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Four Tar Heels Named to Women’s Soccer Academic All-ACC Team

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 9, 2016 | UNC Sports

Four players from the UNC women’s soccer tam have been named to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Team, which was announced Tuesday. Junior midfielder Joanna Boyles was named to the Academic All-Conference team for the...

Rogers Road Sewer Project Moving Forward

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 9, 2016 | Featured, Local Government

Another hurdle has been cleared in the Rogers Road sewer project. Orange County Commissioners voted unanimously at the board meeting last Tuesday to move forward with acquiring easements to extend sewer lines to the Rogers Road...

Man Shot in Face with Flare Gun in Panera Bread Bathroom

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 9, 2016 | Crime

Durham Police say a man was shot in the face with what appears to be a flare gun in the bathroom at a Panera Bread on Tuesday morning. Police say two men got into an argument inside a bathroom at the Panera Bread on Witherspoon...

UNC Soccer Star Named ACC Men’s Soccer Scholar-Athlete of the Year

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 9, 2016 | UNC Sports

UNC senior defender Jonathan Campbell has been named the 2015 Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Soccer Scholar-Athlete of the Year, the conference announced Tuesday. Campbell started all 20 games for the Tar Heels in 2015 and...

UNC Field Hockey Places 5 on Academic All-ACC Team

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 9, 2016 | UNC Sports

Five UNC field hockey student-athletes have been named to the 2015 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic team, which was announced Monday. Seniors Casey Di Nardo, Nina Notman and Emily Wold were joined by sophomore Sam Night...

NC Lawmakers Ask For Stay in Redistricting Ruling

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 8, 2016 | Election, Featured

***UPDATE: The three-judge panel rejected the request to stay the decision that two districts are unconstitutional. That ruling was then appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.***Officials with the State of North Carolina filed an...

Durham Police Investigating Fatal Accident

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 8, 2016 | Featured, Traffic

Durham Police are investigating a fatal accident that shut down a portion of N.C. 54 Monday. Police say a passing motorist saw a car partially submerged in a swamp around 7:15 Monday morning. Officers responded and found an...

UNC Looking to Rebound from Back to Back Losses

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 8, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

The UNC men’s basketball team is looking to get back on the winning track against Boston College after two road losses last week. Coming off of losses at Louisville and at Notre Dame, Carolina dropped to No. 9 in the latest AP...

UNC Drops to No. 9 in AP Poll

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 8, 2016 | UNC Sports

UNC men’s basketball dropped seven spots to No. 9 in the latest AP poll. The Tar Heels lost to Louisville and Notre Dame over the course of the last week, after starting Atlantic Coast Conference play 8-0. Carolina now sits at...

Chapel Hill Woman Charged with Felony Hit and Run

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 8, 2016 | Crime

Chapel Hill Police have arrested a woman in connection with a hit and run involving a pedestrian. Chapel Hill Police Lieutenant Josh Mecimore says police responded to a report of a pedestrian being struck on Fountain Ridge Road...

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