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Baseball · Chapel Hill97.9 The Hill News Director Brighton McConnell fills in for Andrew Stuckey on Friday, May 17 and brings listeners the latest local news. No. 7 Carolina Baseball clinches the regular season ACC title with a dramatic win over No. 11 Duke. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office shares two updates: one about a teacher who faces a felony peeping charge, and another about a series of storage unit break-ins in Hillsborough. The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Sc…See the Story
The 5:00 News: A Peeping Teacher, New Library, and Carolina Baseball Win
Hillsborough, North Carolina · HillsboroughThe Orange County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance in locating thieves who broke into Surety Storage in Hillsborough twice in the last month. Surety Storage is located at 2707 NC-86 South. The office shared photos of the thieves’ vehicle, an older model (2004-07) gray Mercedes-Benz E350 with black rims, a fictitious North Carolina tag, a red sticker on the bottom left side of the rear window a “thin blue line” sticker direc…See the Story
Orange County Sheriff's Office Shares Photos of Hillsborough Storage Unit Thieves
Hillsborough, North Carolina · HillsboroughOn Friday, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office initiated an investigation into Robert Herman, a teacher at Efland-Cheeks Elementary School, based on allegations of inappropriate behavior involving a student.See the Story
Orange County Schools issues release on arrest of teacher
Baseball · Chapel HillThe Diamond Heels clinched the outright ACC regular-season title and the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament with a 6-4 win at No. 11 Duke on Friday afternoon. It’s the first time Carolina will be the conference’s top seed since 2018.
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A post shared by Carolina Baseball (@carolinabaseball) Casey Cook and Parks Harber each collected a pair of RBIs, with Cook’s two-RBI double in the top of the fifth knotting the game…See the Story
UNC Baseball Beats No. 11 Duke, Clinches Outright ACC Regular-Season Title
Carrboro · CarrboroCarrboro Mayor Barbara Foushee speaks with 97.9 The Hill’s Brighton McConnell in-studio on Friday, May 17. The visit comes on the heels of her first Community Bike Ride as mayor, and Foushee details the interest and importance of local bicycling. She also discusses a pair of resolutions passed by the Carrboro Town Council this week to recognize Police Week and Period Poverty Week. Plus, the mayor also details some of the items in Carrboro’s unde…See the Story
Carrboro: Mayor's Bike Ride, Budget Highlights and Police Week
Hillsborough, North Carolina · HillsboroughToday, investigators with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office charged Robert James Herman, a teacher at Efland-Cheeks Elementary School, with one count of secret peeping. The crime is a Class I felony. A report from a concerned citizen prompted the investigation.See the Story
Efland-Cheeks Elementary teacher arrested
Orange County, North Carolina · Orange CountyStory via Arshia Simkin, The Underline, the Orange County Arts Commission Ginny Robinson, and her quilt “School Supplies” Chapel Hill resident Ginny Robinson is a quiltmaker and a local middle school English teacher. In February 2024, she won QuiltCon’s most prestigious award—”Best in Show”—for her quilt titled “What We Will Use as Weapons: A List of School Supplies,” which combines these two worlds in a sobering, statement-making quilt. QuiltCo…See the Story
Ginny Robinson’s Award-Winning Quilt “School Supplies” Grapples With the Pervasive Threat of Gun Violence in American Schools
Education · Chapel HillAs discussions around diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in higher education continue around Chapel Hill, Jeffrey Billman of The Assembly joins 97.9 The Hill’s Brighton McConnell on Friday, May 17. UNC-Chapel Hill’s trustees recently voted to divert all DEI funding to campus police efforts ahead of an expected change in policy by the UNC System Board of Governors. Billman details an interview he recently had with BOG member Woody White, who…See the Story