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Chapel Hill meal dispute spurs brief missing children concerns; parents split on McDonald’s or...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WNCN) — A disagreement between parents over down-home biscuits and McDonald’s on Sunday led to frightening moments for Chapel Hill first responders. Around 12:45 p.m. Sunday, calls went out to Chapel Hill authorities and Orange County law enforcement about a missing van with two children still...
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44-year-old driver dies in Pittsylvania County collision

PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, Va. (WFXR)- State police said a North Carolina man was killed in a head-on collision with a tractor-trailer in Pittsylvania County. According to VSP, the crash happened at 11:23 p.m. on Sunday, December 14 on Callands Road, just east of Mapleton Drive. Police said the driver of a 2024 Dodge...
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Lunch Money: Lo Mein and Christmas Chaos at Southpoint Mall

I’m at Southpoint Mall to visit Basil Thai Kitchen, a local chain with a space in the food court. This will require me to navigate the particular madness of being at a mall two Saturdays before Christmas. The holiday cheer is palpable as soon as I walk in and...
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North Carolina Man Admits To Spraying HIV-Positive Blood Into Eyes Of Hospital Staff

A routine medical treatment descended into chaos at a Raleigh hospital after a patient ripped out his IV and deliberately sprayed his HIV-positive blood into the eyes of two healthcare workers. Kameron Gilchrist, 25, pleaded guilty Thursday to two counts of assault with a deadly weapon in connection with the...
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Uber faces lawsuit over misleading Uber One subscription claims

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCT) — Attorney General Jeff Jackson and a bipartisan coalition of 22 attorneys general sued Uber for making misleading claims about Uber One subscription. The lawsuit, originally filed by the Federal Trade Commission and amended today to add the states, alleges that Uber used deceptive and unfair...
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Durham County Sheriff’s Office reports slight decrease in crime compared to last year

The categories includes murder, sex offenses, robbery, burglary, and arson.
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Lockdown lifted at Riverside High School in Durham after search for gun

The lockdown at the Durham high school was put in place after a tip about a firearm on campus.
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Interfaith Food Shuttle CEO Ron Pringle on how funding cuts are worsening our state’s...

It continues to be one of the great scandals of modern America that in the world’s richest nation, millions of people – including an especially high percentage of children – suffer from hunger and malnutrition. Here in North Carolina, around one in seven people — including a quarter of our children — are burdened by...
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North Carolina Weather Alert Tonight: Temperatures Drop, Wind Chills Reach Single Digits

Residents in central and eastern North Carolina should brace themselves for a dramatic drop in temperatures tonight, as arctic air sets over the region, bringing severe cold weather into early Monday morning. According to the National Weather Service in Raleigh, overnight low temperatures are anticipated to plummet...
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90-year-old Triad neurosurgeon ‘finally’ earns undergraduate degree

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WNCN) — Dr. David L. Kelly Jr. says this moment is a dream come true. “I’m finally getting my undergraduate degree because I lacked one course by 3 hours,” said Dr. Kelly.   Kelly says, despite being one class shy of earning a Carolina undergraduate degree in Chemistry in the Spring of 1955, he […]

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