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A new state law aimed at improving the state's probation system is one of more than four dozen new laws taking effect on Dec.

MORRISVILLE, NC, November 21, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- PlayNation Parties and Playgrounds announced today the opening of their new facility in Morrisville, North Carolina.

Two other men were riding in the car, and troopers believe Rassan Omar Devonn McMillan of Burlington, was the driver.

West Chester Lakota West tight end Alex Smith announced Tuesday morning his decision to attend North Carolina.

An autopsy confirms that a man found unconscious on a Greyhound bus two hours after being discharged from Cherry Hospital died after ingesting a prescription painkiller given to him by the state psychiatric facility.

In its current issue, BusinessWeek magazine has ranked the best places to raise kids in each of the 50 states and the winner in North Carolina...is not in the Triad.

Here's a look at today's local headlines: HONOR AND DEFEND? Local poet C.J. Suitt did not have all his facts straight, but some agree with his point: The statue on McCorkle Place honoring black workers who built the university seems insensitive compared to the much larger Confederate Monument a short distance away.

By Danielle Tepper WCHL Intern When the two universities cut their budgets, Conrad and Hoit decided to join forces on an information technology plan.

A Chapel Hill man was charged with assaulting an officer after an incident early Friday.

Orange County Story sdf Caption By Lauren Hills, NBC17, 3 hours, 11 minutes ago Updated: Nov.

By fall of next year, The Daily Tar Heel will move its offices from UNC's Student Union to 151 E. Rosemary Street in downtown Chapel Hill.

While most people sleep restfully at night, most don't really understand the dynamics surrounding the activity.

A CT scan -- a kind of super X-ray -- provides a faster, cheaper way to diagnose a heart attack when someone goes to the emergency room with chest pains, a new study suggests.

The classic films, the 35mm projectors and the same operators; the rug, the intricately painted raised wood panels; even the popcorn is going retro at the revived Varsity Theatre on Franklin Street.

Name: Martin L. Nesbitt Jr. Hometown: Asheville. Family: Wife, Deane. Two grown children.

Best-selling mystery writer John Grisham will deliver the commencement address at the University of North Carolina spring graduation.

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The Justice in Action Committee invites residents to attend a discussion of a oeWhat Would It Take to Heal the Wounds of Racism in Chapel Hill?a The event will be held Tuesday, Nov.

Jordan Lake Christmas Tree Farm 2170 Martha's Chapel Road, Apex, NC 919-362-6300 919-387-4957 Hours of Operation: Opens the day after Thanksgiving-December 21st Wednesday-Sunday 9am to 5pm Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays Centrally located between Raleigh and Durham, this small family-oriented Chatham County Farm sells choose and cut trees.

Change of mission, smaller staff for initiative championed by Rep. Price By David N. Bass Carolina Journal RALEIGH - The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is trimming back a controversial initiative meant to assist veterans and their families after an internal review found evidence of waste and abuse in the program.