Chapel Hill police charge Moore County man with manslaughter

The Chamber for a Greater Chapel Hill-Carrboro honored its 2023 Service Award winners Wednesday evening before the UNC men’s basketball team’s game at the Smith Center. A total of eleven winners were recognized for their outstanding achievements. The winners were joined on the plaza by several other members of the service community, including Carrboro Mayor Barbara (…)

Two people died after a car crash struck a tree near the Meadowmont Village neighborhood in Chapel Hill on Tuesday evening, according to police. A press release from the city government early Wednesday morning said that both Chapel Hill Police and Chapel Hill Fire Departments responded to a report of a vehicle on fire around 9:40 p.m. (…)

According to the Chapel Hill Fire Department, a fiery single-vehicle collision resulted in multiple trips to the hospital and a road closure late Friday evening. Emergency services responded to calls about a crash just after 9:30 p.m. and sent out a social media alert about the closure of Seawell School Road near (…) after 10 p.m.

Saturday marks the twentieth anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001. 97.9 The Hill spoke with local first responders in Orange County to hear their stories from that day and how that day has impacted emergency preparedness ever since.

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Starting soon, the City of Chapel Hill will require all residents and business owners to register their security alarm systems.

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Chapel Hill police have charged a Moore County man in the death of 55-year-old Michael Jesse Griffin. Griffin, a Chapel Hill resident, died Sept. 13 after an attack. Cody Ray Callahan, 19, of Carthage, is charged with voluntary manslaughter, simple assault and false imprisonment. According to police, Callahan attacked Griffin about (…).