Category: Locales

Authorities recover drowning victim at Jordan Lake

Pittsboro, NC – The Chatham County Sheriff’s Office, working in conjunction with other agencies on Sunday, August 6, recovered the body of a drowning victim who was boating and swimming at Jordan Lake. The victim has been identified as Donald…

Fall football camp begins Friday for Duke

Durham, NC –  Duke head football coach Mike Elko and the 2023 Blue Devils are scheduled to begin fall football camp on Friday. Last season, Elko guided Duke to an overall record of 9-4 capped by a 30-13 victory over UCF in…

Are Moms for Liberty a ‘hate group’?

By Kevin Garcia-Galindo Raleigh, NC – Last month, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) decided to start labeling Moms for Liberty an extremist group. The group pushes back against content in public schools that they believe is left-wing or sexually…

VinFast: A green image stained by sediment pollution

By: Lisa Sorg Moncure, NC – While VinFast, the Vietnamese electric vehicle company, officially broke ground on their manufacturing plant in Chatham County last Friday, for the past seven months the company has been moving mounds of dirt around —…

Sheriff Mike Roberson elected First Vice President of the NCSA

Chatham County Sheriff Mike Roberson

Raleigh, NC – Chatham County Sheriff Mike Roberson joined other sheriffs and law enforcementprofessionals from across North Carolina at the recent North Carolina Sheriffs’ Association’s(NCSA’s) 101 st Annual Business Conference. Sheriff Roberson was elected by his fellow sheriffs to serve…