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NAACP Celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day With Rally

Posted by Staff | Jan 18, 2016 | Featured, News Around Town

Members of the community gathered on Monday morning to celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. through art and speech, before marching from Peace and Justice Plaza to First Baptist Church. Madrid Smith shared his spoken...

UNC Basketball Up to No. 2 in AP Poll

Posted by Staff | Jan 18, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

The UNC basketball team launched to No. 2 in the AP Poll on Monday afternoon. The Tar Heels improved to 16-2 on Saturday afternoon. Carolina is 5-0 in the ACC for the first time under Roy Williams. The UNC basketball team...

Majority of Residents Satisfied with Life in Chapel Hill

Posted by Staff | Jan 18, 2016 | Featured, Local Government

The Town Council heard the results of a survey on Monday January 11 that measured public satisfaction with quality of life and town services in Chapel Hill. The results showed that a majority of citizens are happy with life...

A Conversation with Tom Ross

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jan 15, 2016 | Featured, UNC

Tom Ross served as President of the UNC System for five years, up until January 4. His removal from that office was announced in January 2015 and along with the subsequent search leading to President-elect Margaret Spellings...

Bouncing Bulldogs Remember Kenzie Ruston

Posted by Staff | Jan 15, 2016 | Featured, News, Pre-K - 12 Education

When Bouncing Bulldogs founder Ray Fredrick remembers Kenzie Ruston, one thing in particular comes to his mind. “The first thing I think about is discipline,” he said. “She used the rope to become the best. At...

Man Arrested for Spray-Painting Silent Sam

Posted by Staff | Jan 15, 2016 | Crime, Featured

UNC Police have arrested a 37 year-old white male they say was spray-painting a message on Silent Sam, a confederate war memorial statue on UNC’s campus on Tuesday. Loren Stanley Hart, of Concord, has been charged with defacing...

Top of the Hill Looking for Break-In Suspects

Posted by Staff | Jan 15, 2016 | Crime, Featured

Police are looking for information about a break-in at Top of the Hill restaurant on Sunday morning. The suspects are accused of stealing three beer tap handles and damaging $500 worth of property, according to police reports....

Elderly Hillsborough Man Drives Through Storefront

Posted by Staff | Jan 15, 2016 | Featured, News Around Town

An 87-year-old man drove his car through the front of a store in Hillsborough on Friday morning. The elderly Hillsborough citizen was attempting to park his car in front of Postal Connections at 169 Boone Square Street when he...

Art’s Angle: Happy Birthday, Dean Dome

Posted by Art Chansky | Jan 15, 2016 | Featured

N.C. State’s visit marks the 30th birthday of the Dean Smith Center, which opened on the third Saturday in January, 1986, against Duke in what felt like an NCAA Tournament game. Both teams were undefeated – UNC 17-0 and ranked...

CHCCS Board Talks Race

Posted by Staff | Jan 15, 2016 | Featured, Pre-K - 12 Education

How to change the culture around race in our schools was the topic at Thursday’s school board meeting. The Chapel Hill – Carrboro City School Board met to hear a presentation from the Campaign for Racial Equality in Chapel...

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