-1 ACC) on Saturday, a sea of fans wearing light blue made their way to the exits at Kenan Stadium. Little did they know, Mitch Trubisky was getting ready to orchestrate the comeback of his life. With his team down 13 points, […]
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In A Year Of Triumphs And Challenges, NC Pride Rolls On
The NC Pride Festival is underway now and runs all weekend, with the parade on Saturday afternoon in Durham.
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Crime
20/20 to Examine Murder of Faith Hedgepeth
The body of Faith Hedgepeth, a 19-year-old UNC student, was found in her apartment on September 7, 2012. More than four years later, the case is still active. On Friday night, the ABC New program 20/20 will examine the death of Faith Hedgepeth. According to ABC11, the report will show a, “never-before-seen composite of what the killer may […]
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Orange County Commissioners Take Another Stand Against HB2
The Orange County Board of Commissioners recommended to the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners that the group should lobby the state legislature to repeal House Bill 2. The NCACC advocates on behalf of counties to North Carolina’s three branches of government. “Every two years the NCACC organizes this process to develop the legislative goals package,” said assistant […]
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UNC School of Dentistry Honors Slain Student with 2nd Annual DEAH DAY
Approximately 400 students in the UNC School of Dentistry spread around several organizations and locations on Thursday for DEAH DAY – a day of service honoring Deah Barakat and Yusor Abu-Salha, who were shot and killed in February 2015. Barakat was a student in the School of Dentistry in Chapel Hill and Yusor, his wife […]
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Local Leaders Ask for Peaceful Protests in Charlotte
Eyes around the world have been focused on Charlotte over the last few days after an African-American police officer shot and killed Keith Lamont Scott – an African-American man – on Tuesday afternoon. Police officials say officers were going to serve a warrant at an apartment complex on Tuesday when they noticed Scott, who was […]
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Election
Lawsuit Filed Challenging North Carolina’s Congressional Districts
A lawsuit has been filed by advocacy groups arguing that North Carolina’s 2016 congressional redistricting plan violates the First and Fourteenth Amendment of US Constitution. The Southern Coalition for Social Justice and the Campaign Legal Center announced the lawsuit on Thursday on behalf of the League of Women Voters of North Carolina. The lawsuit, League […]
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Fundraising Effort for Orange County Veterans Memorial Increasing
The site has been chosen, plans are underway and the Veterans Memorial Fundraising Committee has begun efforts to raise money for the new memorial. The memorial will be built off of Homestead Road, in the field adjacent to the Southern Human Services Center. Renee Price is an Orange County Commissioner and committee member. She says […]
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Election
New Poll Shows Cooper and Ross Leading North Carolina Races
Democrats are gaining ground on or expanding the gap between their Republican counterparts in North Carolina ahead of November’s election, according to survey numbers released Thursday. A New York Times Upshot/Siena College poll shows that the race for president is tied in the battleground Tar Heel state with both Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald […]
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After Successful Test of Repaired Gas Pipeline Fuel Could Be Moving Wednesday
The bypass that has been set up to help get North Carolina running on a full tank of gas has now been tested. Helena’s Colonial Pipeline leak in Alabama has limited the fuel supply to the Tar Heel state and its neighbors in the southeast over the past few days, which has caused long lines […]
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Chapel Hill Looking at Options to Expand Downtown Parking
For anyone who has visited downtown Chapel Hill, it’s no secret that parking can be a headache. That’s what the Town Council had in mind when discussing the possibility of adding more parking options at Monday’s public hearing. Town Manager Roger Stancil presented the council with options of where more parking could go, how much […]
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Federal Judge Dismisses Challenge to North Carolina Same-Sex Marriage Law
A federal judge has dismissed a challenge to a North Carolina law that allows magistrates to refuse to marry same-sex couples by citing religious beliefs. According to the AP, a judge in Asheville ruled that a lawsuit brought by three North Carolina couples, two same-sex couples and one interracial couple, lacked evidence showing they were harmed directly […]
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Election
PPP Survey Finds Trump with Slight Lead in North Carolina, Cooper up 5 in Race for Gov
Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Roy Cooper are leading their respective races among North Carolina voters, according to the latest survey of the Tar Heel state by Public Policy Polling. The numbers, released on Wednesday, continue to show a deeply divided state when in it comes to November’s election. Trump is leading Democratic nominee Hillary […]
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UNC Football Still Seeking Leadership in Key Positions
In a sport like football where a large number of moving parts must work together seamlessly to achieve a common goal, leadership becomes paramount to success. With big vocal presences like former quarterback Marquise Williams yet to establish themselves in the locker room this season, the UNC football team—despite being extremely talented—is still working on […]
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Gas Shortage Causing Long Lines and Angst for Motorists
The gas shortage that has been impacting much of North Carolina over the last few days has made its way into our community. Drivers were sitting in their vehicles at stations that still had bags over the pumps at the Cruizers in Chapel Hill North on Tuesday morning. The reason they felt it was worth […]
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McCrory: Could Take ‘Several Days’ for Normal Gas Supply in North Carolina
Governor Pat McCrory held a press conference this morning to address the gas shortage in North Carolina. McCrory announced that the construction and positioning of the repair on the leak of the Continental pipeline in Alabama has been complete as of this morning. McCrory said once construction is successfully complete, preparations for a restart of […]
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UNC Men’s Basketball Ranked Seventh In Blue Ribbon Preseason Poll
Although Larry Fedora has done a great job capturing the attention of the Tar Heel faithful during the fall, the fact remains that most of Chapel Hill divides the year into two distinct parts: basketball season and waiting for basketball season. With the release of the annual Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook Preseason Top 25 on […]
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Election
Poll Shows McCrory with ‘Slight, but Statistically Insignificant’ Lead over Cooper for NC Gov
New North Carolina survey numbers show a little bit of change and more of the same. It is becoming clearer by the day that North Carolinians are in the middle of one of the most heated election cycles in recent memory. That feeling was backed up once again by a new round of poll numbers […]
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Chapel Hill Town Council Receives American Legion Concept Plan
Four members of the Chapel Hill Town Council said they could not vote for the concept plan to redevelop the American Legion property as it was presented to them Monday night. “I do see traffic issues,” said councilwoman Jessica Anderson, one of the dissenting voices. “I see a huge number of apartments coming on line […]
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Chapel Hill Unveils New Cemetery Marker
Members of the Black Student Movement and the UNC Gospel Choir sang out Sunday, honoring the 361 slaves and free African-American people buried in the unmarked graves at the Old Chapel Hill Cemetery. They sang while facing a covered marker. It’s new, and it was revealed Sunday at the “Community Remembrance” ceremony. A first marker […]
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