November 25, 2009
Update: The Forsyth County Sheriff's Office said today that a fifth person was arrested Tuesday. Robert Joe Pugh, 56, of 1020 Pacific Drive in Winston-Salem, was charged with felonious larceny. He was later released from the Forsyth County jail on a $1,00...
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WINSTON-SALEM (MCT) — Meadowlark Elementary Principal Ann Aust has been suspended without pay and schools Superintendent Don Martin is asking that she be fired.Martin said that his decision was based on an internal investigation and didn't involve s...
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November 20, 2009
WINSTON-SALEM (MCT) — Two state agencies have accused three companies with ties to the Triad of "an elaborate scheme" to deceive consumers into buying overpriced manufactured homes.
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WINSTON-SALEM (MCT) — Kermit Blount's 17-year career as the football coach at Winston-Salem State University will end Saturday. Blount, who has more career victories than any football coach in school history, will be reassigned to another department...
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November 19, 2009
WINSTON-SALEM (MCT) — Having six weeks' heads-up didn't make losing their jobs any easier for more than 400 local Dell Inc. employees.
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WINSTON-SALEM (MCT) — A 34-year-old woman was sentenced to more than eight years in prison after pleading guilty to killing her girlfriend's br
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November 17, 2009
WINSTON-SALEM (MCT) — Winston-Salem Police Officer Daniel Clark gave a tearful nod of appreciation to the Winston-Salem community for its respo
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November 13, 2009
WINSTON-SALEM (MCT) — A judge's ruling on public prayer in Forsyth County will likely affect how other area governments handle prayer before government meetings.
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November 10, 2009
WINSTON-SALEM (MCT) — Four men pleaded guilty Monday in connection with a shooting in eastern Winston-Salem last summer that left two teenagers
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October 30, 2009
WINSTON-SALEM (MCT) — Unifi Inc. began its new fiscal year with its best quarterly showing in seven years.
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WINSTON-SALEM (MCT) — Bill Hayes is coming home to Winston-Salem State, this time to be the university's director of athletics.Chancellor Donald Reaves announced the hiring Thursday in a meeting with the executive committee of the university's...
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October 29, 2009
WINSTON-SALEM (MCT) — A decline in demand is not keeping R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. from raising the list price on its cigarette brands by 6 cents or 8 cents a pack for wholesale customers.The price increase, announced Wednesday, will take effec...
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WINSTON-SALEM (MCT) — A significant reduction in restructuring charges led to a sharp increase in profit for Hanesbrands Inc. in the third quarter despite an 8 percent decline in sales.
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October 27, 2009
WINSTON-SALEM (MCT) — A sex offender convicted more than 20 years ago of raping a 12-year-old girl pleaded guilty to violating the state's sex-offender registry laws by being within 300 feet of children at an arcade at Hanes Mall.
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October 23, 2009
WINSTON-SALEM (MCT) — Even if a drama teacher at Mineral Springs Middle School who is charged with sexual misconduct is cleared of the charges, he could still lose his job, school officials said Thursday.The teacher, Ralph David Surridge, 57, was ch...
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WINSTON-SALEM (MCT) — Raising an earnings forecast while dealing with a decline in cigarette shipments and higher excise taxes on tobacco products may appear ambitious for Reynolds American Inc.
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WINSTON-SALEM (MCT) — Kyrie Irving, a 6-foot-2 guard from St. Patrick High School in Elizabeth, N.J., committed Thursday to Duke.Kentucky and Texas A&M were in his final decision, and he also considered Georgia Tech and Seton Hall."It was t...
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October 22, 2009
(MCT) — Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. will be expanding its reach into the Caribbean, with plans to open 14 shops over five years in the Dominican Republic.The company said yesterday that it has reached a franchise-development agreement with Dominspec...
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WINSTON-SALEM (MCT) — John Montgomery, John Alford and Manley Porter were all convicted of rape more than 30 years ago in Forsyth County.Their victims expected each of the men to spend the rest of their lives in prison.
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October 21, 2009
WINSTON-SALEM (MCT) — The average price of gasoline in the Triad jumped 14 cents in the past week — and it probably won't go back down anytime soon, experts say.The average price of regular unleaded gas was $2.49 a gallon Tuesday, up 8 ce...
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WINSTON-SALEM (MCT) — Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools will conduct criminal background checks on a randomly selected group of employees after discovering that, during the hiring process, the school system missed a prior conviction of a mid...
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October 20, 2009
WINSTON-SALEM (MCT) — The city felt yet another economic tremor yesterday with the news that GMAC Inc.'s local operations are being sold to an investment group.However, unlike the pending closing of Dell Inc., with a loss of more than 900 jobs, and...
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WINSTON-SALEM (MCT) — The drama teacher at Mineral Springs Middle School who was arrested this weekend on charges of sexual misconduct with a student may have lied on his employment application, Superintendent Don Martin said Monday.
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WINSTON-SALEM (MCT) — A man charged with murder in connection with the death of a 4-year-old boy had previously been convicted of a sex offense involving a 6-year-old girl.
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October 17, 2009
WINSTON-SALEM (MCT) — The city of Winston-Salem asked a judge in Forsyth Superior Court yesterday to review and then order the release of thousands of pages of documents compiled by a citizens committee that studied the police investigation of the 1...
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