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All Clear Given After Carrboro Gas Leak

Posted by Blake Hodge | Aug 4, 2017 | Safety

****Carrboro Police said that, at noon on Friday, PSNC has given the all clear following the gas leak.**** A gas leak has led to the “threat of fire,” according to Orange County officials, on Bolin Creek Drive in...

Affordable Housing Wait List to Prioritize Homeless

Posted by Daniela Ocampo | Aug 4, 2017 | Safety

The Orange County Housing Authority will open the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher for homeless only beginning Saturday, August 12, until Thursday, August 17. Interim Housing Human Rights and Community Development Director...

Police Investigating Death of Child in Orange County Social Services Custody

Posted by Blake Hodge | Aug 1, 2017 | Safety

An investigation has been launched after a three-year-old child in the custody of the Orange County Department of Social Services died early Monday morning. County officials say Hillsborough Police are working with the state...

Missing Chapel Hill Teenager Found Safe

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jul 28, 2017 | Safety

Chapel Hill Police have located a missing teenager. Authorities had been looking for 17-year-old Nickolas Ellison Scarborough since July 20. This is the second time this month that police had searched for the teen. Police said...

Subject of UNC Police Silver Alert Found

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jul 27, 2017 | Safety

****UPDATE: Officials say Strong has been found.**** UNC Police are searching for a missing “endangered” person Thursday. A Silver Alert was issued just before four o’clock Thursday morning for Olivia Simone Strong. Officials...

Body of Missing Teen Recovered from Sugar Lake

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jul 25, 2017 | Safety

The body of a missing Chatham County teenager was pulled from Sugar lake in Pittsboro early Tuesday morning, according to the county. Authorities responded to the area of 300 Sugar Lake Road around five o’clock last Wednesday,...

Chapel Hill Police Looking For Man Last Seen July 4

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jul 25, 2017 | Safety

Chapel Hill Police are asking for public assistance locating a missing 76-year-old man. Edward Joseph Sigel was last seen near Sunstone Apartments on Conner Drive and friends “have had no contact with Sigel since July 4,”...

Chapel Hill Police Searching for Missing Teen for Second Time in Two Weeks

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jul 20, 2017 | Safety

Chapel Hill Police are asking for assistance locating Nickolas James Ellison-Scarborough. The 17-year-old was last seen on July 20, in the area of Pritchard Avenue, according to police. Ellison-Scarborough was also reported...

Police News: Carrboro Gas Station Fights Skimmers; Drug Bust In Hillsborough

Posted by Aaron Keck | Jul 15, 2017 | Safety

Carrboro police want you to know how to identify (and avoid!) a credit-card skimmer.

Nearly 2,000 Duke Energy Customers Without Power in Western Orange County

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jul 7, 2017 | Safety

****UPDATE: The power was restored before nine o’clock Friday night.**** More than 1,900 residents in southwestern Orange County are without power Friday afternoon, according to the Duke Energy Outage Map. Nearly 1,000 of...

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