Publisher and editor of the Chatham News + Record Bill Horner III speaks with 97.9 The Hill’s Brighton McConnell on Wednesday, May 11. He details a recent piece covering a quartet of first-time candidates running for Siler City town government, a millionaire supporter and sweeping (but potentially plagiarized) promises.
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