Siler City News

MARS HILL - The Sanders family of Siler City is back for more good old gospel music in the warm musical comedy "Smoke on the Mountain Homecoming," now playing at Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre at Owen ...

John Dorward, associate director of the Inter-Faith Council , gladly reported that its food pantry in Carrboro remains in good shape for this time of year.

Rising feed costs are forcing chicken producer Sanderson Farms to delay -- perhaps by as much as a year -- plans to build a $126.5 million plant in Kinston.

Gina Harrison with the Northwood High School Band Boosters in Chatham County recently posted this tribute to one of the club's volunteers, Chris Hooft of Pittsboro, at share.triangle.com. At the annual ...

Friday morning started off with rain across Wake and Chatham counties, which could be a preview to this weekend's weather.

Requests for passports, birth registration and consular identifications by Mexican citizens living in North and South Carolina have skyrocketed in the past six months as families brace for the potential of a ...

A Siler City area man is being held on $20,000 bail after investigators say he set a mobile home on fire with someone inside it.

The Chatham County Sheriff's Department has charged the father of two year old, Timothy Austin Parnell who drowned in a neighbors pool May 31st.

From Staff Reports Comment on this story The father of a 2-year-old drowning victim has been charged with child neglect.

Wake and Chatham counties are calling on the public to help elderly and low-income residents keep cool during the heat wave.

The Siler City band Nu-Blu won first place at today's bluegrass competition at the Got to Be NC Festival.

The N.C. Center for Missing Persons has issued a Silver Alert for Joshua Wayne Smith, 20, of Carthage.

Leesville Road, the N.C. High School Athletic Association 4-A girls soccer champion, has four players on the coaches' all-state team.

Chatham County Sheriff Investigators and Department of Social Services is investigating the drowning of a 2-year-old boy who drowned Saturday morning in Siler City.

Chatham County Sheriff's Deputies arrested a man who was featerd on America's Most Wanted in March.

Friday is the last day on the job for 836 chicken plant workers in Siler City. The Pilgrim's Pride plant is a major employer in the town of 8,500 and a significant part of Chatham County's economy.

Siler City has about 8,500 people living in its town limits, and about 5,000 more in the surrounding area, according to 2006 estimates.

Officials at the Pilgrim's Pride plant in Siler City have confirmed today is the last day of operations for the plant.

Chatham County has two public hearings next week on its proposed 2008-09 budget.

Jessel Yvonne Jackson was trapped and unconscious. Her legs were crushed, and her Honda CRV was about to catch fire.