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Marcus Paige Named to Academic All-District Team

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 11, 2016 | UNC Sports

UNC senior guard Marcus Paige has been named to the 2016 CoSIDA Academic All-District team. The College Sports Information Directors of America announced the team on Thursday. Members of the district teams are up for...

Charlie Rose to Receive Honorary Degree from Duke

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 11, 2016 | Higher Education

Charlie Rose, anchor of the nightly one-hour program “Charlie Rose” and “CBS This Morning” co-anchor, will receive an honorary degree from Duke University this spring. Rose is one of five recipients who will receive the degrees...

Field Narrowed in Search for Durham Police Chief

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 11, 2016 | Safety

The pool of candidates to become the next Durham police chief has been cut from 42 to 14, according to city officials. The department is searching for its next leader to succeed Jose Lopez, who retired at the end of 2015. The...

Former UNC BOG Chair Arrested Carrying Gun in Airport

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 11, 2016 | Crime, Featured

Former chair of the UNC Board of Governors John Fennebresque was arrested Thursday morning at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport after he apparently tried to take a gun through a security checkpoints, according to WSOC....

Brice Johnson Among 20 Finalists for Wooden Award

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 11, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

UNC senior forward Brice Johnson has been named to the John R. Wooden Award Top 20 list. The Los Angeles Athletic Club announced the list this week. The award is given annually to the national player of the year. Johnson leads...

Our Three Winners: ‘An American Story’

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 11, 2016 | Featured, National

The father of two of the Muslim students who were killed last February had a special message he wanted to send on the one-year anniversary of their deaths. “They were charming, good looking, intelligent, achieved, articulate,...

Chapel Hill Man Charged with Strangling Ex-Girlfriend

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 10, 2016 | Crime

A Chapel Hill man is facing charges after reportedly strangling a female victim. Lieutenant Josh Mecimore says Chapel Hill Police received a report of the assault on Tuesday. “The victim reported an incident from the previous...

Durham Man Charged in Flare Gun Shooting

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 10, 2016 | Crime

Durham Police are looking for an individual after a man was shot in the face with a flare gun at a Panera Bread on Tuesday. Investigators have charged 53-year-old Todd Newland Pope with assault with a deadly weapon with intent...

UNC Tennis Claims Men’s And Women’s Player of the Week Honors

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 10, 2016 | UNC Sports

UNC tennis players were honored with the Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Week awards for the men’s and women’s sides this week. The conference announced the awards late Tuesday. Jack Murray took home the men’s honors,...

Legacy of “Our Three Winners” Lives on One Year Later

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 10, 2016 | News Around Town

Wednesday is a sad anniversary in Chapel Hill. Just after five o’clock the evening of Tuesday, February 10, 2015, Chapel Hill Police responded to a report of a triple shooting at the Finley Forest Condominiums in Chapel Hill....

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