Sgt. Butch Clark: Hometown Hero

Deputies with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a single vehicle crash which occurred near Mebane on Friday morning. According to a release from the office, deputies responded to a call of a vehicle crashing into a ditch near the intersection of Mill Creek Road and Doe Run Road. The caller reportedly described hearing […]

A plane crash in northern Orange County on Sunday morning killed one person, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. The crash occurred near North Carolina Highway 157 and Breeze Road, west of the town of Rougemont and the Orange County Speedway. Orange County Sheriff Charles Blackwood told the News & Observer when deputies and […]

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public’s assistance in locating a missing woman in the area. Olivia Simone Strong, 28, was last seen leaving her residence on Mandy Lane just outside Hillsborough early Saturday afternoon. “Although she has been missing on several prior occasions, it is unusual for her to be away this […]

Four Orange County law enforcement officers saved a seven-year-old boy and his 22-year-old sister from a pond behind the Moose Lodge in Hillsborough Sunday afternoon. Deputies initially responded to reports of a young child running down Highway 70 near Holiday Park Road at around 4:30 p.m. that day, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s office. […]

Carrboro Police Department and Orange County Sheriff’s Office collaborated to investigate a threat of violence to Carrboro High School on Thursday morning, leading to the arrest of a student’s father and potential charges for a different student. CHCCS received a tip on their 24-hour tip hotline from a student about seeing a post on Snapchat […]

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office identified the victim on Thursday.*** Orange County Sheriff’s Office said in a release it is investigating a possible homicide in Hillsborough on Wednesday. The Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to a call from the 2600 block of Coleman Loop Road at approximately 11:30 a.m. after a neighbor found the […]

Two Orange County residents were arrested Friday after authorities seized 57 dogs and puppies from two properties. WRAL-TV reports Chapel Hill resident 35-year-old Taylor Doar and his mother 65-year-old Cynthia Riggan have been charged with animal cruelty. The station reports Orange County Sheriff’s Office searched the properties after receiving information Wednesday October 9 about malnourished animals and […]

Undercurrents of pride and patriotism were palpable as deputies from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office posted the colors before a sweltering crowd of supporters under the spring sun. It was a crowd that Rev. Albert Williams soothed shortly thereafter with a prayer that marked the commencement of a groundbreaking ceremony for the Orange County Veterans […]

Law enforcement officers in Orange County are now even more capable of rolling with the punches after receiving proprietary jiu-jitsu training from a member of the storied Gracie family. According to Jonathan Daniel, an investigator with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, the training was organized by Sunny Yu, a principal instructor at Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Durham. […]

Sgt. Butch Clark is Friday’s Hometown Hero. Clark has retired from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, but he is still helping.  He is crime prevention officer.  He sets up community watch programs. Recently, Clark won the Community Service Award from the Exchange Club of Hillsborough. You can nominate your own Hometown Hero.  WCHL has honored […]