Siler City

U.S. Rep David Price criticized recent ICE raids Friday after meeting with families of two men arrested in Orange County last week by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. "I'm upset with the raids, the detentions that have occurred," Price said at the Carrboro offices of El Centro Hispano.

Morning temperatures were down roughly 30 degrees from the same time on Thursday, plummeting 28 degrees in Raleigh and 34 in Siler City. But the high pressure system that's rotating cold, northern air into the region will also keep the skies clear of clouds and rain.

The event will take place on Thursday, April 19, from noon-3 p.m. at 1401 Ross Ave., Siler City. Community Services Block Grant, Weatherization Assistance and Rapid Re-Housing program staff will be available to answer questions about the services they offer in Chatham, Orange, Randolph and Durham counties.

According to Scott Murphy, chief of the Siler City Fire Department, something exploded in a large pile of scrap metal at Hayes Iron & Metal, 101 Vivian Betty Place, setting fire to an area of about 100 feet by 100 feet. Other fire units came from Staley, Silk Hope, Bonlee and Bennett.

Siler City, NC - On March 29, a concerned resident contacted the Chatham County Sheriff's Office to report some suspicious debris by the roadside near the 1300 block of Bonlee-Bennett Road.

But as director Vivienne Benesch, songwriter Laurelyn Dossett, and playwright Mike Wiley can now tell you, it can be positively unnerving when a new play gets a little ahead of its time, anticipating events before they happen. The creative team behind Leaving Eden , a new music theater work premiering this week at PlayMakers Repertory Company, encountered that uncanny situation several times while working on Wiley and Dossett's drama about racial and ethnic tensions in the small-town South.

Award-winning Americana/country band Nu-Blu is coming to The Liberty Showcase Theater, 101 S. Fayetteville St., Liberty, on Saturday, April 7, for a show. Show starts at 7 p.m. With four Top Ten Billboard albums, Nu-Blu has quickly established itself as one of the top acts in Americana/country music.

After a three-month investigation, authorities seized 887 prescription opiate pills, 224 Xanax, 8.5 grams of marijuana, two vehicles and $4,647 in cash. "The hard work paid off.