In today’s news: the Carrboro Town Council delays a plan to try converting East Weaver Street into a pedestrian mall. Also: the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school board keeps discussing possible elementary school closures; a new report shows a big drop in violent crime in Durham in 2025; and early voting continues in North Carolina, though Orange County’s turnout is still 10 percent down from the last midterm primary in 2022. And in sports: the Tar Heel baseball and softball teams both stay undefeated with midweek wins; Carolina women’s basketball gears up for tonight’s pivotal game at Virginia Tech; and a quartet of UNC athletes earn honors from the ACC for their work in the classroom.

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