Michelle Cassell is a seasoned reporter who has covered everything from crime to hurricanes and local politics to human interest over the course of 35 years.As assignment editor, she hopes to encourage writers of a wide range of backgrounds and interests in TLR’s coverage of Southern Orange County news.
- Arrest made in connection with UNC-Chapel Hill armed and dangerous suspect alert
- TABLE reaches goal to raise $3.25M and will open a permanent site
- Response from UNC regarding a petition to Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz
- Orange County Living Wage set new goals and hosted a fundraiser
- Truth Plaque unveiled at the Strayhorn House in Carrboro on September 1.
- UNC-Chapel Hill active shooter response protocol criticized by students and citizens
- UNC mourns the loss of Dr. Zijie Yan, faculty member – graduate student charged with first-degree murder
- Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School year will begin with bus drivers for every route
- Carrboro is buzzing with a pollinator census invitation
- Chapel Hill Fire Department determines Mediterranean Deli fire accidental
- Carrboro Police make an arrest in homicide and investigate a sexual assault case
- Carrboro Police continue investigating homicide and seek victims in sexual assault case
- Pain at the Pump
- Top state honors go to Chapel Hill High School teacher
- Carrboro High School hires new principal
- Beautiful Together is coming together on 83 acres in Chapel Hill
- Political candidate filings completed for upcoming Local Elections
- Fire devastates Mediterranean Deli
- An invasive insect has conquered Orange County’s ash trees
- Tomato fans turned out to enjoy Carrboro’s Annual Tomato Festival
- Solarize The Triangle heats up Orange County group energy savings for its second summer
- Rabid fox attacks dog and owner in Orange County
- Ackland Art Museum to feature French drawings from 1770 – 1830 in a new Exhibition
- Orange County Animal Shelter sees rise in adoptions after hitting capacity, lowering fees
- Several local neighborhoods want to rid themselves of gas leaf blowers
- Town Council Adopts Carrboro Town Budget for 2023-2024
- North Carolina Symphony performs its annual free concert in Southern Village
- South Creek development gets final approval CH Town Council
- Disparity study on the table as Carrboro looks to revise business loan program
- Booker Creek Working Group issues final report
- Snooze’s first Triangle location to open in Chapel Hill
- New initiative helps local minority businesses find funding
- Chapel Hill officer dies in Chatham County after traffic accident
- How is Chapel Hill trying to tackle economic development?
- Coyotes are here to stay, but experts say we can learn to live with them
- Grant allows entrepreneurs to showcase wares at Lantern
- Mama Dip’s pledges to stay in Chapel Hill as it looks to sell its Rosemary St. location
- Area churches come together to fund Weavers Grove community center
- Carrboro recognizes Strayhorn homeplace as town landmark
- Historic district homeowners hire lawyer to push back on housing choices text amendments
- CHHS Student is State Leader for Voting Organization, Calls for Volunteers
- Chapel Hill Says ‘Goodbye’ to Iconic Southern Season
- Black Women Receive ‘Royal’ Recognition at CEF Awards Event
- Blood, Sweat and Money: UNC-CH Reckons With Names Tied to Enslavement
- African Poet Seeks to Make New History in Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill’s Community Empowerment Fund Receives $50,000 National Grant
- Two Homicides, One Shooting Mark Violent Start to 2023 in Chapel Hill; Arrests Now Made for Homicides
- Triangle, Eastern NC Youth Kick It Out at Futsal Regional Tournament
- Carrboro’s Light Agenda Heralds Heavier Issues to Address
- Elizabeth ‘Libba’ Cotten Day: More Than Just a 130th Birthday Anniversary
- Lehew Sworn in as Chapel Hill’s First Female Police Chief
- Shake Shack Thrills Fans With Chapel Hill Opening
- Southern Village Luminaries Raise Money and Hope
- The Resurrection of an Angel: Artwork Takes Wing to Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill’s Town Manager Resigns
- Plans to Sue EPA About UNC Emissions Go Up in Smoke; Petition Denied by EPA
- Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Chapel Hill Overflows With Gratitude
- Reported Rapes on UNC-CH Campus Yield No Arrests
- Fall Foliage Ignites the Landscape With Color
- ‘Age of Rembrandt’ Is First Ackland-Owned Exhibit to Travel Abroad
- Local High School Seniors Earn National Musical Recognition
- Feeling the Burn: Carrboro, Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club Threaten EPA Suit Over UNC Coal Burning
- Chapel Hill Moves Affordable Housing Forward With $10 Million Tax Credit
- ‘House Us Now’ March and Rally Pursues Housing Justice
- University Gardens Shooting Suspect Arrested
- A Living Legend’s Legacy to Affordable Housing
- Chapel Hill Police Investigate Fifth Homicide of 2022
- House Us Now Rally/March Set for September 25
- For Quinton Harper, Affordable Housing in Carrboro is Personal
- Carrboro Closes in on Affordable Housing Goals
- Chapel Hill Reports 4th Murder in 2022
- ALE Sting Operation in Chapel Hill Sparks Outrage
- Microchip Shortage Now Felt in Your Wallet
- Orange County Sheriff Charles Blackwood Becomes President of North Carolina Sheriffs’ Association
- Orange County Living Wage (OCLW) Recertifies Towns of Carrboro and Chapel Hill
- Governor’s School Supply Drive Supports Students. Teachers, Retailers, and Charities Offer Additional Local Assistance
- ‘Come and Play’: Ackland Art Museum Invites Visitors to Interact with Public Art Exhibit
- ‘Pop-up’ Thunderstorms Down Trees and Power Lines in Southern Orange County
- CHPD Crisis Unit a Pioneer and National Model
- Carrboro Town Council Approves Mixed-Use Project at Corner of Greensboro and Weaver Streets
- Local Nonprofit Addresses Income Inequality by Supporting Workers’ Rights
- Food for Students Program Adapts to the Needs of Orange County Parents, Children
- After 75 Years, Freedom Riders Vindicated in Orange County
- Juneteenth Celebrations on Tap in Chapel Hill and Carrboro
- First Annual Pride Promenade Celebrates Local LGBTQIA+ Community
- Habitat and Hope Celebrate Funding Windfall
- Season Finale
- Mary Frances Vermilyea Brown 1927-2022
- Booker Creek Working Group Considers Recommendations to Protect Local Bottomland Forest
- UNC Feels the Heat over Continued Coal Combustion
- The War in Ukraine: How to Help
- Trick or treat THIS year?
- Rest in Peace? Southern Village Residents Angry, Saddened by Cemetery Vandalism
- Former Blue Cross Building Now Available for Lease
- Southern Village’s Arlen Park Cemetery Vandalized
- Another Taste of India
- Al’s Burger Shack Files for Bankruptcy
- At the Inn, 12 Days of Joy
- UNC Sued Over Coal-Burning Plant
- Health Tech Firm Bringing Jobs to Franklin Street
- UNC Receives Top Grade for Patient Safety
- New Court Date for Mother, Son Charged with Animal Cruelty
- Where Have All the Flowers Gone? Niche Gardens Closes
- Halloween 2019 – Maybe Not So Spooky this Year?
- Carolina Donor Services Moving to Chapel Hill
- HOPE is Hopeful About Helping Adults with Disabilities
- A Chapel Hill Election Primer for Newcomers