The Chapel Hill Herald: Local

Dec. 15, 2012 @ 01:10 PM

CRIME LOG

Employees cited for selling to underage buyer


Dec. 13, 2012 @ 02:04 PM

Orange checking voter registration

The Orange County Board of Elections is mailing No-Contact Voter Cards to registered voters who have made no contact since the last two federal general elections. The Board of Elections has identified a total of 14,584 voter registrants who have had no such contact.


Dec. 13, 2012 @ 01:21 PM

Library Friends give $35K opening day gift

The Friends of the Chapel Hill Public Library has made a $35,000 opening day gift to help the library staff prepare for the reopening of the library in the spring.


Dec. 08, 2012 @ 03:13 PM

Clean Living

Jerry Webster doesn’t mind if you use your sleeves to wipe your mouth. He also doesn’t mind that stain on your trousers, around your collar, or freshening up that rug by your door.


Dec. 08, 2012 @ 03:12 PM

Former Northwood standout earning her spot at UNCW

The last time Olivia Oakley was on a basketball team, she was getting 10 points and almost 9 rebounds every time she stepped on the court, back when she was a senior at Northwood High School in Pittsboro. Oakley hasn't even gotten in a game at UNC Wilmington.


Dec. 08, 2012 @ 01:25 PM

CRIME LOG

Man victimized by scam artists


Dec. 08, 2012 @ 12:08 PM

Town to renew search for library director

When former library director Kathleen Thompson retired, town officials knew they would have big shoes to fill.


Dec. 06, 2012 @ 08:05 PM

Chapel Hill-Carrboro Holiday Parade coming Saturday

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Holiday Parade is Saturday beginning at 10 a.m., at the Morehead Planetarium on East Franklin Street.


Dec. 06, 2012 @ 04:41 PM

Controversial bus ad unlikely on Chapel Hill transit

Unless changes are made, town officials said a controversial ad describing Muslims as savages isn’t likely to be accepted under the bus advertising policy adopted Monday by the Town Council.


Dec. 06, 2012 @ 03:13 PM

Man pleads to breaking and entering

A man alleged to have been hooked on heroin pleaded guilty to breaking into a man’s home and conspiracy to obtain property by false pretense in Orange County Superior Court.


Dec. 06, 2012 @ 02:26 PM

Man goes to prison for firing gun into air

A man who was on probation was sent to prison for nine to 20 months after he fired a gun into the air at a party in October.


Dec. 03, 2012 @ 12:00 AM

Council to decide transfer station option

The Town Council will consider a proposal tonight to ship its solid waste to Waste Industries’ transfer station in Durham.The move is in response to a decision by the Orange County Board of Commissioners to close its landfill in June.Under the proposal, the town would in April begin sending some of its solid waste to the Waste Industries transfer station at 210 Stone Park Ct., near the Durham Freeway and Ellis Road exit, and begin hauling all of its solid waste there on July 1.


Dec. 03, 2012 @ 12:00 AM

Political change in the air in Orange County

Political change is in the air in Orange County.


Dec. 01, 2012 @ 03:39 PM

First step for possible new Orange jail

Orange County and the N.C. State Property Office are negotiating a lease for land near the Orange County prison that could become the site of a new Orange County Jail.