David Walker sipped sweet tea as he watched three of his employees — and closest friends — work on a black Chrysler 300 at his service station. It’s a sight he won’t see much longer.

Chapel Hill would not be the first town to ban the use of cell phones while driving.

Addressing growing public safety concerns, cities from Detroit, Mich. to Oahu, Hawaii, have either already passed a ban or are discussing its possibility.

“Everybody in the world has a cell phone, everybody uses it and now everybody’s texting, which makes it even worse,” said Peggy Hovan of the Brooklyn, Ohio, Police Department, whose town has had a ban for 10 years.

St. Patrick’s Day brings out a little bit of Irish in everyone.

A sea of green audience members experienced true Irish tradition in Eileen Ivers and Immigrant Soul’s performance in Memorial Hall on Wednesday night.

The group provided a lively show combining the mediums of music, dance and video to chronicle the diaspora of Irish immigrants during the great potato famine and their experiences up to the present time.

The towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro are looking to channel citizen concern for UNC’s energy practices into a shorter time line for reducing its coal consumption.