Almost 200 people in Orange got counseling, donations and medical care as part of a project that acknowledges the difficulty faced by those struggling to end a cycle of homelessness.

Former UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor James Moeser found two dead deer shot and dumped in his Boundary Street yard last week.

Get ready, UNC-Chapel Hill alums: Your alma mater will soon be asking you for money.

The young men accused of killing Joshua McCabe Bailey first interrogated and assaulted him in a garage behind the home of Brian "Beef" Minton and his parents at 714 Smith Level Road in Chapel Hill, according to search warrants released Thursday.

This weekend as many as 70,000 people are expected to come celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Occoneechee-Orange Speedway in Hillsborough.

When UNC-Chapel Hill's School of Public Health is renamed today to acknowledge a $50 million private gift, not all will applaud. Some at the school worry that the gift from Dennis and Joan Gillings represents a selling out of academic integrity.

How the public-health community is responding to falls among elderly people is the subject of a Webcast titled "Help older adults live better, longer: Prevent falls and traumatic brain injuries."

A driver accused of crushing a bicyclist to death on Pleasant Green Road on June 3 pleaded guilty this week to misdemeanor death by vehicle and driving without insurance.

Desmond Tutu, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and renowned South African anti-apartheid activist, will give the spring commencement address at UNC-Chapel Hill on May 10 in Kenan Stadium.

The town of Chapel Hill is pulling up the Halloween welcome mat. In an effort to cut the 80,000-plus crowds that can descend on Franklin Street Oct. 31, the town plans to make it harder for out-of-town revelers to make it in.

A bus stop sits just past where two lanes merge into one, forcing the bus to stop in the traffic lane. Troubleshooter is on the case.

Chapel Hill tries to balance economic reality with the need for a $16 million expansion.