NEWS 9/29/26 4:03pm

Tuesday, September 29, 7:00 p.m.  Hugh M. Cummings High School Auditorium, 2200 N. Mebane Street, Burlington  Moderated by education leader and Alamance County native Robyn Hadley. 

Alamance-Burlington School System Board of Education Candidate Forum 2026

All candidates for ABSS Board of Education have been invited to participate in a community-wide forum to let voters know where they stand on the issues that are most important to the county. The event is sponsored by the Alamance Chamber of Commerce, Elon University, and Impact Alamance, with support from Elon News Network. 

NEWS 9/29/26 12:17pm

Elon University releases 2026 Annual Security Report

By Kate Gray , Trista Panagakos and Alexander Siegel

Interim Chief of Police Doug Dotson announced the release of the 2026 Annual Safety Report in an email to the Elon University community Sept. 29. The report includes information about building safety on Elon’s main campus, Elon Law in Greensboro and Elon in Charlotte. It details campus safety efforts and statistics about crime and fire incidents between 2023 and 2025.

NEWS 9/28/26 11:37pm

Elon Town Council passes budget amendment, several ordinances

By Alannah Klingsporn

Elon’s Town Council approved several local measures at its Sept. 28 meeting, finalizing items first taken up during its Sept. 8 meeting. The council passed a Land Management Ordinance previously discussed during its meeting earlier this month. The council unanimously approved an ordinance to clean up its animal control ordinance.

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LIFESTYLE 09/28/2026 9:05pm
A cappella rocks Family Weekend

Elon University’s annual ROCKapella show brought students and their families together as the university’s a cappella groups took the stage during Family Weekend. The event, held in Alumni Gym, featured performances from all seven of Elon’s student a cappella groups. ROCKapella has become a recurring part of Family Weekend, with the university offering two performances to accommodate demand for tickets. 

LIFESTYLE 09/28/2026 7:57pm
Finding community in a SMART way

When Adriana Clarke first arrived at Elon, she found herself spending much of her time in the Center for Race, Ethnicity and Diversity Education, or CREDE. She kept returning to the space often and was drawn to the welcoming environment provided to students. Eventually, Simone Royal ’17, the associate director of CREDE, encouraged Clarke to apply for a job with the Student Mentors Advising Rising Talent, or better known as the SMART Mentor Program. SMART is one of CREDE’s signature initiatives and was originally created in 1994 to support Black students at Elon.

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