97.9 The Hill’s Andrew Stuckey presents the afternoon news. Included in this edition of the news, we learn of more charges after ALE reveals findings of an investigation into last month’s deadly automobile accident that killed UNC student Mary Rotunda. We remember Chapel Hill music legend Dexter Romweber who died at the age of 57 on Friday. We hear a story about the Safe Walk program at UNC, and much more. In sports, both the UNC men’s and women’s basketball teams picked up big wins over the weekend, the Diamond Heels had an emphatic sweep of Wagner over the weekend, and more.

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