Hometown Hero: Laura McDow
This week’s Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Laura McDow! A young activist and organizer, McDow missed her own high school graduation as she planned and attended protests and marches for stricter gun safety laws in North Carolina and across the...
Hometown Hero: Fred Stipe
This week’s Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Fred Stipe. Stipe, a long-time Chapel Hill resident, is the board chair of the South Orange Rescue Squad. Having been a member since 1997, he's helped lead the volunteer EMS group through its 30th, 40th...
Hometown Hero: Kendall Lytle
This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Kendall Lytle, a young activist and leader in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro community. As president of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP Youth Council and the Carrboro Youth Advisory Board, Lytle is active and...
Hometown Hero: Jared Greenlee
This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Orange County Sheriff's deputy John Greenlee, recently honored as North Carolina Deputy of the Year by Mothers Against Drunk Driving! Greenlee is this week's Hometown Hero for his dedication to making the...
Hometown Hero: John Barrow
This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is John Barrow -- a longtime counseling psychologist at Duke who, in his retirement, has served on the board of director for Orange County Living Wage. As he prepares to step down from that position, 97.9...
Hometown Hero: Caroline Chen
This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Caroline Chen, a young journalist who has received a good amount of attention as of late as she pursues stories in her community that have led her to being recognized as a storyteller, a scholar, and a...
