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UNC Offers Over 3,000 Candidates Admission

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 31, 2015 | UNC

3,055 first-year candidates were offered admission to UNC last Friday. That number includes the regular-decision applications, as well as the more than 2,400 early-action candidates whose decisions were initially deferred. More...

No Applications Yet for Fracking Permits

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 31, 2015 | State Government

A controversial bill passed that lifts the state’s moratorium on hydraulic fracturing. No one has applied for a fracking permit yet.

Former Assistant Scoutmaster Pleads Guilty to Child Porn Charges

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 31, 2015 | Crime

Brian Burnham has agreed to a plea deal in federal court on charges on knowingly receiving child pornography, according to court documents. Burnham, the 36-year-old former Assistant Scout Master for Boy Scout Troop 845 based out...

Man Wanted in Orange County Arrested After Standoff

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 31, 2015 | Crime

Linwood Fred Clay was arrested after a standoff in Durham on Monday afternoon. Authorities say the 26-year-old Clay barricaded himself in the attic of a home on Brye Street when US Marshals attempted to arrest him around noon...

UNC Files Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 31, 2015 | News

UNC and the NCAA have filed motions of dismissal in federal court concerning a lawsuit brought by two former student athletes. Former Carolina women’s basketball player Rashanda McCants and football player Devon Ramsay filed the...

14 UNC Students from Orange County Named to Honor Society

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 31, 2015 | UNC

14 UNC students from Orange County have been inducted into Phi Beta Kappa – that nation’s oldest and most honored college honor society, according to the university. Helena Irene Archer, a senior with a health policy and...

Concussion Expert: No Concussion Epidemic, but Still More to Learn

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 27, 2015 | Health

Kevin Guskiewicz is one of the leading concussion experts in the world, Kenan Distinguished Professor, Director of the Center for the Study of Retired Athletes, and Co-Director of the Matthew Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic...

Hillsborough Police Search for Suspect in Shooting

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 27, 2015 | Crime

Hillsborough police are looking for the gunman who shot someone in the wrist. The incident happened around 3 o’clock Thursday afternoon on West Hill Avenue. The victim was treated at UNC Hospitals for non-life threatening...

Board of Trustees Continues Conversation on Saunders Hall

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 26, 2015 | UNC

The namesake of Saunders Hall, and other memorials on campus with controversial histories, was the topic of discussion at a UNC Board of Trustees Committee meeting on Wednesday. Hundreds of students, faculty members, and...

Coach Smith Sends Check for Dinner Out to Former Lettermen

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 26, 2015 | UNC Sports

About 180 lettermen that played basketball for Coach Dean Smith during his legendary coaching career received a check for 200 dollars, on Thursday, from the Dean E. Smith Recoverable Trust. The accounting firm that sent out the...

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