Just a summer’s-end reminder: In high society, Labor Day is (or was) considered the last day of the year when it is fashionable to wear white or seersucker. It’s also good to…
North Carolina outlawed synthetic marijuana on June 1, 2011. But like kudzu, this man-made “weed” is hard to kill. Amazingly hard, actually – as this story of a sting…
Traffic has been flowing more smoothly past the Walmart at Randleman, North Carolina, in the past year, with the help of the roundabout intersection. That probably didn’t seem…
Oh, brother. Another Click It or Ticket campaign, as we roll into the Memorial Day weekend. Haven’t we had enough? I mean, what are these law enforcement people thinking? It’s…
The battle in Chapel Hill, N.C., to prevent distracted driving caused by cell phone use has become tangled in a lawsuit over towing cars. Just over five weeks after the North Carolina college…
Distracted driving caused by using a cell phone has been big news recently. Chapel Hill, N.C., became the first town in the nation to pass a complete ban on cell phone use while driving, as we…
The town council of Chapel Hill, N.C., voted Monday, March 26, to ban all cell phone use while driving in the town limits – including the use of hands-free devices such as headsets. The…
(UPDATE: Cell phone ban – including hands-free use – passes) As the home of the Tar Heels, Chapel Hill gets plenty of national attention. Still, it hurts like heck that the Kansas Jayhawks…
Chapel Hill narrowly missed claiming another national title Monday night. Hold on there, hoops fans – I am talking about driving, but not on a basketball court. This event took…
Scott Richard Anderson, 38, was driving with a suspended license when he struck a man riding a scooter in a hit-and-run crash near Wilkesboro, N.C., on Monday, Feb. 27, according to the North…
Auto manufacturers should develop technology that will keep drivers from being distracted by the devices built into their vehicles, according to proposals issued Thursday by the federal…
With the first month of 2012 under our belts, I’m sure we’re all rocking along to a steady rhythm as we work on our New Year’s resolutions. You betcha. If one of those…