UNC Reserve Center James Brown Undergoes Season-Ending Foot Surgery

by Brighton McConnell | Basketball, UNC Sports

The UNC men’s basketball program announced Friday that James Brown’s sophomore season...

Meet Carrboro’s Ninth Poet Laureate: Dr. Amanda Bennett

by Orange County Arts Commission | Orange County Arts Commission, Town Square

When Amanda Bennett was in her twenties as a graduate student at Duke University, she was working on a dissertation about Black feminism; she remembers studying writers like Toni Morrison and Alice Walker to understand how their lived experience allowed them to produce the work that they did.

Chapel Hill Police Department Warns About Recent Strings of Break-Ins and Mail Theft

by Brighton McConnell | Crime, Safety

Two separate strings of crimes led the Chapel Hill Police Department to warn residents this week about taking precautions around their vehicles and mailed checks.

UNC Softball Starts 2026 Season 11-0; Best Start in Program History

by Michael Koh | ACC, Sports, UNC Sports

The UNC softball team swept a doubleheader against North Carolina Central at Anderson Stadium...

News

Chapel Hill to Open Police Substation on West Franklin Street in Early March

The Town of Chapel Hill will be staging more police officers downtown starting next month. In a...

Sports

Chansky’s Notebook: An Early Test

One of the most unique series on the college baseball calendar gets underway tonight as UNC and ECU open their three-ballpark series.

Town Square

This Just In: Executive Order 9066

This Just In — This, too, was a date that should live in infamy. On this day in 1942, Franklin Roosevelt, arguably America’s most beloved (certainly most elected) president, signed an executive order that was among the most shameful, egregious acts of racism in the history of the nation.

World

Social Media Companies Face Legal Reckoning Over Mental Health Harms to Children

Some of the biggest social media players from Meta to TikTok are facing federal and state trials that seek to hold them responsible for harming children’s mental health.