HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (WNCN) -- Investigators are asking the public to help them identify a couple suspected of assaulting and robbing a vendor at a flea market, the Orange County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday. On Tuesday, deputies said they were called to the Buckhorn Flea Market and Jockey lot after a vendor reported that a man and a woman robbed him. According to the sheriff's office, the vendor reported that the man used a knife and the woman used a handgun to threaten him. Deputies said the pair is accused of stealing U.S. currency and second-hand electronics. People at the market said it ..read more

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WNCN) -- UNC Chapel Hill announced changes to graduation guidelines on Wednesday following on-campus protests and related arrests. It comes as students around the country hold pro-Palestinian protests on their campuses, with some universities cancelling graduation altogether. PREVIOUS: UNC Chapel Hill responds to protests, looks to prevent more chaos on campus University officials also shared their Policy on Demonstrative Events, which provides a list of prohibited items and actions for demonstrations. "We expect all campus community members to comply, and those who do not w ..read more

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WNCN) – Aviva Siegel has one mission to bring her husband, Keith, home. The 64-year-old Chapel Hill native has been held hostage in Gaza since Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack. Both he and Aviva were taken from their homes in Kfar Aza, an Israeli kibbutz along the Gaza border. “They took his keys, and we went to Gaza in Keith's car. Well, one of the terrorists was holding a knife in front of my face. The other one was with a big gun and one was driving,” said Aviva. Aviva told CBS17 that the couple of 43 years was kept together until Hamas released her in a prisoner exchange with Israe ..read more

Note: The accompanying video explains what to do if you have a missing loved one in North Carolina HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (WNCN) — The N.C. Center for Missing Persons has issued a missing endangered alert on Tuesday afternoon. The community is asked to be on the lookout for Kenneth Lynn Jordan, who is believed to be suffering from a cognitive impairment. He is 62 years old, described as having short grey hair and about 250 pounds. Kenneth Lynn Jordan in a photo from the Hillsborough Police Dept. Tuesday morning, Hillsborough police officers, along with Orange Rural Fire Department and the Orange C ..read more

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WNCN) -- Among the chants, shouts and conversations on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill and other campuses across the country is a demand for divestment. That includes weapons manufacturers related to Israel, Israeli businesses and companies that do business with Israel. But as Davidson College assistant professor of Educational Studies and Public Policy Chris Marsicano puts it, divestment is not as easy as an E*trade. Just like your retirement investment portfolio, the funds can include hundreds or even thousands of investments including mega corporations like Google and Amazo ..read more

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WNCN) — A group of UNC Chapel Hill faculty and staff hand delivered a letter signed by nearly 800 faculty members demanding leniency for students suspended after protests on April 30. The letter blames the university for the violent escalation that Tuesday morning when police raided the four-day Gaza protest camp and the protests that followed later in the day. “If the administration cannot acknowledge that they went over the line and give full amnesty to all of the suspended students there’s very little place we can go from here,” said Prof. Michal Osterweil, a professor of ..read more

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WNCN) -- UNC-Chapel Hill on Sunday continues to be at the center of pro-Palestinian protests in the Triangle. At least 1,000 people packed a Chapel Hill Plaza before marching along Franklin Street and then through the UNC campus Sunday afternoon. The march was organized by the same students behind the campus encampment that was broken up by police after UNC officials said the tents violated policy. Protesters said Tuesday's arrests will not stop them. Pro-Palestine protesters continue to demand UNC divest investments with Israel and for an end to the war in Gaza. A small gro ..read more

Editor's Note: Amid cicada season, the Orange County Sheriff's Office shared a post on Facebook. This article is purely satirical. HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (WNCN) -- On Sunday, the Orange County Sheriff's Office announced a cicada was arrested for disturbing the peace, among other charges. Deputies said Ura Knightmare, three days old, of Underground City, appeared before a magistrate who found probable cause for the following charges: Violation of the county noise ordinance; second degree trespass; damage to property; unlawful assembly; disturbing the peace; and participating in a mass gathering wi ..read more

(The Hill) — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said he is sending Chick-fil-A to counter protesters against pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) Saturday. “I’m so proud of the courageous young men at @UNC that protected our flag and stood up for America against the pro-Hamas protesters on their campus,” Graham said in a post on the social platform X Saturday. $500K+ GoFundMe for UNC students who protected US flag during protests; funds to go to party, charities “The actions of these young men make me hopeful for the next generation’s love for our count ..read more

HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (WNCN) -- A gunman was caught driving away after a woman was shot in the chest and was spotted running along a Hillsborough street early Saturday morning, police said. The incident was reported around 1:30 a.m. Saturday when officers saw a "woman in distress" running across Cardinal Drive, according to a Hillsborough Police Department Saturday afternoon news release. Officers quickly learned the injured woman had been shot in the chest, police said. The street where the woman was running is just off Interstate 85 at S. Churton Street and contains a McDonald's, Holiday Inn Ex ..read more