Mebane News

Question: I have never seen so much poison ivy on my property this year. What is cheapest and most effective way to get rid of it? Answer: Both poison ivy and ticks seem to be getting worse each year.

Folks looking for stuff to do today for July 4 have loads of options for parades, food, music and yes, more than a few fireworks once the sun goes down.

Greensboro-based Samet Corp. is plans to build another speculative building in the North Carolina Industrial Park in Mebane.

A FEW THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW More than 1 in 4 hot dogs and sausages eaten on July Fourth each year come from Iowa.

Local heroes stepped up on Saturday, donating nearly 7,000 pounds of food the Second Harvest Food Bank.

A Mission Fundraiser Yard Sale will be held at Crosslink Community Church, 107 North 7th St.

Marlo Farr, 23, of West Clay Street, Mebane, was charged Tuesday by the Mebane police with second-degree kidnapping, assault by strangulation, assault on a female and attempted first-degree sex offense for an incident that allegedly occurred June 20.

The owner of Empire Homes was arrested after he called police. Mark Deweese, 47, called police Saturday afternoon after a dispute with a subcontractor who says Deweese owes him money, according to Elon Police Lt.

A local teacher is celebrating after winning the national grand prize for the K-5 division of the SMART Technologies "Students Who Serve" contest.

Zaxby's, a restaurant chain that specializes in chicken and has locations throughout the Southeast, is coming to Mebane.

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Meg Thomas, owner of My Overstock Boutique, will be the featured speaker June 24 at Working Women's Wednesday sponsored by the Women's Resource Center.

A Mebane man is asking a Superior Court Judge to revise a decision by the Mebane Board of Adjustments that gave a developer the green light to start building a Walgreens next to his property.

There have been a few leads in the past year, but they all led to dead ends. But despite the setbacks and hundreds of investigative hours, Burlington Police Department continues to keep Allante Murray's homicide case open.

The Alamance County commissioners heard the latest about the Alamance-Orange County line and got an earful from some Mebane residents in the process Tuesday night.

Mebane police plan to spend a good portion of Friday on the roof at McDonald's. Officers are participating in a Cop on Top fundraiser to collect money for Special Olympics.

A house on Dickey Road was destroyed by fire Wednesday morning after a pickup truck crashed into the living room and blew up.

The Alamance County Sheriff's Department charged a man this week with assaulting his girlfriend last Friday.

Alamance County Republicans will gather in the second floor courtroom of the old courthouse in Graham at 7 p.m. tonight to choose a new representative for District 64.

The Mebane Farmers' Market will be open Saturdays from 7 to 11 a.m. June 6 through August at the corner of Third and Clay streets.