Defense attorney James Glover said Brian Minton drove 20-year-old Josh Bailey to the murder site against his will but did not shoot Bailey. He does not deserve to be convicted of first-degree murder, felony murder or first-degree kidnapping, Glover said.
Published: May. 4, 2012 6:07 PM | Full story
The Chapel Hill Town Council scheduled a June 18 public hearing to get feedback from residents about the regulations.
Published: May. 4, 2012 2:57 PM | Full story
A tow-truck company owner has sued the town over its cell-phone calls while driving ban and new towing rules.
Published: May. 4, 2012 4:11 PM | Full story
The prosecution rested its case Thursday against 21-year-old defendant Brian Minton. Defense attorney James Glover said he would not offer evidence or have Minton testify about what happened in the July 2008 murder.
Published: May. 3, 2012 8:05 PM | Full story
The probability of finding another person who matches that sample is greater than 1 in a trillion, DNA expert Michelle Hannon said.
Published: May. 2, 2012 7:21 PM | Full story
The town has seen a 6.1 percent increase in sales tax revenues so far this year and expects about a 3 percent increase next fiscal year, said Ken Pennoyer, the town’s business management director.
Published: May. 1, 2012 11:10 PM | Full story
A State Bureau of Investigation expert said Tuesday that gloves and zip ties from Josh Bailey’s grave were consistent with those found in a murder defendant’s car and at his Carrboro home.
Published: May. 1, 2012 8:40 PM | Full story
Eligibility guidelines are only the first hurdle, some EZ Rider clients say. The service isn’t always reliable, sometimes arriving at the wrong place or wrong time.
Published: May. 1, 2012 5:35 PM | Full story
Blog Bits: The proposed constitutional amendment limiting marriage to one man and one woman and banning other forms of domestic legal unions appears on the front for Democrats and Libertarians and on the back for Republicans.
Published: May. 1, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story
We asked District 2 commissioner candidates questions on this year’s biggest county issues including the regional transit plan, where the county’s trash should go, and the historically prickly relationship between the county and its municipalities.
Published: May. 1, 2012 5:35 PM | Full story
The county sent more than registered letters to more than 400 residents last month in a three-quarter mile radius of the landfill on Eubanks Road, letting them know about the new cleanup program that commissioners approved in March.
Published: May. 1, 2012 5:30 PM | Full story
Orange County will continue to distribute its sales tax revenue based on population. Commissioners unanimously voted to keep the county’s current distribution system for the next fiscal year, which distributes sales tax generated in the county by splitting it between the municipalities based on their population.
Published: May. 1, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story
“People ask me if we’re gonna win this fight,” Chapel Hill Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt said beneath a giant elm tree. “Damn right we’re gonna win this fight.”
Published: Apr. 29, 2012 3:34 PM | Full story
Public feedback runs overwhelmingly against eliminating the Chinese program.
Published: Apr. 28, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro school system is considering a proposal to turn Frank Porter Graham Elementary into a magnet school.
Published: Apr. 28, 2012 12:00 AM | Full story
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and Orange County Schools districts presented their budget requests Thursday night. They asked the county to help fill gaps left by cuts in state and federal funding.
Published: Apr. 28, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story
Mark Dorosin, Pam Hemminger and Penny Rich discuss transit tax, solid waste, rural buffer and more.
Published: Apr. 28, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story
For more than 30 years, EZ Rider served every Chapel Hill and Carrboro resident with a qualifying disability. However, shrinking budgets, rising costs and a growing number of riders are draining available funds, officials say.
Published: Apr. 28, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story
Testifying on Friday in trial of Brian Minton, N.C. State University forensic archaeologist Billy Oliver said retrieval of the body was difficult because of the location.
Published: Apr. 27, 2012 7:51 PM | Full story
The Texas homebuilder will also return drilling rights for natural gas to any homeowner who requests it. As of Tuesday afternoon the company has restored drilling rights to 58 properties in Durham and Guilford counties.
Published: Apr. 26, 2012 12:00 AM | Full story
Orange-Chatham District Attorney Jim Woodall said the state could rest its case against Brian Minton next week. Defense attorney James Glover has not yet decided if Minton will testify.
Published: Apr. 25, 2012 7:01 PM | Full story
Sheriff’s investigator Tim Horne said his search for Josh Bailey in 2008 wound through a maze of people, places and events before his Bailey’s body was found in a Chatham County grave.
Published: Apr. 25, 2012 10:50 AM | Full story
The 28.48-acre retail and business center, established at the site of the former mill in 1997, filed for bankruptcy June 9. Roberts, a Hillsborough resident and vice president of Chatham Mills Development Corp., said the Chapter 11 reorganization was confirmed Feb. 9 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court.
Published: Apr. 25, 2012 10:38 AM | Full story
The Renaisance festivals weren’t fantastical enough for Durham school teacher Jeff Jass. So he he created his own.
Published: Apr. 25, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story
The chairwoman of the Chapel Hill Planning Board says she will ask to be recused from voting on Charterwood when it comes to the board for a recommendation May 1.
Published: Apr. 25, 2012 10:33 AM | Full story
Published: Apr. 24, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story
Carolina Flats would put a four-story, 125- to 145-room hotel and about 190 apartments designed for upperclassmen and graduate students at the northeast corner of Estes Drive and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
Published: Apr. 23, 2012 10:34 PM | Full story
The John Edwards trial opened Monday morning with as much focus on Andrew Young, a campaign aide who wrote a tell-all book, as the man accused in the case.
Published: Apr. 23, 2012 5:55 PM | Full story
An accused gunman’s ex-girlfriend ended a weeklong parade of prosecution witnesses Friday by testifying that defendant Brian Minton appeared to be in charge when 20-year-old Josh Bailey was killed in 2008.
Published: Apr. 21, 2012 5:00 PM | Full story
The Chapel Hill campus is the first of three universities on the tour designed to pressure Congress to prevent student loan interest rates from doubling this summer.
Published: Apr. 20, 2012 11:13 AM | Full story
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