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Chapel Hill Police Looking for Missing Person

Posted by Blake Hodge | Aug 1, 2016 | Featured, Safety

Chapel Hill Police are seeking the public’s help locating Janet Marie Robinson. Robinson is a 53-year-old black female. She was last seen on Monday in the area of Pritchard Avenue Ext. She was wearing light gray...

UNC Approved to Create New Vice Chancellor for Public Affairs Position

Posted by Blake Hodge | Aug 1, 2016 | UNC

UNC – Chapel Hill is adding a new position that will report directly to Chancellor Carol Folt. The creation of the vice chancellor for public affairs & secretary to the university was approved by the UNC System Board of...

Interim Superintendent Takes Over Chapel Hill – Carrboro City Schools

Posted by Blake Hodge | Aug 1, 2016 | Featured, Pre-K - 12 Education

For the first time in five years, the Chapel Hill – Carrboro City School System has someone other than Tom Forcella leading the district as superintendent. Forcella’s retirement was effective at the end of July. Now, Dr. Jim...

IFC Community Kitchen Manager Donna Bradley Passes Away

Posted by Blake Hodge | Aug 1, 2016 | Featured, Obituaries

Donna Bradley, who managed the Inter-Faith Council’s Community Kitchen for many years, has passed away after battling cancer. IFC executive director Michael Reinke announced Bradley’s passing in an e-mail on Friday. Reinke wrote...

Traffic Light Installation Causing Lane Closures on NC 54

Posted by Blake Hodge | Aug 1, 2016 | Traffic

Work from the state Department of Transportation will cause alternating lane closures impacting the intersection of NC 54 at Dodsons Crossroads and Butler Road in Carrboro. A traffic light is being installed at the location with...

Four Arrested After 84 Kilos of Cocaine and Heroin Seized from Orange County Home

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jul 30, 2016 | Crime, Featured

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit seized 82 kilos of suspected cocaine and two kilos of suspected heroin, along with a firearm on Friday night. Officials say the investigation was conducted at approximately eight...

UNC Board of Governors Approves Pay Raises for Chancellors

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jul 29, 2016 | Featured, UNC

Several chancellors in the UNC System are getting pay bumps from the UNC Board of Governors. The increases go beyond the 1.5 percent raise given to all state employees as part of the North Carolina budget passed by the General...

Chapel Hill Creamery Issues Voluntary Recall After Salmonella Outbreak

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jul 28, 2016 | Featured, Health

A multi-state Salmonella outbreak may have started at Chapel Hill Creamery. Orange County Health Department director Dr. Colleen Bridger said the investigation began because of local numbers that were out of sync with normal...

Final Suspect Arrested, Others Appear in Court for Killing Chapel Hill Teenager

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jul 28, 2016 | Crime, Featured

Chapel Hill Police have arrested the fifth suspect in connection with the fatal shooting of a teenager on Tuesday night. The release announcing the arrest of 23-year-old Denzel Lamont Spikes, of Shelby, came after the other four...

Vigil Planned as Chapel Hill Remembers Slain Teenager

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jul 28, 2016 | Crime

Members of the Chapel Hill community are continuing to mourn the shooting death of an 18-year-old on Tuesday night. An outpouring of support has flowed on social media following the death of Malik Brown. Tanner Cobb, also 18...

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