97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every weekday morning, 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck recaps the day’s news, from local government to business developments to UNC sports. Click here to listen back to all of Aaron’s daily news reports, which you can hear live during “This Morning with Aaron Keck” every weekday from 6:00 to 9:00 a.m.

In today’s news: UNC women’s basketball gears up for a rematch with Duke in the NCAA tournament’s Sweet 16. Also: a Hillsborough man is in custody after sending three sheriff’s deputies to the hospital during an arrest; Chapel Hill moves ahead on the redevelopment of its Legion Road property; a Chapel Hill resident says he’s running for mayor; UNC hires a new campus attorney; UNC Hospitals lift their seasonal visitor restrictions; Tar Heel a cappella teams compete in Durham; Carolina women’s lacrosse gets a big win at Northwestern; and Hubert Davis prepares for a busy offseason.

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97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news and local voices in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every Thursday morning, local historian Scott Washington joins 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck for “History Matters,” a look back at notable events and significant figures from this week in history, ranging from pioneers to writers to inventors to civil rights champions and more, locally, nationally, and beyond.

Click here to listen back to the full History Matters archive – and tune in to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” Thursday mornings at 8:30 on 97.9 The Hill to hear those conversations live.

This week, Scott and Aaron honor figures who pushed boundaries – including early European explorers and settlers in the Carolinas, the inventor of a ‘fire extinguisher’ that evolved into our modern-day sprinkler systems, and a celebrated writer and women’s rights activist who also influenced the writing of “The Wizard of Oz.” Also: the Fifteenth Amendment is ratified, the song “Happy Birthday” is written, and Scott learns that he’s a Marvel superhero.

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Want to know what folks are talking about on social media? Every weekday on 97.9 The Hill’s “This Morning with Aaron Keck,” Victor Lewis scours the Internet for the day’s top trending stories, from weird news to wacky crimes to odd business ventures and everything in between. Click here to listen back to all our past What’s Trending segments – and tune in to “This Morning” on 97.9 The Hill every weekday at 7:45 to hear What’s Trending live on the air.

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Trending today: a shadowy corporation that’s buying up Party Cities, to join a line of tacky products that already includes Chia Pets and Clappers. This sends Victor and Aaron on a tangent about Clappers – especially since Victor still has one installed in his house. (At what point do people take them down?)

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97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news and local voices in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every weekday morning, 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck chats with government officials, UNC scholars, business and nonprofit leaders, area musicians, and others in our community as they share their thoughts, their experience, and their expertise on the central issues of today. Click here to listen back to all of Aaron’s conversations – and tune in to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” at 7:30 a.m. on 97.9 The Hill to hear those conversations live.

Aaron chats with famed sportscaster Barry Landers, the longtime play-by-play radio man for the New York Islanders during their 1980s Stanley Cup runs. Now a Chapel Hill resident, Landers reflects on his career as he gets set to be inducted next month into the Jewish Sports Heritage Association.

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97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every weekday morning, 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck recaps the day’s news, from local government to business developments to UNC sports. Click here to listen back to all of Aaron’s daily news reports, which you can hear live during “This Morning with Aaron Keck” every weekday from 6:00 to 9:00 a.m.

In today’s news: an apartment fire displaces two Carrboro residents, and UNC law students help victims of Hurricane Helene. Also: we preview a pair of local government meetings tonight; Gov. Josh Stein issues a state of emergency over wildfires in the mountains; North Carolinians take to online sports betting, way more than economists projected; environmentalists push back against a bill in the General Assembly; and UNC women’s basketball gears up for a Sweet 16 rematch with Duke.

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Want to know what folks are talking about on social media? Every weekday on 97.9 The Hill’s “This Morning with Aaron Keck,” Victor Lewis scours the Internet for the day’s top trending stories, from weird news to wacky crimes to odd business ventures and everything in between. Click here to listen back to all our past What’s Trending segments – and tune in to “This Morning” on 97.9 The Hill every weekday at 7:45 to hear What’s Trending live on the air.

What’s Trending is made possible by Dynamic Electric.

Trending today: a survey that finds Americans are personally content but think society in general is in decline. We like the schools our kids attend, but think public schools in general are bad; we like our local news outlets, but think “the media” in general is untrustworthy; and we feel safe in our own communities, but think crime in general is on the rise. (This is also true of Congress: Americans strongly disapprove of Congress in general, but generally like their own representatives – which is why they keep getting reelected, even though Americans claim to hate what Congress is doing.) Aaron adds another facet of the same issue: Americans always tend to think the violent crime rate is on the rise, even when it’s not. (In fact the violent crime rate today is barely half of what it was in 1990!) With all that in mind, Victor suggests we pick a city to identify as “the bad place” where all this negative stuff is allegedly happening – now it’s just a question of which place we pick. (Suggestions are welcome.)

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97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every weekday morning, 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck recaps the day’s news, from local government to business developments to UNC sports. Click here to listen back to all of Aaron’s daily news reports, which you can hear live during “This Morning with Aaron Keck” every weekday from 6:00 to 9:00 a.m.

In today’s news: UNC police report a string of e-bike and scooter thefts, and two Tar Heel basketball stars hit the transfer portal. Also: UNC students protest the Trump administration’s targeting of student demonstrators; budget talks begin in Chapel Hill; state Republican lawmakers introduce another anti-transgender “bathroom bill,” riling Democrats who want to focus on pocketbook issues; Zaxby’s sets an opening date on Franklin Street; local firefighters head west to battle wildfires in the North Carolina mountains; Carolina baseball gets a win over South Carolina; a Tar Heel golfer gets his third individual win of the year; and a former Chapel Hill High School football star passes away.

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97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news and local voices in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every weekday morning, 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck chats with government officials, UNC scholars, business and nonprofit leaders, area musicians, and others in our community as they share their thoughts, their experience, and their expertise on the central issues of today. Click here to listen back to all of Aaron’s conversations – and tune in to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” at 7:30 a.m. on 97.9 The Hill to hear those conversations live.

This Wednesday, March 26, head out and eat at Jersey Mike’s for a good cause: all Jersey Mike’s locations in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Durham, and Hillsborough will be giving 100 percent of their sales for the day to the Fitch Family Comprehensive Pediatric Rehabilitation Program, supporting pediatric rehab at UNC Children’s Hospital.

Aaron welcomed David Fitch and Jersey Mike’s Charlie Farris to the studio to discuss the program and Wednesday’s Jersey Mike’s Day of Giving.

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Want to know what folks are talking about on social media? Every weekday on 97.9 The Hill’s “This Morning with Aaron Keck,” Victor Lewis scours the Internet for the day’s top trending stories, from weird news to wacky crimes to odd business ventures and everything in between. Click here to listen back to all our past What’s Trending segments – and tune in to “This Morning” on 97.9 The Hill every weekday at 7:45 to hear What’s Trending live on the air.

What’s Trending is made possible by Dynamic Electric.

Trending today: a survey that finds about half of Americans think dinner is their favorite meal of the day – and offers some insights about what people do when they’re eating, from chatting with their dinner companions to watching TV to playing video games. (How you do that while eating is a skill we haven’t yet learned.) Also, Aaron teaches Victor about the science of polling.

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97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every weekday morning, 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck recaps the day’s news, from local government to business developments to UNC sports. Click here to listen back to all of Aaron’s daily news reports, which you can hear live during “This Morning with Aaron Keck” every weekday from 6:00 to 9:00 a.m.

In today’s news: Orange County Commissioners talk long-term land use, UNC trustees pass a resolution governing campus protests, and Carolina women’s basketball is through to the Sweet 16 – and a rematch with Duke – after beating West Virginia in the NCAA tournament’s second round. Also: the Carrboro Town Council gets set for a work session on affordable housing; UNC gymnastics earns an NCAA tourney bid; and a UNC track star becomes the first Tar Heel ever to win a national honor.

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