The Chatham News + Record

Articles by Bill Horner III

Lee Smith wasn’t exactly born a writer, but her journey to becoming one of the South’s most beloved novelists began early …

JoAnn Davis, the indicted director of the Chatham County Housing Authority, has been placed on administrative leave by her …

MONCURE — VinFast’s plan, from the start, was ambitious: to roll out electric vehicles from a sparkling new plant at Chatham …

SANFORD — The events, unrelated and seemingly discordant, would create — rather quickly — the inspiration for something not …

JoAnn Davis, accused in a federal indictment of taking more than $200,000 in kickbacks in her role as the executive director of the …

Even as a young girl, Marcia Herman-Giddens recognized something was amiss. It was 1946. The soon-to-be 6-year-old Marcia had moved …

Large-scale layoffs among U.S. technology companies — including more than 58,000 cuts in January alone — and recession fears are …

SILER CITY — Calvin Dark can trace his family’s lineage in the Chatham County area back three centuries, but what he’ll share …

PITTSBORO — The Chatham County Board of Education, meeting on the eve of its day-long planning retreat, presented a number of awards …

SILER CITY — Neighbors of a Chatham County teacher who faces five charges of assault with a deadly weapon say the alleged victims in …

PITTSBORO — An investor who’s acquired nearly 500 acres of land just west of downtown Pittsboro says the mixed-use development he …

If there’s growing vaccine hesitancy among parents in some pockets of the U.S., data suggests that’s not necessarily true in …

The United Way of Chatham County has been serving the county as an independent affiliate of the national United Way for nearly four …

In an age where landing even a $50 million economic development project is considered a major win, Michael Smith sheepishly admits the …

My last fistfight, if you can call it that, was during my sophomore year of high school. It was with Mike Stoudt, a fairly good friend …

A week has passed since Election Day and the conclusion of the 2022 midterms, which saw Democrats sweep contested seats across Chatham …

The choice for Chatham County Sheriff is between an incumbent law enforcement veteran who views himself as a steady, unifying presence …

His title may be Chatham County Sheriff, yet the man who holds that office is known to most in the community simply as …

New COVID case counts continue to drop — down 25% the last two weeks across the U.S., and trending down since mid-July — and more …

Nearly a dozen Chatham residents, most of them members of the Community Remembrance Coalition-Chatham, spent part of last week in …