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The 5:00 News: Chapel Hill Repaving, Child Tax Credit and XC Coach
97.9 The Hill News Director Brighton McConnell shares the latest local news headlines for Orange and Chatham Counties on Monday, July 19. Chapel Hill Police are investigating a shooting on Legion Road into an “occupied dwelling.” Several streets in Chapel Hill are set to be repaved in the coming weeks, while a parking deck will be demolished. Orange County Congressman David Price shares thoughts on the new child tax credit expansion. Plus: UNC has a new head coach for its women’s cross country team and a Black Durham softball player’s experience is changing national rules.
The 5:00 News: East Rosemary Street, Season Tickets and Wolf-Dog Hybrids
97.9 The Hill News Director Brighton McConnell shares local news headlines from Orange and Chatham Counties to start the week on Monday, July 12. Chapel Hill Police provide updates from a car crash and resulting power outage on East Franklin Street, while East Rosemary Street prepares for major redevelopment. UNC campus continues to see demonstrations around the university’s relationship with race. Orange County Animal Services is trapping several wild dogs that may have been bred with a captive wolf. Plus: several UNC baseball players are drafted and UNC football sells out of season tickets.
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In this June 12, 2021 photo, the base of a Confederate monument remains planted in the ground in Warrenton, N.C. On the right, a file photo displays the original statue.
Capital Square in downtown Raleigh looks a lot different than it did one year ago. That’s because one of the most iconic Confederate monuments in the state is gone. All of it.
The 75-foot-tall granite monument overlooked Hillsborough Street since 1895, spurring the erection of similar monuments across North Carolina.
Attorney James Williams wants to see Confederate monuments removed in full, including their pedestals.
James Williams, the retired chief public defender for Orange and Chatham Counties, chairs the North Carolina Commission on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Criminal Justice System (NC CRED). Williams says he enjoys seeing a patch of grass where that monument once stood.
Originally published on July 2, 2021 4:11 pm
Capital Square in downtown Raleigh looks a lot different than it did one year ago. That’s because one of the most iconic Confederate monuments in the state is gone. All of it.
The 75-foot-tall granite monument overlooked Hillsborough Street since 1895, spurring the erection of similar monuments across North Carolina.
James Williams, the retired chief public defender for Orange and Chatham Counties, chairs the North Carolina Commission on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Criminal Justice System (NC CRED). Williams says he enjoys seeing a patch of grass where that monument once stood. I know what that statue stood for, what it represented, said Williams, sitting on a bench near the empty space. Having a monument that speaks to slaveocracy, sends the exact opposite message, particularly to Black people, that they can expect fairness and fair treatment.