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Chapel Hill Prepares for Potential Celebration

Posted by Blake Hodge | Apr 3, 2017 | Safety

UNC has a chance to win another men’s basketball national championship Monday night, and Chapel Hill Police are preparing for the potential revelry that would follow. Approximately 12,000 people rushed Franklin Street following...

Chapel Hill Police Prepare for Potential Final Four Weekend Celebrations

Posted by Staff | Mar 31, 2017 | Safety

Franklin Street is always the life of the party at UNC. After a win against Duke. On Halloween night. Or, if all goes well, after a national championship just a few days from now. Keeping people safe during a rush of Franklin...

Chapel Hill Police Investigating Early Morning Shooting

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 31, 2017 | Crime

Chapel Hill Police are investigating an overnight shooting at a parking deck. Authorities confirmed officers responded to a shooting around 2:20 Friday morning at 144 East Rosemary Street. Police are investigating and Captain...

Chapel Hill Expands Duties of Police Chief

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 24, 2017 | News Around Town

Chapel Hill Police Chief Chris Blue will now also serve as the Executive Director for Community Safety for the town. The extension of duties was announced by town manager Roger Stancil earlier this week. “We look forward to the...

Taxi Driver Robbed at Gunpoint in Orange County

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 17, 2017 | Crime

A taxi driver was robbed at gunpoint north of Chapel Hill, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. A message from law enforcement says two individuals were picked up at Pritchard Avenue and told the driver to go to an...

Man Convicted of Killing UNC Professor in 2014

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 16, 2017 | Crime

A Chapel Hill man has been found guilty in the 2014 murder of a UNC professor. A jury returned a guilty verdict in the first-degree murder trial of Troy Arrington on Thursday. The jury was given the case on Wednesday afternoon...

Deliberations Underway in 2014 Murder of UNC Professor

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 16, 2017 | Crime

****UPDATE: Arrington was found guilt of first-degree murder and armed robbery on Thursday morning.**** The first-degree murder case against Troy Arrington was given to the jury after closing arguments were delivered on...

Craig Hicks Faces Families of Murdered Muslim Students in Brief Hearing

Posted by Associated Press | Mar 15, 2017 | Crime

A man accused of gunning down his Muslim neighbors was emotionless during a brief court appearance where he faced his victims’ relatives for the first time in nearly two years. Defendant Craig Hicks appears to have lost a...

Chatham County Teacher Charged with 33 Counts of Sex Offense with Student

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 10, 2017 | Crime

The Chatham County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a 28-year-old Guilford County man on dozens of felony charges related to “an inappropriate relationship” with a student at Chatham Central High School. Robert William Woodard III...

Trial of One Suspect in 2014 UNC Professor Murder Underway

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 9, 2017 | Crime

Opening statements were made Wednesday afternoon in the trial of a man accused of killing a UNC professor in 2014. The first-degree murder trial of Troy Arrington began late Wednesday afternoon with different scenarios laid out...

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