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An Orange County judge on Tuesday sentenced a Hillsborough woman to 16 to 22 years in prison for the 2023 killing of her mother, closing a case that has torn through one local family and raised questions about mental health and crime. In court, she apologized, asked relatives for forgiveness, and, according to...

Creedmoor commissioners issue no-confidence vote in Mayor Antwane Downey after DWI crash, urge him to resign and direct attorney to explore possible Common Law removal from office.

Downtown Durham is getting a new hangout that is firmly on team "talk to your neighbor." Soif, a tiny coffee-and-cocktail bar with only 13 seats, is set to open in early March at 331 West Main Street. By day it will pour coffee, by night it will switch to spritzers and a short, classic cocktail list. There is no...

Maintenance crews with the North Carolina Department of Transportation are set to temporarily close Corbett Ridge Road in northern Orange County beginning Wednesday, March 4, according to a release. The closure will allow work crews to safely replace a crossline pipe. It’s scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. Tuesday, and...

A Carrboro mother has pulled in close with UNC researchers after watching her 15-year-old son lose basic skills to a devastating genetic disease. Over several years, Cole regressed, losing most of his spoken language by about age eight, and his mother says an investigational therapy in a clinical trial slowed that...

On Tuesday, a Durham judge pushed the criminal cyberstalking trial of TikTok influencer Brenay Kennard out to May 7, 2026. The case centers on allegations from Akira Montague that Kennard harassed her online and at places Montague frequents. The latest postponement means the criminal case will not be resolved until...

Editor’s note: This article was originally published by The Chronicle. It is republished here with permission. The Duke community might just be getting a little bigger. The university is close to finalizing an agreement with Durham Technical Community College to guarantee admission into the Pratt School of...

We were a little wary about the trip to Raleigh, because State is a tough place to play. And when Ven-Allen Lubin opened with a dunk and Darrion Williams hit a couple of early shots, it looked like it might be one of those nights. Didn’t last long. Behind...

Source: Facebook/Orange County Sheriff's Office - North Carolina. What started as a hit-and-run call in Hillsborough on Monday escalated into a multi-county chase of a U-Haul box truck that raced down I-40 before law enforcement finally shut it down near Exit 261 and took the driver into custody on the west side of...

Though often linked to Black diasporas and Indigenous culture, the practice is deeply rooted in American culture, said the Rev. William Lamar IV.