Siler City

On April 16, members of the Sheriff's Office conducted multiple traffic stops related to an investigation in Siler City, resulting in the arrests. Deputies arrested Steven Brian Fields, 39, of 136 Olde Manor Court, Siler City, after a search of his vehicle revealed methamphetamine and an AR-15 rifle.

The Friends of the Chatham Community Library will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a gala open house at the library, 197 N.C. 87 N., Pittsboro, on Saturday, May 19, from 2-4 p.m. The library is on the campus of Central Carolina Community College. Activities will include visits by library and county officials; library tours; informational displays; children's entertainment ; live music; historical displays, photos and memorabilia; free books for adults and children; a plaque dedication; and other fun activities, including refreshments.

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.