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.
So, every day now I’m hearing that the end of the world is upon us. In fact, it’s supposed to be Dec. 21, 2012. Yep, 12 days from today it’s curtains for all of us ... So long, suckers! Bye-bye, planet! See ya later ... NOT!
A craft beer shop, Beer Study, has opened in downtown Chapel Hill at 106-A N. Graham St.
The shop sells craft beer, and it also has beer on tap and seating.
When former library director Kathleen Thompson retired, town officials knew they would have big shoes to fill.
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.
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.
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.
Political change is in the air in Orange County.
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.